General Manager, Legal
2 weeks ago
Overview Join to apply for the General Manager, Legal role at West Kowloon Cultural District Authority . The West Kowloon Cultural District Authority welcomes exceptional talent with a passion to realise the vision and mission of making the West Kowloon Cultural District a prime local and international destination for arts, culture and entertainment. Responsibilities Assisting the GC in defining and updating legal services policies and processes, and ensuring that WKCDA operates in full compliance with all statutory procedures and adopts good corporate governance throughout all stages of the WKCD project; Providing legal advice on all legal issues and claims for the Commercial functions on a timely basis; Drafting, advising, reviewing, negotiating and enforcing contracts and other legal documents on behalf of WKCDA; Supervising staff within the Commercial section of the Legal Department (including direct reporting on the performance of Legal Advisors /Assistant Legal Advisors, legal executives) to ensure that legal services are provided in the most efficient and cost-effective manner; Assisting GC to select and instruct external law firms on WKCDA’s legal panel to provide legal advice on specific projects or legal issues arising therefrom, and overseeing the function and performance of external legal advisers on its legal panel on a regular basis; Managing and monitoring the legal expenses budget for external legal advisers (with close liaison and consultation with GC) in a careful and prudent manner; Dealing with correspondence, collate information and ensure decisions made are communicated to relevant stakeholders; Acting on behalf of the GC in her absence; and Performing any other duties from time to time as assigned by GC and the Authority may reasonably direct. Requirements A law degree in a recognized common law jurisdiction; Duly admitted and permitted to practice in Hong Kong; Around 10 to 15 years PQE (either as a solicitor or a barrister practising in Hong Kong or in a recognized common law jurisdiction); Management experience in general commercial work, in particular, in an in-house context is preferred; In-house legal drafting skills of general commercial documents and adding value in a management perspective are added advantage; Reliable with high integrity with strong sense of responsibility and commercial sense; and Good oral and written communication skills, a very high degree of fluency in oral and written English and Chinese is essential. For interested parties, please submit your application with detailed CV on or before the following date. Applicants are encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible. The review of applications will continue until the post is filled. Data collected will only be used for job application processing. Your data may be accessed by our appointed recruitment consultants who have agreed to keep confidence of all personal data in not less than the standards applicable to us. Applicants not being invited for interview within 4 weeks from the submission date may assume their applications unsuccessful. All related information will be kept up to 24 months and all personal data will be destroyed afterwards. For more information, please visit or contact: Shirley Cheung / #J-18808-Ljbffr
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