The Firm

Walkers is a leading international law and professional services firm providing legal, corporate and fiduciary services to global corporations, financial institutions, capital market participants and investment fund managers. With a global presence spanning the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, we advise on the jurisdictions of Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Ireland and Jersey.

Walkers treat everyone as the intelligent grown-ups they are. We take a grown-up approach to getting the job done – trusting and empowering our people to deliver consistently, and enabling them to succeed. Diversity is our secret weapon – it’s the sheer breadth of Walkers people that makes us who we are – gathered from across the globe and fluent in languages, jurisdictions and cultures that help us to mirror our clients and keep our own thinking in tune with the world we operate in.

Overview

Based in the Hong Kong office, the Corporate Services Assistant will be responsible for the review of business as assigned by the Manager of Corporate Services or other senior members of the Corporate Services team, the administration of companies and partnerships in accordance with Company policy and such other responsibilities as Senior Management shall from time to time determine.

Duties, Responsibilities & Person Specification

• To deal with day to day correspondence and administrative matters from Team Manager, Corporate Services Executives and Administrators relating to the team's portfolio of companies and partnerships, originating responses and updating and providing registers and documents as required
• To interpret board and shareholder resolutions and agreements and update the corporate records accordingly
• To assist with maintaining internal databases and systems including ViewPoint
• To assist with the scanning and saving of documents to the document management system, ensure that all relevant client documents are saved following document naming conventions and in accordance with company policy
• Such other tasks as may be requested from time to time

Experience

• The individual must hold an undergraduate degree
• A minimum of 1-2 years' experience in company secretarial position gained from professional firms
• Excellent written and oral communications skills in Chinese & English are essential, fluency in Putonghua is preferred
• Individual must be highly organized and detail oriented, with strong administrative skills and the ability to multi-task
• The ability to operate with strictest of confidentiality
• Reliability essential