Job Description

This is an excellent opportunity for a talented lawyer to join a white shoe firm in HK working on market leading PE, MA and VC deals with a young partnership in a dynamic and international team.

Our client is one of the leading firms globally for private equity and corporate transactions.

Our client is currently looking for a number of associates to join the private equity practice in their Hong Kong office.

Our client is an elite global law firm serving leading companies, financial institutions and governments worldwide with a strong footprint in Asia with offices in all the major financial centres in the far east.

The Private Equity practice is a highly integrated, multi-disciplinary group of lawyers.

The team advises global and Asia-Pacific-based private equity sponsors, financial investors and their portfolio companies, as well as select private and public companies, on complex, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, including leveraged buy-outs, bolt-on and carve-out acquisitions, joint ventures, structured investments, take-private deals and other public company transactions in Asia-Pacific and worldwide

As an associate in this corporate practice group, you will be working in an exciting working environment, handling challenging, time-sensitive deals that demand a dynamic approach and a resilience of character. From the moment you join, you can expect to be working with – and learning from – partners within the team, as well as with colleagues in groups across the firm.

Qualifications 

  • JD is strongly preferred at a top US law school
  • PQE (US) 4/5+ years experience with a leading Private Equity practice at a peer law firm
  • Bilingual and able to conduct business in English and Mandarin (mandatory)
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills 
  • Open to overseas candidates

If you think you meet the above requirements and would like to apply please send:

  1. your CV;
  2. transcripts; and
  3. a short cover email 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

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