As the commercial world gets ever more complex and ever more global, businesses in all sectors of industry need to be aware of the need to get things right. Every communication, every transaction and every process could become an issue for legal departments, so it’s perhaps easy to understand these days why the role of a Legal Counsel is so crucial.

Whether a company is in manufacturing, retail, finance, logistics, investments, transport or any other field, there is a right and wrong way to do business. Choose the former and everything goes smoothly, choose the latter – even inadvertently – and the repercussions could be extremely problematic, damaging to the company’s reputation and potentially very expensive.

There are a number of vacant Legal Counsel jobs in Hong Kong waiting to be filled, many of them with dynamic, innovative corporations that have become world-renowned in recent times. They each have a strong need to find talented, experienced and knowledgeable individuals who can add value to the business and, most importantly, ensure they remain on the right side of the law at all times.

The term Legal Counsel can cover a number of varying roles in the business sector, including:

• Commercial Arbitrator
• Legal Analyst
• Director of Legal Services
• Paralegal
• Company Mediator
• Legal Secretary
• Contract Analyst
• Legal Consultant
• Chief Legal Officer
• Compliance Officer
• Head of Legal
• Legal Affairs Manager

…and more. This is a field in which experience counts for so much. The more experience you have, the chances are the higher you will be able to go. And at every level, perhaps even entry level, specialist legal qualifications will often be a must.

An interesting role in an excellent environment

In return, you can expect a varied range of duties all linked in some way to the legal position of the company, its practices and its processes. You could be involved in tasks such as drawing up contracts, analysing compliance with local and international legislation, communicating with senior management about various aspects of the business, researching risk factors in regards to operations and negotiating with the likes of clients, suppliers and external counsel.

Legal Counsel jobs in Hong Kong offer excellent remuneration packages and a very pleasant working environment. To find out more about Legal Counsel vacancies in the region, have a browse through our listings today. If you’re an experienced Legal Counsel and you’re interested in relocating to Hong Kong, be sure to set up an email job alert and don’t forget to forward your CV on to our team today.