Company Secretary/Paralegal-
Legal Department Hong Kong, International Bank
Job Duties & Responsibilities:
To lead and manage the corporate secretarial function within LDHK to provide expert advice on corporate governance, regulatory compliance and statutory obligations by overseeing corporate maintenance, board, shareholder and corporate authorisation matters. To support and deliver efficient and high quality daily LDHK management and executive support to leadership.
- Handling all general company secretarial matters for the Hong Kong Branch.
- Acting as the legal coordinator for compliance matters, policy & procedure reviews and/or all branch-wide related matters or projects, providing expert advice on corporate governance, regulatory compliance and statutory obligations.
- Reviewing and handling all matters or enquiries relating to the policies and procedures of LDHK.
- Taking up simple contract review and comparison tasks Responsible for all administrative work (including without limitation legal matters filing, legal document processing, preparing reports and general support) for LDHK.
- Processing and following up the receipt of court orders and other third-party legal enquiries.
- Responsible for legal bills management and law firm assessment support.
- Managing of external legal counsel engagement applications of the Hong Kong Branch.
- Preparing all head office, regional and other Hong Kong Branch legal reports including litigation reports and litigation checks/enquiries from other units.
Requirements:
- Bachelor Degree preferably in Business / Law / relevant discipline
- Existing para-legal supporting lawyers in law firms – 8- 10 years
- Corporate secretarial support experience
- Compliance related work experience required for compliance / P&P reviews and corporate governance support
- Capable of reviewing and drafting all types of corporate authorization documents
- Capable of drafting, reviewing, executing and handling general documents independently
- Experience in simple legal contract and/or document reviews and management.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent command of written and spoken English and Chinese languag