Paralegal

Overview

Mayer Brown is a leading global law firm.

We are a collegial, collaborative and diverse team looking for a highly motivated individual with an unwavering commitment to excellence. The team is busy and is looking for a candidate that has the ability to watch and learn, independently progress their skillset and learning and is able to effectively balance complex, high-stakes work and disruptive hours whilst delivering a high quality work product in a timely manner.

This is an excellent opportunity for a self-motivated and driven individual to work in a premier legal team and become well-versed in a large variety of debt capital markets with wide geographical exposure.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to Partners and Associates in Hong Kong.
• Matter management (e.g.: reviewing initial and subsequent drafts and summarizing changes and highlighting changes relevant to the client), handling documentation relating to closings and completion and document checklist review and annotation.

Qualifications / Person Specification

• Paralegal experience from leading U.S. or magic circle legal firms with 3 to 5 years of experience in the Debt Capital Markets or Restructuring practice.
• Fluent in oral and written English.
• The candidate will also need to be comfortable participating in conversations and written communications in Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese) and able to review drafts in Chinese.

Experience and attributes:

• This is a permanent paralegal position in Mayer Brown’s Corporate & Securities practice.
• This position does not offer a path to an associate position.
• Our clients are leading global banks and we are looking for a candidate that can perform routine tasks independently and to a high service quality that is expected from our clients.
• The practice is high volume and day-to-day work will require a thorough understanding of documentation and timelines. The candidate will need excellent organizational skills and demonstrate the ability to manage multiple projects each with a different scope of work in an efficient, high quality and timely manner.
• The debt capital markets practice often requires coverage outside of regular working hours and the candidate will be responsible for attending to and handling tasks during non-work hours and on weekends.