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Paralegal Jobs in Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR at Simmons & Simmons
Title: Paralegal
Company: Simmons & Simmons
Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
Main purpose of the role: To assist lawyers in preparing and handling legal documents and reports. To assist with regulatory work, SFC licensing applications, SFC fund authorisation applications, research tasks and other ad hoc projects.
Reports to: Partners of the Financial Services and Tax group
Main duties and responsibilities:
- To conduct legal research for regulatory work and draft legal documents in accordance with the instructions of the lawyers
- To undertake SFC licensing applications for asset management and other clients, including drafting applications, supporting documents and liaising with the SFC
- To assist with SFC fund authorisation applications including helping with the drafting of application documents and coordinating in the process
- To review Chinese translation of certain legal documents
- To help with other ad hoc projects assigned by the Partners and Associates of the team
Key relationships: This role works closely with Partners, Associates, and Trainees in the Financial Services and Tax group.
Person Specification:
Education / Qualifications / Experience:
- University degree in law or a business related discipline
- Minimum one year of relevant working experience in legal or compliance field is preferred
- A sound knowledge of and experience in SFC licensing is preferable
- Excellent command of written and spoken English, Cantonese and Mandarin
Knowledge and Technical Skills:
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills
- Good computer skills (knowledge of the SFC’s WINGS system is preferable)
General Skills:
- Able to work independently and within a team
- Well organised; able to work under a tight schedule to meet competing deadlines
- Proactive team player
- Detail orientated
Firm introduction:
Simmons & Simmons is a leading international law firm with over 1,600 professionals across Europe, the Middle East and Asia. We deliver commercially focused legal advice to top-tier clients, including major financial institutions and many FTSE 100 and Fortune Global 500 companies.
We believe our strength lies in our people and are committed to building diverse, high-performing teams that understand local markets and global business needs. Our firm is structured around key sectors – Asset Management & Investment Funds, Financial Institutions, Healthcare & Life Sciences, TMT, and Energy, Natural Resources, Infrastructure and Construction, supported by core practice areas such as corporate, dispute resolution, financial markets, and more.
Our business services teams play a vital role in supporting our global operations and driving innovation in how we deliver value to clients.
Learn more at www.simmons-simmons.com.
Equal opportunities:
- We are committed to promoting equality and diversity in the firm and to equal opportunities in employment.
- We believe in equality of opportunity regardless of race or racial group (including colour, nationality, ethnicity, national origins), religion or belief, age, disability, sexual orientation, sex, gender re-assignment and gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy, maternity and paternity. This also includes any incidents of perceptive or associative discrimination and harassment.
- At Simmons & Simmons we seek to attract and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, to create an exciting and rewarding place to work. We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us, should this be something you are interested in.
Background screening:
All recruits of Simmons & Simmons will be required to go through our background screening process. Depending on the position you apply for this may include a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) certificate. We undertake not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a DBS certificate on the basis of a conviction or other information revealed. The firm’s policy on the recruitment of ex-offenders is available on request.
