Total 13 job vacancies by Herbert Smith Freehills Llp

Herbert Smith Freehills is a world leading international law firm, known for our insight and diverse perspectives. We believe that today, there’s a real opportunity to do things differently, to do things better and raise our ambition: for our clients and for you. By aligning your growth and ambition with ours. We make your personal and professional growth our business. And as part of the team, our ambition is yours too. Wherever you are in your career: grow and help the firm grow with you.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our global Reward and Benefits team as Senior Reward & Benefits Manager, Asia, this role could be based in any of our Hong Kong or Singapore offices. You will be leading our reward and benefits strategy for our Asia offices. This role will have 2.5 direct reports to support the implementation and operations of our reward, benefits and wellbeing initiatives and process across the region.

Reporting into the Head of Reward & Benefits, the Senior Reward & Benefits Manager, Asia will be responsible for developing, managing, and delivering key reward and benefits strategies, projects and processes across the Asia region: namely in; Bangkok, Beijing, Jakarta, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo. They will be working with the regional HR leads, develop a total reward proposition that brings together salary, bonus, benefits, and recognition and support the implementation of relevant initiatives. Key to success in this role will be the ability to build strong relationships with colleagues across the Asia region to understand where reward and benefits interventions can have the most impact.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• We would expect the successful candidate to have approximately 3+ years' experience in a similar leadership role, but will consider those with less or more experience providing they meet the required competencies and can demonstrate success in a relevant role.
• Technical knowledge of compensation and benefits structures in Asia highly desirable and previous experience of managing compensation and benefits schemes required.
• Experience of legal sector fee earner reward strategies desirable but not essential
• Strong understanding of compensation principles
• Good understanding of market norms and best practice across different geographical territories
• Practical knowledge of market data and survey provision including Towers Watson
• Strong data manipulation skills, comfortable creating spread sheets from scratch where needed
• Able to provide mentoring and insight to those less experienced
• Advanced Microsoft Excel essential, plus working knowledge of Access and PowerPoint desirable
• Analytical approach to problem solving, numerate
• Client-focused, with strong interpersonal skills

Our Learning & Organisation Development team supports the development of our people to perform to their greatest potential. The team works collaboratively and innovatively across practice groups and functions to deliver learning solutions to our people and our clients and support strategic firm projects. The team is committed to the career development of all our people and provides support through training, coaching and mentoring opportunities.

We are seeking a highly communicative Learning and Organisational Development Manager to join the Asia team on a minimum of 9 month fixed term contract based in Singapore. You will manage, design and deliver professional skills development programs in line with our global offerings and develop the legal learning curriculum for legal employees and partners. In this role you will have the opportunity to participate in global initiatives and solutions and build relationships with senior stakeholders whilst implementing appropriate development interventions.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Deep understanding of adult learning principles and their practical application in a professional services setting
• At least 5 years' experience working in the professional services or legal sector
• Experience leading and managing senior leaders through change
• Qualifications in organisational development, education or psychology desirable
• Qualifications and extensive experience in executive coaching desirable
• Experience in working in a global organisation and working across different time zones and cultures
• Demonstrated ability to work constructively in a complex and rapidly changing work environment
• Experience in needs analysis and program design for senior as well as junior audiences
• Commitment to excellence
• Independent critical thinking
• Professional presence and impact
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically and commercially
• Ability to influence senior and diverse stakeholders
• Strong consulting skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Project management experience
• Team oriented mindset
• Excellent communication skills – oral and written

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.

Reporting to the Operations Manager, Southeast Asia, you will be part of the legal support team, consistently provide administrative support to partners, lawyers and support staff to meet client requirements and deliver an exceptional client experience.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide timely and accurate support to practice management assistants and legal assistants, with administrative support needs.
• Deliver high quality, accurate work whilst managing deadlines, responding to change and the competing priorities of all work.
• Meet required deadlines and negotiate alternate timeframes when necessary.
• Scan, print or photocopy relevant documents as and when required by the relevant practice group support colleague or lawyer.
• Liaising with business services and other services to coordinate urgent mail and courier requests.
• Develop and maintain a robust file management system for all electronic and hard copy documents.
• Provide ad hoc support to the group or division such as dealing with incoming mail, answering the telephone, amending documents and any other administrative duties.
• Assist lawyers with petty cash requests, currency requests and expense claims in a timely manner.
• Assist with updating client information and relevant databases, following legal assistant or lawyer instructions in a timely manner (eg, InterAction).
• Prepare files for archiving and manage return and retrieval of files following firm guidelines.
• Assisting internal and external practice group events and functions.
• Adhere to firm, office and practice group policies and procedures, including those that are formal, informal, documented or verbal.
• Take all necessary steps to ensure you are aware of correct procedures. Maintaining inquisitive, collaborative and vigilant work habits, keeping abreast of changes and developing more efficient work processes.
• Demonstrate enthusiasm and proactivity in the workplace, including participating in and contributing to team meetings and activities, firm initiatives, learning and development sessions and other relevant activities.
• Take responsibility for your own learning, undertake recommended training, keep up to date and comply with firm policies, adopt new or improved firm and practice group recommended work practices, and share information with others about better ways of working.
• Comply with WHS obligations and responsibilities in accordance with the requirements for this role as set out on the intranet.

SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Fresh graduates are welcome.
• Knowledge of the Microsoft suite (Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
• Good written and verbal communication skills with a demonstrated ability to building effective and trusting relationships with people internally and external to the firm.

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.

