Located in the heart of Hong Kong's Central Business District, Star Anise is a specialist legal and compliance recruitment firm like no other. Our focus is on the selection and placement of legal, compliance, and business support candidates at all levels in international law firms, financial services, and commerce and industry across Hong Kong and major financial hubs in Asia. With every mandate we work on, we are committed to delivering long-lasting, pragmatic results through our developing a deep understanding of individual and organisational goals, as well as working in close partnership with clients and candidates alike. The functions we focus on include: LEGAL: * Law firm lateral partner and team hires * General Counsels/heads of legal (in-house) * Qualified lawyers (private practice and in-house) * Claims Managers for insurers * Paralegals CORPORATE GOVERNANCE * Compliance professionals in banks and financial institutions * AML/KYC, onboarding specialists * Company secretaries * Trusts administration and relationship professionals * Forensic accountants and investigations managers BACK-OFFICE SUPPORT / SENIOR MANAGEMENT * COOs, Directors of Administration * CFOs, FCs * Human Resources staff (TA, Generalists, C&B) * BD/marketing * Legal secretaries * Administration * Reception * IT * Finance & accounting (general, pricing, strategic) * Translation Our two founders are qualified lawyers with over 30 years of legal and recruitment industry experience combined, all of whom are committed to delivering the highest standards in professional recruitment solutions. When matching a candidate with the most suitable opportunities, you can rely on our recruiters as your trusted adviser.

Job description

Our sister brand, Yuzu ALSP, is supporting a company in discussions on an acquisition. The client is urgently seeking a bilingual Chinese/English mid-senior level lawyer with strong cross-border M&A deals experience to work on an interim, on-demand basis via Yuzu ALSP for approximately 2-3 weeks with the potential to extend. This role can be located in either Europe or Asia.

Requirements:

England & Wales qualified solicitor preferred, although common law and US qualified lawyers would also be considered
5-10 years PQE in cross-border China outbound corporate M&A transactions
Able to interpret, translate into English (and vice versa) and negotiate contracts in simplified Chinese
Must be immediately avaiable
International law firm background preferred
Some in-house legal counsel experiene is a bonus although not mandatory
Native or fluent Mandarin (written and spoken), and fluent English both necessary
Able to work flexibly and to Asia/European time zones

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