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Job Title
Summer Vacation Scheme 2022
Work Type
Full Time - Permanent
Job Location
Hong Kong
Practice Group/Department
N/A
Role
Internship/Seasonal
Description
We have a long history in Hong Kong and a strong network of
relationships with a range of financial institutions, corporates and
other key organisations.
Our main areas of legal services are antitrust and competition,
banking, corporate, IP/IT and litigation and dispute resolution. In
addition, we advise in the areas of: international recovery; energy;
insurance; life science; private equity; structured finance;
technology and transport (aviation, shipping, rail).
All of our lawyers in Hong Kong have Asian experience and most are
Hong Kong qualified. The Hong Kong team has the resources to lead and
manage large, complex transactions and projects, both in the domestic
market, mainland China and internationally.
In addition to Hong Kong, Norton Rose Group has offices in Shanghai,
Beijing, Bangkok, Singapore and Tokyo and an associate office in Jakarta.
Placement
Our vacation placement scheme is one of the good ways for you to
get to know us and decide if we are the best practice for you to
develop your career in. We would like to invite students who wish to
become part of our team after graduation to join our vacation
placement scheme.
A placement will give you first hand experience of our work and
working style. It is aimed at those who are studying or have studied
law, and runs for four weeks in the summer.
Our placement programme runs for four weeks in the summer and
winter and it is highly structured and designed to give you a feel for
what life as a trainee is like with us. Each placement participant
sits with either a partner or an associate to experience life as a
city solicitor. Whether you're attending client meetings, going to
court or doing office-based legal work, you'll be able to make a
practical and valuable contribution to your team. Talks, exercises and
projects are designed to give you full exposure to the practice and
the various types of work we do.
We look for applications from candidates with law degree, who
demonstrate a consistently strong academic record. You are expected to
have or be expecting at least an upper second class degree or
equivalent. We look for people who are team players, with excellent
interpersonal skills.
Requirement
Strong academic record: at least 2:1 degree or equivalent
Good communication skills
Commercial awareness
Negotiation skills
Team playrer
Leadership qualities
Fluency in English (both written and spoken)
Knowledge of Chinese (both written and spoken) would be an advantage