# HR Employment Lawyer

**Company**: Bank of America
**Location**: Hong Kong
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

We are seeking an experienced HR Employment Lawyer to join our team in Hong Kong or Singapore. As a key member of our HR Legal team, you will provide strategic legal counsel on employment and benefits-related matters, as well as advice on products, services, contentious and regulatory HR matters, and legislative and regulatory change.

Responsibilities:

- Provide first-class, commercial, and risk-appropriate legal advice to HR in APAC

- Manage and advise on legal, reputational, and regulatory risks arising at all stages of the employment cycle

- Act as a strategic partner to the business, assisting in weighing the risk/reward balance while acting responsibly

- Provide regular training to HR and Legal on employment law matters, frequently asked questions, and HR legal documents

- Engage and manage outside counsel in a cost-efficient manner

- Provide general legal support to the business, including the procurement of appropriate regulatory advice

- Keep up to date with applicable legal and regulatory changes and manage any resulting process or policy changes

- Provide advice in respect of the HR aspects of data privacy issues

- Advise on the HR elements of M&A activity, outsourcing, and other transactional projects

Requirements:

- In-house employment lawyer with experience of employment laws and regulations across the APAC Region

- Law degree required

- At least 10 years post-qualification experience

- Fluent spoken and written English required

- Large law firm training and/or in-house Legal department experience, in the area of employment law in the APAC Region, preferably in international banking and finance

- Experience in advising on HR regulatory issues

- Ability to manage responsibilities across multiple jurisdictions and time zones and manage a high volume of work and clients in a fast-paced environment

- Ability to communicate clearly and persuasively, both verbally and in writing, and to adapt to a variety of audiences

- Well-grounded in principles of common law, employment law, and contract law

- Proficient in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

## Skills

### Required
- employment law
- HR regulatory issues
- contract law
- data privacy
- M&A activity
- outsourcing
- regulatory change
- English language

### Nice to have
- large law firm training
- in-house Legal department experience
- international banking and finance

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