Legal Counsel (DCM, structured products)
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An international financial institution is looking for a legal counsel to join their team.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide comprehensive legal support for the Structured Finance/Structured Products and Debt Capital Markets teams, including identifying and addressing legal issues, conducting legal research, offering legal advice, and reviewing or drafting documents.
- Draft and review complex transaction structures and documentation related to DCM and structured finance/products.
- Act as the primary legal contact, liaising with external legal counsel and assisting deal teams from a legal perspective.
- Support deal teams in bond issues and the development of new debt products.
- Offer similar legal support to other business areas, such as Equity Capital Markets, as needed.
- Handle ad hoc legal matters.
Requirements:
- Qualified lawyer in HK, UK, US, or other common law jurisdictions with a minimum of 4 years of PQE in structured finance, structured products, or debt capital markets at major international law firms or relevant in-house legal teams within financial institutions.
- Proven legal experience in international structured notes, derivatives, and debt capital market bond issues, representing issuers, dealers, and/or underwriters.
- Strong knowledge of HK local regulations as well as other Asia, UK, European, and US regulations.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and other document processing tools.
- High proficiency in both English and Mandarin Chinese.
- Detail-oriented, responsive, self-motivated, independent, and proactive, with a commercial mindset.
- Excellent multi-tasking and time management skills, capable of prioritizing tasks and meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong sense of risk management, responsibility, and accountability, with the ability to solve problems independently with minimal supervision.
About the job
Contract Type: FULL_TIME
Specialism: Legal & Compliance
Focus: Financial Services
Industry: Banking
Salary: Negotiable
Workplace Type: Hybrid
Experience Level: Mid Management
Location: Hong Kong
FULL_TIMEJob Reference: I8OQT2-AD8F4B35
Date posted: 29 May 2025
Consultant: Jessie Chan
hong-kong legal/banking-finance 2025-05-29 2025-07-28 banking hong kong hong kong HK Robert Walters https://www.robertwalters.com.hk https://www.robertwalters.com.hk/content/dam/robert-walters/global/images/logos/web-logos/square-logo.png true
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