A Global Bank is looking for a Paralegal on a 12-month basis to join their Litigation and Internal Investigations team.

Key responsibilities:

• Assisting with managing external legal costs of (including budgeting and accrual)
• Assisting with engaging external counsel and monitoring cases assigned to them; auditing and reviewing invoices and legal fees for accuracy
• Engaging with the team's primary vendors, e.g. eDiscovery vendors, managed document review firms
• Ensuring that all administrative requirements for investigations are met
• Requesting data from stakeholders across the Bank on behalf of the lead investigators
• Preparing for interviews (e.g. collating evidence, interview binders); attending investigative interviews and taking notes
• Carrying out investigative work
• Completing open-source and legal research

Key requirements:

• 3-5 years’ experience as a paralegal in a law firm or corporate law environment or in a financial institution
• Law degree graduate
• Understanding of substantive legal concepts, court practices and procedures, legal research and documents, procedures and terminology
• Proficiency with computers, incl. Microsoft Office (e.g. Word, Excel, Powerpoint)
• Chinese language capability (speaking, reading and writing)

If you would like to apply for this role or find out more, please contact Sharon Siu at Robert Walters on 2103 5319 quoting the Job Reference ZRW/. Find out more Legal & Compliance job opportunities or information, visit our website www.robertwalters.com.hk.