- Deliver excellent client service and manage and deliver discrete pieces of legal work.
- Make an effective contribution to the firm's work by aiming to meet and exceed target hours.
- Build a solid foundation of commercial and legal expertise in competition, regulation and trade law, and strengthen relationships with clients, frequently acting as a direct point of contact.
- Be responsible for some management and delegation of work to and support of junior colleagues.
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- An ability to work to tight timeframes, collaboratively and at times autonomously.
- Experience in developing client and industry relationships.
- Self-motivation, willingness and enthusiasm to challenge yourself.
- Fluent in English, Japanese language skills will be desirable (this would be a substantial advantage, but is not a requirement).
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TOKYO - Senior Associate, Competition, Regulation & Trade - Minato, 日本 - Herbert Smith Freehills
説明
JOB DESCRIPTION About Herbert Smith Freehills
As one of the world's leading law firms, we advise many of the largest and most ambitious organisations across all major regions of the globe. With over 5,000 people, including 3,100 lawyers and over 2,000 business services professionals, operating from our global network of offices across Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and North America, Herbert Smith Freehills is at the heart of the new global business landscape providing premium quality, full-service legal advice.
We recognise that the success of our business and our clients relies on the skills, knowledge and ideas of all our people. Our environment is one in which high performance is expected, in return, we will provide you with rewards and opportunities tailored to your personal and professional goals.
The Opportunity
Our Competition, Regulation and Trade practice is consistently rated as one of the leading practices in its field, with a team of specialists based in EMEA, Asia and across Australia. Our team is at the forefront of these developments, and ideally placed to navigate the legal challenges that arise in this constantly evolving area. We advise clients in a wide range of industries across the full spectrum of competition, regulation and trade-related issues.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our Competition, Regulation and Trade practice, and to be based in our market leading Tokyo office, which houses one of the largest and most experienced teams of registered foreign lawyers in Tokyo. Our practice centres on multijurisdictional matters and we work in close collaboration with our network of international offices.
Primary Objectives
To be successful in this role, you will have:
Team
Competition, Regulation & TradeWorking Pattern
Full timeLocation
TokyoContract type
Permanent ContractDiversity & Inclusion
At Herbert Smith Freehills you will be part of a diverse, innovative culture where high performance, client focus and highly engaged people are our differentiator. People at our firm come from a range of backgrounds and bring a wide variety of experiences and perspectives to their work with us. We strive to ensure that our inclusive environment means you feel valued and able to perform at your best by being your authentic self at work. We know that our future success not only depends on being innovative and progressive in the changing legal market but, most importantly, on our people feeling highly engaged in meaningful work.
We understand that you have commitments and personal interests outside of work and we strive to create a working environment based on mutual trust and respect, in which you can perform at your best whilst maintaining sustainable balance across your life.
