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Company Secretarial Officer

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Company Secretarial Officer

Allen & Overy (Hong Kong) Limited
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Company Secretarial Officer

M&A

Hong Kong SAR

Office based role

Job description

A&O Shearman is a new global industry-leading law firm, with nearly 50 offices in 29 countries worldwide. Our fluency in English law, US law, and the laws of the world’s most dynamic markets, enables us to provide unmatched insight and seamless delivery to clients. We work on challenging and important deals and disputes that have the potential to shape the future. We offer exceptional opportunities for our people; opportunities to work for the world’s leading businesses; to transform the status quo, and to deliver your best work,  helping you and your career to thrive, while delivering unparalleled outcomes for our clients. Whether you're helping clients solve complex challenges, transforming the ways we manage our business, or ensuring the smooth-running of our operations, this is an environment where you can belong and excel. We provide first-rate training and development, we are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and we provide support and ways of working that help you optimise your wellbeing. What truly defines a career with us? We recruit the best and ask for the best of you. And together, we will redefine success.

Office                  Hong KongDepartment        CorporateReporting to       Hong Kong Corporate Partners

Department purpose and structure
Our corporate team spans all of our offices and works seamlessly with a global community of relationship law firms giving us access to a further 118 countries. This platform provides our clients with the confidence that they will receive the highest quality advice in both their domestic markets and as they expand into new territories.  We advise across the broad spectrum of corporate work including public takeovers, private M&A, ECM, complex joint ventures, disposals and corporate restructurings, as well as general commercial, antitrust and corporate governance issues.

Role purpose
We are currently looking for a Company Secretarial Officer to support the Company Secretary in our Corporate Department.

Key relationships

  • Hong Kong Partners and associates in Corporate Department
  • Company secretarial team
  • Other support professionals
  • Government authorities
Role and responsibilities
  • Dealing with clients on a day-to-day basis
  • Assisting the Company Secretary in preparing documents, performing tasks as required by or to serve the needs of clients, and assisting in ensuring compliance with statutory requirements and relevant regulations governing client companies 
  • Liaising with various internal departments to facilitate the team's daily office operations from time to time 
  • Assisting the team with the maintenance and organisation of an effective record/database system
  • Assisting with billings, cheque/payment requisitions and invoice settlement 
  • Assisting the Company Secretary on ad hoc tasks as required
Key requirements Ideally, the successful candidate will meet the following requirements:
  • At least 3 years of company secretarial experience.  
  • Hands-on skills in using Viewpoint. 
  • Excellent PC skills including profound hands-on knowledge and skills in Adobe Acrobat PDF Writer, Microsoft Office, Excel and Chinese Word Processing.
  • Excellent spoken and written English and Cantonese. Mandarin language skills are advantageous.
Who we are looking forIdeally, the successful candidate will meet the following needs:
  • Interested in Company Secretarial work
  • Able to work under pressure  
  • A team player 
  • With a good telephone manner
  • Excellent attention to detail  
  • Demonstrates good interpersonal and communication skills

Additional information - External

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Work Model
  • On-site / At the workplace
Industry
Employment Term
  • Full-time
Experience
  • 3 years - 5 years
Education
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