Foreign Legal Consultant (Junior) Corporate Capital Markets

About Latham & Watkins

Latham & Watkins is one of the worlds leading global law firms advising the businesses and institutions that drive the global economy. We are the market leaders in major financial and business centers globally and offer unmatched expertise and resources to help you grow from an intellectually curious self-starter into an exceptional lawyer. If you aspire to be the best this is where you belong.

About the Practice Group

Lathams Capital Markets Practice helps clients raise billions of dollars each year through all forms of securities products.

As global leaders with a preeminent reputation we serve issuers private equity investors and investment banks in all major global financial centers and are consistently ranked at the top of the league tables for both the volume and value of our work.

Lathams capital markets brand is synonymous with thought leadership and innovation. We combine our market-leading experience with our innovative and collaborative culture to pioneer new deal structures and capital markets solutions. We have navigated clients through new ways of accessing the public markets such as through direct listing. And we have developed alternatives to raising funds in debt and equity capital markets for the purpose of funding strategic investments and acquisitions. Our long-established skill navigating dynamic markets and the associated complex overlapping regulations gives our clients the confidence and guidance they need to accomplish any type of capital raising in any jurisdiction across any border in any industry.

The Capital Markets Practice draws exceptional support from Lathams National Office a centralized team of former SEC senior officials and experienced capital markets lawyers located in Washington D.C. Bolstered by our National Office we have an unparalleled ability to deliver sophisticated advice in real time on the toughest securities and listing issues clients face.

From IPOs to derivatives high yield bonds to direct listings we are the go-to source for capital markets advice. We partner with clients across all sectors of the economy on their most complicated transactions. And long after the capital raising is complete Latham capital markets lawyers leverage the firms global platform to support clients growth and success.

About the Role

The Capital Markets team is seeking highly skilled and motivated junior Foreign Legal Consultants to join our team in the Beijing office. This role is expected to primarily support the team in TPDD and verification work.

The ideal candidate will have prior experience working at law firms (fresh graduates are welcome to apply) hold a law degree from a reputable university in China and possess strong proficiency in both Chinese and English.

Main Contact Details

Layten Kwok


Asia Associate Recruiting Team

Additional Information

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Required Experience:

Junior IC

Employment Type : Contract
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1