Legal Counsel

• Provide legal support to stakeholders and senior management across multiple businesses in APAC, spanning proprietary trading, market making, liquidity provision, and institutional sales and trading.
• Work across a diverse range of legal and regulatory matters, including advising on dealing, brokerage, execution, custody, clearing, prime brokerage, market access, electronic trading arrangements, as well as technology, infrastructure and market data matters.
• Partner with the Compliance function to advise on regulatory licensing, dealing with APAC regulators, and regulatory inspections / investigations.
• Be a key contributor on strategic projects and business development initiatives in the APAC region.
• Manage organisational legal matters and provide legal input on a wide range of commercial and operational matters.
• Work closely with other members of the in-house legal team in the APAC region

Job Requirements

• Holder of a current practising certificate in Hong Kong, Singapore, UK or Australia.
• At least 8 years’ post-admission experience, including private practice experience gained at international law firms.
• Strong commercial judgment and the ability to provide nuanced, pragmatic, and commercially sound legal advice while engaging actively with the business and senior leaders in the region.
• In-house sell-side or buy-side experience in global markets/securities/derivatives across a variety of business structures / models, product / asset classes, and jurisdictions, in particular, institutional client facing businesses.
• In-depth understanding of APAC rules and regulations, regulatory frameworks and regulatory environment relevant tobusinesses.
• Broad knowledge of corporations law, securities law and corporate governance.
• Excellent negotiation skills, problem solving, and analytical skills, and exceptional legal drafting and communication skills (written and spoken).
• Organized and able to prioritize tasks / workload efficiently.
• Ability to collaborate effectively and in a collegial manner with team members and colleagues in Hong Kong and other offices (including US headquarters) within the framework of a global firm.
• Proficiency in written and spoken Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin), Japanese or Korean would be highly regarded.