Mayer Brown is an international law firm positioned to represent the world’s major corporations, funds, and financial institutions in their most important and complex transactions and disputes. We are recognized by our clients as strategic partners with deep commercial instincts and a commitment to creatively anticipating their needs and delivering excellence in everything we do.
We are a collegial, collaborative, and diverse firm where highly motivated individuals with an unwavering commitment to excellence receive the opportunity, support, and development they need to grow, thrive, and realize their greatest potential all while supporting the Firm’s client service principles of excellence, strategic partnership, commercial instinct, integrated strengths, innovation, and collaboration across our international firm.
If you enjoy working with team members whose defining characteristics are exceptional client service, initiative, professionalism, responsiveness, and adaptability, you may be the person we are seeking to join our Corporate & Securities practice in our Hong Kong office as a Manager: Paralegal Support.
Responsibilities
We are looking for a highly motivated individual with an unwavering commitment to excellence. The team is looking for a candidate that has the ability to watch and learn, independently progress their skillset and learning and deliver high quality work products and service in a timely manner, to fulfil client expectation.
- Provide support to Corporate & Securities Partners and Associates.
- Due diligence, verification, drafting and reviewing documents
- Performing legal research and summarize findings.
- Matter management, e.g.: reviewing initial and subsequent drafts, summarizing highlighting changes relevant to the client, handling documentation relating to closings and completion and document checklist review and annotation.
- Coordinate and supervise local counsels.
Qualifications / Person Specification
- Degree in Law.
- Bar admissions in PRC, US, UK and/or Hong Kong would be advantage.
- Paralegal experience from well-regarded legal firms with solid experience in Corporate & Securities, Capital Market or related practices.
- Fluent in oral and written English and Chinese. The candidate will need to be comfortable participating in conversations and written communications in Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese) and able to review drafts in Chinese.
- Strong sense of responsibility and project ownership.
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Self-motivated, driven and efficient.
- Able to work independently
- Willing to work overtime
