# Senior Legal Counsel

**Company**: AIA
**Location**: Hong Kong, HK
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Finance
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30255387

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## Description

We are looking for a Senior Legal Counsel to serve as a trusted legal advisor and business partner across various market functions.

The ideal candidate will have broad legal experience spanning multiple practice areas (such as corporate transactions, M&A, contentious, regulatory, and commercial) and a customer-centric approach to problem-solving.

Key Responsibilities:

- Provide pragmatic, commercially focused legal advice across a wide range of business areas and operations.

- Support business initiatives and projects by providing forward-looking legal insights, balancing risk considerations with commercial objectives, and developing effective, workable solutions to drive outcomes.

- Draft, review, and negotiate a variety of legal documents, including commercial agreements, transaction documents and related materials.

- Advise on day-to-day legal matters arising from business operations, ensuring compliance with applicable laws, regulations and internal policies.

- Conduct legal analysis and provide clear guidance on issues arising from ongoing business activities.

- Participate in internal committees and working groups to support decision-making and promote regulatory compliance.

- Partner closely with business stakeholders to understand objectives and provide tailored legal support aligned with commercial priorities.

Minimum Job Requirements:

- Minimum 6 years’ post-qualification experience (PQE); in-house and/or offshore experience is preferred but not essential.

- Legal experience spanning multiple practice areas, such as corporate, commercial, M&A, litigation, or regulatory advisory (insurance experience is a plus but not necessary).

- Competent in legal drafting and review of legal matters in one or more of the following areas: products brochures/marketing, commercial contracts; distribution contracts including agency; regulatory issues including licensing; IT matters, complaints, claims and customer litigation; commercial litigation; HR legal matters; corporate matters including incorporation and company secretarial work.

- Excellent communication and project management skills.

- Possess business acumen, be innovative but detail-oriented and self-driven.

- Ability to work independently while also thriving in a collaborative team environment.

- Ability to manage multiple and changing priorities, and perform effectively in a fast-paced environment.

- You are required to obtain relevant licence if your job involves in regulated activities.

## Skills

### Required
- legal advice
- commercial awareness
- regulatory compliance
- contract negotiation
- legal drafting

### Nice to have
- in-house experience
- regulatory communications
- insurance experience

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