Senior Legal Counsel - Mandarin Speaking

London, United Kingdom Posted on 06/11/2025

1. Support on investment related legal matters

• Working alongside the investment team, on potential investment opportunities, through assessing and analysing issues regarding deal structuring, legal due diligence, deal related regulatory analysis and preparing transaction documents.
• Project managing transactions, including management of external legal advisors to ensure company's commercial views are correctly reflected in documentation e.g. SPA, JVA, AMA etc.
• Participating in meetings (when requested) related to potential investments, providing legal advice in terms of identifying any potential legal risks and providing risk mitigating solutions to the investment team.

2. Support company's topside SPV management related legal matters

• Work with/without external legal advisors regarding overall SPV management related legal matters.
• Assist compliance team with KYC or other compliance related exercises.

3. Support on day-to-day operations

• Reviewing and negotiating third-party service contracts and other documentation relating to company's daily operations

4. Other

• Maintaining legal know-how relevant to legal and regulatory issues associated with the management structure of the group and corporate governance, and keeping up-to-date on legal developments affecting all aspects of the group's business
• Keeping abreast of forthcoming developments in the law and legislation potentially affecting group's investments and/or projects
• Carrying out legal research and produce legal memos/reports. Conduct legal training.

Requirements

• English law qualified solicitor with solid City (or City equivalent) training.
• 5 years plus post qualification experience as a corporate or funds solicitor gained from a reputable law firm in the UK
• Ability to project manage transactions
• Good legal research skills and sound legal drafting capabilities
• Ability to adapt and multi-task
• Experience with computer software such as word, excel and power-point
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English and Mandarin Chinese

Qualifications

• Qualified English law solicitor or barrister