Legal Counsel

The role

This Legal Counsel will join the Legal and Compliance team in Hong Kong to focus on China business development. You will provide advice to teams across the firm and draft, review, and negotiate trading-related contracts for the Asia business.

What you will do

• Draft, review and negotiate trading-related contracts including derivatives documents, commodities purchase agreements, broker agreements, terms of business, NDAs and financing agreements
• Respond to inquiries regarding existing and new contracts
• Provide direct legal support to the desk on new business initiatives
• Liaise with external counsel and other external advisers
• Negotiate with counterparties in China and other jurisdictions
• Advise colleagues across office locations worldwide

Required qualifications

• 3-8 years of PQE on a corporate and/or finance team (e.g., derivatives, credit, M&A) within leading law firms or financial institutions
• Experienced with drafting and negotiating contracts
• Able to stay organised with exceptional attention to detail and accuracy
• Able to handle competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent writer and speaker
• Strong negotiator
• Self-motivated and flexible team player
• Positive, responsible and professional in attitude and presence
• Collaborative and able to clearly articulate your approach, analysis and conclusions
• Comfortable working on problems that rarely have clean, definitive answers
• Native in Mandarin
• Fluent in English, both in speaking and writing

About the company

Jane Street is looking for a Legal Counsel to join their Legal and Compliance team.