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Hong Kong Dispute Resolution Associate

Ref FEL190
Location Hong Kong
Sub Location Hong Kong
Job type Lawyers
Department/Practice group Dispute Resolution
Position Type Permanent
 
Freshfields Overview


Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is a leader among international law firms, providing business law advice of the highest quality throughout Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the United States.
With over 2,600 lawyers in 27 key business centres across 16 countries, we provide a comprehensive service to national and multi-national corporations, financial institutions and governments.
In Asia, we are located in 7 cities across China, Singapore, Japan and Vietnam. We are consistently ranked at the top of the league tables in Asia, Europe and globally. 

Our China Offices


Lawyers in our China offices make up one of the most experienced PRC teams of any international law firm. Operating across many sectors, our teams support clients across a wide range of work.

Practice Group Description


With more than 400 litigation lawyers in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the US, we can help our clients avoid and resolve complex disputes anywhere in the world.
Our team of 94 partners and over 300 associates resolves disputes quickly and effectively with minimal disruption to our clients’ business.
Our areas of work include:
·         international arbitration
·         environment, planning and regulatory
·         global investigations
·         product risk and liability
·         professional negligence
·         property
·         public international law
·         tax disputes 
·         US litigation

Key Requirements

 
We are looking for a strong mid level associate to join our DR practice. The ideal candidate will have between 4-5 years PQE and they will be comfortable being a lead associate and having day-to-day conduct on files.
We will be looking for candidates with the following skills and experience:
·         High quality lawyer with strong technical and commercial experience from a leading law firm
·         Relevant Hong Kong experience
·         Strong intellectual skills and academic qualifications.
·         Tenacious and enthusiastic approach.
·         Confident and self motivated.
·         Able to work effectively as part of a team and supervise more junior lawyers.
·         Highly effective communicator (both orally and in writing)
·         Able to take on a high degree of responsibility and manage a challenging workload.

Other Skills/Preferences

 
·         Lawyers with a top class academic record required.
·         Mandarin Chinese language skills are preferable.

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