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Job Description
Job Description
Team
Legal, as part of Legal and Compliance in Asia to be based in Singapore.
Role
Jefferies is looking to hire a lawyer for its Legal team in Asia with approximately 10 years PQE or equivalent experience in the practice of a leading international law firm or financial institution. Ideally the candidate will be Hong Kong or Singapore qualified and have recent capital markets experience. Reporting to the Head of Asia Legal & Compliance, this is a diverse role requiring a solid understanding and working knowledge of international securities laws and equity capital markets practice, as well as the initiative and flexibility to learn and provide legal support and manage external counsel for the investment banking teams for Jefferies Asia. We are looking for a confident and self-motivated candidate with excellent communication skills and the ability to hit the ground running. This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast-growing business with exposure to a variety of corporate, transactional and regulatory matters across various markets in APAC.
The candidate should:
Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (‘‘Jefferies,’’ ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us’’ or ‘‘our’’) is a U.S.-headquartered global full service, integrated investment banking and securities firm. Our largest subsidiary, Jefferies LLC, a U.S. broker-dealer, was founded in the U.S. in 1962 and our first international operating subsidiary, Jefferies International Limited, a U.K. broker-dealer, was established in the U.K. in 1986. Our strategy focuses on continuing to build out our investment banking effort, enhancing our capital markets businesses and further developing our Leucadia Asset Management alternative asset management platform. We offer deep sector expertise across a full range of products and services in investment banking, equities, fixed income, asset and wealth management in the Americas, Europe and the Middle East and Asia.
At Jefferies, we believe that diversity fosters creativity, innovation and thought leadership through the infusion of new ideas and perspectives. We have made a commitment to building a culture that provides opportunities for all employees regardless of our differences and supports a workforce that is reflective of the communities where we work and live. As a result, we are able to pool our collective insights and intelligence to provide fresh and innovative thinking for our clients.
Jefferies is an equal employment opportunity employer, and takes affirmative action to ensure that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, pregnancy, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, genetic information, reproductive health decisions, or any other factor protected by applicable law. We are committed to hiring the most qualified applicants and complying with all federal, state, and local equal employment opportunity laws. As part of this commitment, Jefferies will extend reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities, as required by applicable law.
All employees must follow Jefferies’ COVID-19 protocol policy , which is subject to change.
Team
Legal, as part of Legal and Compliance in Asia to be based in Singapore.
Role
Jefferies is looking to hire a lawyer for its Legal team in Asia with approximately 10 years PQE or equivalent experience in the practice of a leading international law firm or financial institution. Ideally the candidate will be Hong Kong or Singapore qualified and have recent capital markets experience. Reporting to the Head of Asia Legal & Compliance, this is a diverse role requiring a solid understanding and working knowledge of international securities laws and equity capital markets practice, as well as the initiative and flexibility to learn and provide legal support and manage external counsel for the investment banking teams for Jefferies Asia. We are looking for a confident and self-motivated candidate with excellent communication skills and the ability to hit the ground running. This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast-growing business with exposure to a variety of corporate, transactional and regulatory matters across various markets in APAC.
The candidate should:
- be comfortable dealing at a senior corporate level with a variety of investment banking (particularly equity capital markets) transactions;
- have a working knowledge of current regulatory regimes and market practice for documenting capital markets transactions;
- have cross-jurisdictional experience in the Asian markets;
- be prepared to be responsible for a wide variety of enquiries and matters and be able to juggle and prioritise work tasks;
- have a sound commercial head and an instinctive ability to get to the heart of issues as they present themselves;
- be willing to learn to provide advice in a variety of practice areas;
- have experience and understand the workings of a financial institution; and
- be confident in providing training and advice to the business on best practice and current issues.
Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (‘‘Jefferies,’’ ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us’’ or ‘‘our’’) is a U.S.-headquartered global full service, integrated investment banking and securities firm. Our largest subsidiary, Jefferies LLC, a U.S. broker-dealer, was founded in the U.S. in 1962 and our first international operating subsidiary, Jefferies International Limited, a U.K. broker-dealer, was established in the U.K. in 1986. Our strategy focuses on continuing to build out our investment banking effort, enhancing our capital markets businesses and further developing our Leucadia Asset Management alternative asset management platform. We offer deep sector expertise across a full range of products and services in investment banking, equities, fixed income, asset and wealth management in the Americas, Europe and the Middle East and Asia.
At Jefferies, we believe that diversity fosters creativity, innovation and thought leadership through the infusion of new ideas and perspectives. We have made a commitment to building a culture that provides opportunities for all employees regardless of our differences and supports a workforce that is reflective of the communities where we work and live. As a result, we are able to pool our collective insights and intelligence to provide fresh and innovative thinking for our clients.
Jefferies is an equal employment opportunity employer, and takes affirmative action to ensure that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, pregnancy, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, genetic information, reproductive health decisions, or any other factor protected by applicable law. We are committed to hiring the most qualified applicants and complying with all federal, state, and local equal employment opportunity laws. As part of this commitment, Jefferies will extend reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities, as required by applicable law.
All employees must follow Jefferies’ COVID-19 protocol policy , which is subject to change.