About the Position

We are looking for an energetic and driven Commercial Contracts Lawyer to help our Legal team advise on, draft, review and negotiate a wide range of commercial contracts for our Procurement, Market Data and Engineering teams in Hong Kong, and in some cases, for colleagues around the world.

This work will include master agreements, services agreements, licences, leases, construction contracts, co-location and data centre agreements, NDAs and many other types of contracts. You will also assist with our global commercial contracts and procurement processes, tools and templates.

Additionally, you will advise members of our Infrastructure teams and other colleagues across our firm on daily contractual and legal issues in our growing global environment, which includes offices in New York, London, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Singapore and Mumbai.

About You

Qualified lawyer in Hong Kong with 5-10 years PQE; some in-house experience is required, ideally within financial services or tech
Experienced with negotiating, drafting and advising in relation to commercial contracts, including data centres and co-location agreements, telco and networking agreements, leases, cloud services, data licences, etc.
Have a good working knowledge of commercial contract law; you are comfortable with technological terms and understand software and technology licensing
Have excellent writing, speaking, and people skills; are collaborative and organised
Take initiative to address problems and make process improvements
Some knowledge of data privacy, cloud, outsourcing and procurement law and practice is a plus
Experience with contract management systems and process implementation is preferred
Fluency in English is required

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