Legal Consultant - Banking & Finance

Currently, we're hiring Financial Services Legal Consultants to join us with:

• Ideally 5+ years’ experience within the general banking / regulatory compliance / banking finance areas.
• In-house legal experience is preferred (directly, or as a secondee) though not essential.
• Strong commercial understanding and excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to develop and maintain excellent working relationships with stakeholders, with a view of providing commercially tailored advice.

The responsibilities for this role will include:

• Working with and advising business clients directly, while providing guidance and practical solutions in relation to banking matters.
• Supporting legal matters, including legal / regulatory advice and contract drafting / reviewing across the spectrum of practice areas within investment banks.
• Analyzing new business initiatives and new products / services from a legal aspect where required.
• Proactively monitor and ensure compliance with domestic and international legal requirements, while promoting compliance culture and awareness within the business.

Axiom is a leader in diversity, inclusion, and social engagement. Diversity is core to our values and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, offering access to a variety of professional development programs and continuing legal education opportunities.

Since 2000, we’ve reached legal professionals globally and been committed to reimagining legal work. We seek to live up to the New York Times’ prediction that, “A more sweeping transformation may be on the horizon. And it may look a lot like Axiom”.

Our company is ranked #1 in business of law, innovation in corporate strategy, and innovation in law firm efficiency by the Financial Times.

Learn more about working at Axiom.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Axiom ensures equal employment opportunity in recruitment and employment, without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, nationality, national or ethnic origin, religious creed or belief, political opinion, sex, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, age, disability, alienage or citizenship status, marital (or civil or other partnership recognized by law) status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, sexual orientation, military service, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Axiom prohibits and will not tolerate any such discrimination or harassment.

We understand that many legal professionals have chosen to adopt the consultancy model, and we are happy to discuss this option with you. We offer both consultants and employees the opportunity to work with our enviable client roster.

Contact us in complete confidence to find out more about opportunities to work with Axiom as an employee or consultant. 

Axiom Global HK Limited is a registered employment agency (License #20870). Axiom, as a corporate entity, does not offer legal advice, and is not a registered foreign law firm.

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