Our Firm
Our Firm
A top-ranked global law firm. Big clients and precedent-setting deals. Challenging work in supportive, friendly teams. Join a Firm that’s as ambitious as you are, with the culture and support that will enable you to advance and grow as a top lawyer.
Your global platform
Imagine the impact you can make, then make it happen with us.
Our teams in Hong Kong work with clients in Asia-Pacific and across the globe. We advise multinationals, major regional players and local Hong Kong businesses on their inbound and outbound legal needs. Our clients choose us because they can leverage the cutting-edge experience and local know-how of our global offices and practices to enhance their business investments across multiple countries and jurisdictions.
For you, this means international exposure—and the chance to find an area of law that matches your skills and interests.
Key areas of work
Debt Finance
Including leveraged, acquisition, syndicated and general finance transactions, Financial Restructuring and Insolvency, and Capital Markets
Corporate
Including M&A, Private Equity and Investment Funds
Dispute Resolution
Including Commercial Litigation and White Collar
Your day-to-day role
From day one, you’ll be immersed in our high-profile work. We’ll give you real responsibility and client exposure, along with formal development and learning opportunities. On a daily basis, you’ll tackle complex international legal issues and build your experience across established and fast-growth markets, where the rules are still being decided (often with our help).
Whether you’re researching an insolvency law technicality that could make a real difference to a client or preparing the closing paperwork on a corporate deal that will be in tomorrow’s papers, you’ll be doing meaningful work on major deals from your first day.
What our trainees actually do...
Capital Markets
You’ll assist with different stages of the transaction. Your tasks include verifying statements in investor representations and the prospectus, drafting ancillary documents such as officer’s certificates, legal opinions and notices, and managing the closing of a transaction.
Debt Finance
The team will rely on you to manage the conditions precedent and conditions subsequent workstreams of a deal, so it is important to have a good grasp of the deal structure at the outset. You’ll be preparing checklists, drafting and reviewing corporate authorization documents and legal opinion, liaising with clients and local counsel, and assisting with closings.
Disputes
Your varied workload will include research tasks; conducting document review; drafting pleadings and correspondences; attending client meetings and interviews; and coordinating work streams in the lead- up to filing deadlines. At times, trainees are assigned to appear before the court.
Financial Restructuring and Insolvency
You will be responsible for reviewing loan/bond documentation to ascertain defaults and creditor rights, along with document management and service in the context of a planned enforcement strategy, scheme of arrangement or formal insolvency proceedings. You’ll also assist with research tasks, the drafting of documents (such as enforcement memos and demand letters) and insolvency-related filings.
Investment Funds
As a trainee, you will be responsible for process management, drafting ancillary documents such as board meetings and closing certificates, and assist with closing by preparing execution copies, closing emails and compiled, executed copies.
Private Equity/M&A
A large portion of the work on this team involves project management and coordination with the various parties on the different work streams. You’ll liaise with our global offices or external counsels on local law issues, along with the specialist teams.
Ready to apply?
When it’s time to apply, complete our online application form. Join us and make a mark.
