Key Areas of Responsibilities
- Provide legal support mainly to FICC, Futures and Commodities business teams based in Hong Kong and other regions
- Advises on a wide range of debt financing structured products/financings, derivatives transactions.
- Provides legal advice and manage debt financing transactions relating to OTC derivatives and structured debt issuances across all underlying asset classes (in particular, fixed income, funds and commodities).
- Draft or review various transaction documents related to FICC transactions and products and the legal documents related to relationship establishment, such as distribution agreements, derivative transactions, structured notes, MTN program documents, terms of business, prime brokerage agreements, bond connect related agreements
- Advise business teams on various legal, structural, reputational and other transaction-related issues
- Respond to regulatory initiates, market structure reform and policy work
- Attend internal meetings on behalf of Legal
- Work closely with LCD on various matters affecting FICC business and certain general matters
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or above in law
- Minimum 3-5 years of PQE relevant experience in an international law firm. Previous in-house experience would be a plus.
- Common law qualification (other than HK) would be preferred.
- Candidates ideally should have relevant experience working on structured product/financing transactions involving Asia, ASEAN and/or Commonwealth jurisdictions.
- Experience with FICC structured product/derivatives experience would be preferred (including FX, Rates and Credit Derivatives) but lawyers with relevant experience in other asset classes (in particular, Equity Derivatives, Funds and Commodities) would also be considered.
- Strong technical, commercial and communication skills along with a good ability to effectively prioritize competing workloads in a client focused manner.
- Strong interpersonal, organizational and problem-solving skills
- Excellent command of both spoken and written English and Chinese
CITIC CLSA provides global investors and corporate executives with insights, liquidity and capital to drive their growth strategies.
Award-winning research, an extensive Asia footprint, direct links to China and highly experienced finance professionals differentiate our innovative products and services in asset management, corporate finance, equity and debt capital markets, securities and wealth management.
As part of CITIC Securities (SSE: 600030, SEHK: 6030), China’s leading investment bank, CITIC CLSA is uniquely positioned to facilitate cross-border capital flows and connect China to the world and the world to China.
CITIC CLSA operates from 13 countries across Asia, Australia, Europe and the Americas. For further information, please visit www.clsa.com.
