Job Description & Requirements
The successful candidate must have experience in:
· Multijurisdictional proceedings, particularly relating to asset tracing, and judgment/award enforcement
· Cross-border investigations / White collar matters, including fraud investigations and proceedings
The successful candidate must be able to:
- Coordinate local counsel teams in multijurisdictional matters
- Oversee complex document review exercises in relation to civil litigation / investigations
- Draft and execute interview processes related to internal investigations
- Prepare legal briefs and opinions
- Analyze the probable outcomes of cases, using knowledge of legal precedents
- Examine legal data to determine advisability of defending or prosecuting lawsuit
- Evaluate findings and develop strategies and arguments in preparation for presentation of cases
- Advise clients concerning business transactions, claim liability, advisability of prosecuting or defending lawsuits, or legal rights and obligations
- Gather evidence to formulate defense or to initiate legal actions, by such means as interviewing clients and witnesses to ascertain the facts of a case
- Negotiate settlements of civil disputes
- Confer with colleagues with specialties in appropriate areas of legal issue to establish and verify bases for legal proceedings
- Prepare and execute business development strategies for civil fraud, investigations and asset recovery in the Asia Pacific region
- Perform administrative and management functions related to the practice of law
Requirements
- 3 – 5 years’ experience at a top tier law firm or equivalent
- English Law qualified as most disputes involve a substantial English law aspect
- Excellent academic performance and top tier legal training
- Experience in drafting submissions, conducting document review, interviewing witnesses and providing other litigation / investigations support
- International travel may be required to attend hearings / client meetings / business development initiatives in other countries
