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Manager, Business Advisory Services
Location: China, Shanghai
Function: Business Advisory Services
Role: Manager
Responsibility
- Managing the business advisory service department by following up on client's inquiry, workload allocation and other necessary activities for the orderly operation of the department
- Participate in legal due diligence and M&A related work
- Provide FDI related legal advisory services with minimum supervision and handle the incorporation procedure for RO, WFOE, FICE and JV with minimum supervision
- Research on legal and tax issues/investment regulations, scenarios and alternatives for our existing and potential international clients
- Implementing legal registrations/investment procedures for our client's portfolio
- Independently complete or cooperate with colleagues on FIEs setup documents preparation
- Liaison with government authorities to understand local policy and practice
- Site visit of government organs to submit documents and collect information
- Meet independently and/or with a company team with existing and potential clients and advise over legal and tax issues affecting their investment plans for China
- Follow up on clients' establishment and conversion into tax/accounting retainers with colleagues from the tax/accounting department
- Provide advice on legal issues of retainer clients
- Conduct legal due diligence on target companies, draft of legal contracts and documents
- Writing articles or making presentations on legal/investment and other related matters
- Internal training
- Provide content and articles for internal and partners publications
- Assist in some office administrations if needed
Requirements
- At least three or four years working experience in Foreign Direct Investment, preferably working experience in international law firm or multi-national company
- Good knowledge of and experience on set-up procedures for RO, WFOE, FICE and JV
- Ability to read, interpret, draft, modify and review legal documents
- Capable to work with minimum supervision
- Good team worker
- LLB or LLM
- Fluent in both spoken and written English and Mandarin
- Bar qualification is preferred, but not a must