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Simmons & Simmons Adaptive:
In today's dynamic market, our clients require versatile resourcing and talent solutions to adapt to their shifting demands and talent shortages. To address this challenge, we introduced Simmons Adaptive (Adaptive) in London in 2014, followed by expansions to Hong Kong in 2022 and Singapore in 2024.
Adaptive serves as our flexible interim resourcing model, aimed at enhancing client relationships by offering a people solution that caters to both the Simmons & Simmons and our clients requirements. Through Adaptive, we enrich our client service by leveraging a reputable network of external lawyers who are carefully selected, guided, and supported by our team.
As an Adaptive consultant, you will receive comprehensive support from the Simmons & Simmons team, including a sponsoring Partner and a dedicated client team. We encourage regular interaction with your team to foster a collaborative environment. Additionally, you will have access to the firm's resources and expertise, along with opportunities for professional training and development within the Firm.
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Main purpose of the role:
Simmons Adaptive is searching for experienced lawyers available for possible upcoming interim assignments with our clients. We are especially keen to hear from lawyers who have experience in the following areas:
- Financial Services Regulatory: FS regulatory requirements and reform.
- FinTech: Payments Regulatory experience, knowledge around new retail product launches and regulatory obligations in Hong Kong / Singapore markets.
- Capital Markets: derivatives and structured products, debt and equity capital markets and securitisation.
- Employment: HK/SG employment law, experience in a wide range of employment, employee relations, compliance, regulatory and litigation matters.
- Commercial: general commercial, outsourcing commercial IT contracts, AI and digitalisation.
- Corporate: knowledge and experience in M&A and ECM matters.
- Litigation and Dispute Resolution: general commercial litigation, banking and finance litigation, regulatory investigations.
- Funds: experience of private, public and/or retail funds.
Person specification:
- You are a qualified Solicitor with training from a top tier law firm.
- You have significant post-qualification experience working within one or more of the practice areas listed above.
- You may have in-house experience aligned with the sector focus of Simmons & Simmons: Financial Institutions, Asset Managers & Hedge Funds, TMT and Healthcare and Life Sciences.
- You can work autonomously but can also collaborate effectively as part of the wider team.
- Excellent communication and time management skills.
- You hold the relevant visas and right to work for the Hong Kong / Singapore.
- You will be based or soon to be based in Hong Kong / Singapore.
Why you should join Simmons Adaptive:
- You will have access to high-quality roles and work within Simmons & Simmons market-leading clients.
- You'll have support from a Simmons & Simmons sponsor Partner whilst on external assignment.
- You will be given access to the Firms resources and Know-how when on assignment.
- We will invite you to our in-person and virtual networking events exclusively for Adaptive consultants, along with firmwide webinars and events.
- You'll be given flexibility to work where and when you want.
- You will have the backing of a leading international law firm.
Equal opportunities:
- We are committed to promoting equality and diversity in the firm and to equal opportunities in employment.
- We believe in equality of opportunity regardless of race or racial group (including colour, nationality, ethnicity, national origins), religion or belief, age, disability, sexual orientation, sex, gender re-assignment and gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy, maternity and paternity. This also includes any incidents of perceptive or associative discrimination and harassment.
- At Simmons & Simmons we seek to attract and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, to create an exciting and rewarding place to work. We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us, should this be something you are interested in.
Background screening:
All recruits of Simmons & Simmons will be required to go through our background screening process. Depending on the position you apply for this may include a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) certificate. We undertake not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a DBS certificate on the basis of a conviction or other information revealed. The firm's policy on the recruitment of ex-offenders is available on request
