Our client is currently looking for a Counsel with significant experience setting up alternative investment funds to join their Hong Kong office.
Our client is an elite global law firm serving leading companies, financial institutions and governments worldwide. Their long history as an international firm means they are perfectly placed to help resolve most complex legal challenges wherever they may be.
With lawyers operating from more than 20 locations, working in virtually every country of the world, they have invested heavily in building a high-quality full-service practice competing at the top of the market.
Duties and Accountabilities
- Advising on structuring private closed-end and open-end funds
- Drafting term sheets
- Drafting and negotiating fund documentation including PPMs, LPAs, Articles, investor side letters, legal opinions, subscription agreements and advisory agreements
- Advising and issue spotting on regulatory matters
- Conducting and overseeing legal research
- Providing education and training to more junior associates
Qualifications
- 7+ years of Investment Funds experience
- US qualified preferred
- Experience in private PE-style fund formation and co-investment transactions and related work from an international law firm in the US or Hong Kong
- Familiarity with US and EU regulatory matters relating to private funds; and
- Experience in setting up carry compensation arrangements and advising on the establishment of asset management businesses would be a bonus
- Fluency in English
- Fluency in Mandarin and ability to read and write Chinese preferred
If you think you meet the above requirements and would like to apply please send:
- your CV;
- transcripts; and
- a short cover note to kiantong.tan@horizon-recruit.com or mark.deery@horizon-recruit.com for us to determine your suitability for this role.
If you’d like to arrange a confidential discussion prior to applying please call our Singapore office on +65 6808 6635 or Hong Kong office on +852 3978 1369.
Please share this opportunity with any colleagues that you think would be interested.
Singapore EA Licence No. 12S6213