What we will offer
We will offer you a place where you can be yourself and where there are no limits on what you can achieve. With us, you can take ownership of your career and have honest conversations throughout. You would join an ambitious firm with a clear strategy for profitable growth where you can gain early responsibility and early involvement in growing the business. Here you can expect a competitive and fair reward as well as recognition based on all round performance. This forms part of our internal promise to you, The Deal, between the firm and its employees.
You can expect
- A competitive salary and a host of family friendly policies
- We support the causes you care about, by giving you one day per year off to volunteer with any charity that you are involved with outside of work.
- A wellbeing strategy that focuses on preventative measures to maintain overall health, and tools and support for when our people experience physical or mental difficulties. The strategy focuses on four pillars: physical, emotional, financial and social aspects.
- Most of our roles are hybrid, meaning that colleagues benefit from working in our office and remotely. We are happy to discuss this and other flexible working arrangements with you as part of the application and interview process.
- We are an equal opportunity organisation, committed to having a diverse workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, culture, or any other protected characteristics. We aim to create a culture where everyone can be themselves and is valued for their strengths and unique perspectives.
Team structure
We are an award-winning international Private Wealth team, based in Singapore within our international Employment, Pensions & Private Wealth (EPP) Practice Group. Our focus is to support international high net worth individuals and their families, businesses owners and entrepreneurs to preserve, protect and grow their wealth for future generations.
Our practice covers a broad range of services including estate planning, family offices, charitable giving, immigration and relocation, regulatory, funds and tax advice. This is a great opportunity for an ambitious tax, estates and private client tax lawyer to join and help continue to grow, the award-winning private wealth practice of a prestigious international law firm.
We are seeking an experienced lawyer, with sound drafting skills, a team player who is keen to learn and grow a dynamic private wealth practice. The chosen lawyer will:
- Receive one-on-one mentoring and career guidance.
- Gain broad based experience in legal practice covering both Singapore and English law with the opportunity to work on matters involving multi-jurisdictional issues.
- Work as part of a small and agile team that is passionate about private wealth and
- Join a market leading international law firm
Main responsibilities
- Clear, concise and unambiguous preparation and drafting of documentation.
- Preparing advice covering a range of private wealth topics.
- Managing cross-border transactions.
- Conducting legal research using internal and external knowledge management resources.
- Assisting in the preparation of legal articles.
- Liaison with clients under the supervision of a partner.
- Developing own informal internal and external network of contacts.
- Building excellent working relationships with clients and peers within Stephenson Harwood.
- Attending business development and profile-raising events (client seminars, graduate recruitment activities)
Attributes / Skills required
- Experienced qualified lawyer in either Singapore, or England & Wales.
- Ability to acquire, consolidate and apply fundamental and up-to-date knowledge of the law.
- Accuracy and attention to detail is a must.
- Excellent verbal and numerical communication skills.
- Organised and able to work with strict deadlines with the ability to prioritise realistically.
- Good housekeeping / file management practices manages and records time promptly and accurately.
- Resilient with the ability to handle setbacks, time sensitive tasks and pressure.
- A self-starter, able to work alone and within a small team.
- Ambitious, keen to work in a developing department and learn new skills.
- Cooperative and collaborative in approach with an ability to develop excellent working relationships at all levels.
- Operates professionally and proactively at all times
- Active participant in self-development.
- Commercial awareness and sensitivity to client's needs.
- Exhibits an understanding of the firm's position in the market and how it distinguishes its services from its competitors.
- Excellent academic and professional qualifications.
This job description is indicative only and does not represent an exhaustive list of responsibilities. The firm reserves the right to alter or change the responsibilities at any time, in line with the firm's strategy and business needs.
