Chinese speaking Legal Counsel

Positions: Chinese speaking Legal Counsel

Sector: Investment

Salary: £100,000 negotiable for excellent candidate

Location: City, London

Responsibilities:

• Provides legal counsel and guidance to the Group on all legal matters including personnel law, policies, procedures, rules, and regulations, transactions, contracts tax matters, new investment product set up etc.
• Oversee the development of the Group’s legal compliance strategy and ensure that it complies with industry rules and regulations, as well as internal policies and guidelines.
• Advise on legal and regulatory compliance requirements, and optimize the group legal structure.
• Support investment team in maintaining an effective compliance, control system and well as legal due diligence.
• Establish good relationships with regulatory agencies, legal & audit agencies, and act as communication channels.
• Manage legal affairs, supervise the legal functions of Group and provide legal advice and consulting services to the management and various departments in a timely manner.
• Manage and maintain a central contracts database for all Group contractual commitments.
• Establish good relationships with regulatory agencies, legal & audit agencies, head office and counterpart departments of domestic branches, and act as communication channels.
• Other projects/duties as assigned for the overall benefit of the organization.

Requirements:

• Common law qualified lawyer with 10+ years’ PQE.
• Excellent command of spoken and written Chinese and English (including Mandarin).
• Must be eligible to work in UK
• In-house experience with leadership experience is highly preferred.
• Strong fund formation experience preferred.
• Strong ability to interpret regulations and assess operational compliance standard.
• Can-do attitude, hands-on. A good team player.
• Business trip required

Please send cv to lin@ablrecruitment.com