Office Management and Business Development Lead - Hong Kong

Job Introduction

DAC Beachcroft are proud to announce its new office opening in Hong Kong. Hong Kong holds a significant place in our global strategy for international expansion and we are therefore looking to recruit an ambitious, organised and proactive Office Management, Business Development and Finance Administration Lead. 

This is an excellent opportunity to work in a newly formed energetic and dynamic environment where you will be supported by our UK and Asia Pacific headquarters.  

This is a permanent opportunity and you will required to work in the office on a full time basis.

Role Responsibility

This is a role providing general office and finance support to the 4 lawyers with duties including, but not limited to:

• General day to day office and supplier management 
• Facilities management
• Supporting Business Development activities (incl. some travel administration) – working with our UK Clients & Markets team. 
• Liaising with landlord to ensure lease compliance 
• Diary management for lawyers
• Secretarial duties for lawyers
• Processing of financial transactions i.e. re-purchase invoices, raising of sales invoices, disbursements etc. and liaising with our Singapore and UK headquarters
• Client & guest liaison at our offices

The Ideal Candidate

• Flexible, can-do approach to work
• Organised and able to prioritise and manage a constantly changing workload
• Excellent attention to detail
• Able to make decisions within own areas of responsibility
• Ability to work to own initiative without close supervision
• A co-operative team player who is able to work to tight deadlines
• Strong communication skills with a positive and enthusiastic approach to their work

About the Company

We're a leading international legal business with over 3,000 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We're market leaders in insurance, health and real estate but with a full-service offering, including growing Financial Services and Tech capabilities. We represent a wide range of clients – from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for nearly all of the top-20 UK and global insurers, we're market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK’s top-five housebuilders.

We are a fast-growing international business with offices around the globe.  In addition to our 11 UK offices, we also have offices in Dublin, Madrid, Paris, Milan, Rome, Singapore, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Miami, plus a broad network of affiliations across the globe. 

Working with us

Our vision is to be leading business advisers, recognised for our insight and our outstanding commitment to clients, and for being the place where talented people want to work. Combine this with our supportive culture and hybrid working model, and you have: a Life that Works.

Our flexible approach means that we help our colleagues to be their best at work, while recognising that they have all sorts of different interests and commitments outside work.

We pride ourselves on our supportive, approachable culture. We are trusted, appreciated as individuals and embraced as part of a team. At DACB, we don’t just accept your differences, we celebrate and advocate for them. From bespoke solutions for our clients, to treating you as an individual. Our strength comes from your diverse ideas and bringing the ‘whole you’ to work. So if you’re good at what you do, come as you are!

Note for Recruitment Agencies – the DAC Beachcroft LLP resourcing team is responsible for managing all current vacancies through direct hiring and referrals.  Whilst we do work with recruitment agencies, we will formally release those vacancies to instructed agencies deemed best placed to assist us.  Speculative CVs sent by any agency to any DAC Beachcroft employee without a specific request by the resourcing team will not be accepted and no introduction fee will be applicable.  Our resourcing team can be contacted at recruitment@dacbeachcroft.com.

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