Herbert Smith Freehills is a world leading international law firm, known for our insight and diverse perspectives. We believe that today, there’s a real opportunity to do things differently, to do things better and raise our ambition: for our clients and for you. By aligning your growth and ambition with ours. We make your personal and professional growth our business. And as part of the team, our ambition is yours too. Wherever you are in your career: grow and help the firm grow with you.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our global Reward and Benefits team as Senior Reward & Benefits Manager, Asia, this role could be based in any of our Hong Kong or Singapore offices. You will be leading our reward and benefits strategy for our Asia offices. This role will have 2.5 direct reports to support the implementation and operations of our reward, benefits and wellbeing initiatives and process across the region.

Reporting into the Head of Reward & Benefits, the Senior Reward & Benefits Manager, Asia will be responsible for developing, managing, and delivering key reward and benefits strategies, projects and processes across the Asia region: namely in; Bangkok, Beijing, Jakarta, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo. They will be working with the regional HR leads, develop a total reward proposition that brings together salary, bonus, benefits, and recognition and support the implementation of relevant initiatives. Key to success in this role will be the ability to build strong relationships with colleagues across the Asia region to understand where reward and benefits interventions can have the most impact.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• We would expect the successful candidate to have approximately 3+ years' experience in a similar leadership role, but will consider those with less or more experience providing they meet the required competencies and can demonstrate success in a relevant role.
• Technical knowledge of compensation and benefits structures in Asia highly desirable and previous experience of managing compensation and benefits schemes required.
• Experience of legal sector fee earner reward strategies desirable but not essential
• Strong understanding of compensation principles
• Good understanding of market norms and best practice across different geographical territories
• Practical knowledge of market data and survey provision including Towers Watson
• Strong data manipulation skills, comfortable creating spread sheets from scratch where needed
• Able to provide mentoring and insight to those less experienced
• Advanced Microsoft Excel essential, plus working knowledge of Access and PowerPoint desirable
• Analytical approach to problem solving, numerate
• Client-focused, with strong interpersonal skills

Herbert Smith Freehills is recruiting an Associate to join our market-leading international arbitration team in Singapore.

We are ranked as a top tier firm by both Chambers and Legal 500 and described as a "dispute resolution powerhouse that consistently tops the rankings". With our hub in Singapore and colleagues in Bangkok and Jakarta, we are the region's pre-eminent specialist for complex international disputes. We work alongside our outstanding commercial litigation, enforcement and restructuring practices in Singapore (through Herbert Smith Freehills Prolegis, our FLA), Thailand and Indonesia, as well as our disputes colleagues in Hong Kong, mainland China and Japan.

The team is high-performing, ambitious, multilingual and (importantly) friendly, including lawyers who are admitted to practice in a variety of jurisdictions including England, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Australia and the BVI.

Our clients include global and regional investors, multi-national corporations, governments and state-owned entities. We are proud to work with many of the largest Asian companies, as well as the largest private capital funds deploying across the region. We work on disputes arising from their international trade and investments, with a strong focus on the energy, infrastructure, technology and finance sectors alongside broader commercial and industrial cases. Our work includes shareholder, JV and M&A disputes, gas pricing and other commodity related disputes, construction and concession disputes and commercial frauds.

You will relish the responsibility of operating as a senior lawyer directing and overseeing junior colleagues effectively and respectfully, but you will still work closely and collaboratively with partners and other senior colleagues.

To be successful in this role, you should have:

• High academic achievement and current bar admission (common or civil law accepted)
• At least 5 years of post-qualification experience (by English equivalent)
• Substantial experience, knowledge and confidence in the theory and practice of international commercial and/or investment arbitration
• A very high level of skill in the analysis of issues and evidence, legal drafting, strategic and tactical planning, effective case management and presentation, and (ideally) oral advocacy and cross-examination
• Experience in developing client and industry relationships
• Exceptional communication and time management skills
• Self-motivation, willingness and enthusiasm to challenge yourself
• A sense of humour and readiness to work collaboratively in a friendly, high-performing team
• Ideally, multi-lingual skills and experience working in more than one country and culture (this would be a substantial advantage, but is not a requirement)

You will be part of a diverse, innovative culture where high performance, client focus and highly engaged people are our differentiator. We come from a range of backgrounds and bring a wide variety of experiences and perspectives to our work together and for our clients. Our inclusive environment ensures you feel valued and able to perform at your best by being your true and authentic self at work. We know that our future success depends on our people feeling engaged in meaningful work.

Finally, 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.

Job Overview: As a HR intern with Herbert Smith Freehills, you will be presented with diverse opportunities to learn about the HR function in an exciting and fast paced legal industry. If you are detail-oriented and are willing to learn, this internship opportunity will give you the chance to develop your HR career.

Responsibilities and Duties:

· Administrative duties such as updating personnel information to the HR system, monthly and ad-hoc invoices processing etc

· Recruitment matters such as liaising interviews, telephone interviews, drafting of contract

· Drafting up monthly and the adhoc reports

· Facilitate onboarding process for new joiners

· Coordinate with and provide support to the regional team as necessary

· Liaise with the different departments for operational purposes

· Support other ad hoc HR projects such as facilitate internal email/document management system restructuring and assist in monthly HR initiatives

Requirements:

· Basic Microsoft skills for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc

· Good oral and written skills

· Have a good attitude towards learning and teamwork

· High level of confidentiality

· Attention to detail and meticulous

· Motivated and proactive

· Outspoken personality

The Opportunity

We have an exciting opportunity in the SE Asia Business Development Team. As part of the team, you will play a hands-on role in contributing to the firm’s success and helping to achieve its objectives.

If you’re a commercially minded individual with a passion for business development and improving the client experience in a professional services environment, you could be just what we’re looking for.

We are looking for someone who can provide high quality BD assistance to the Singapore office and wider Southeast Asian practice, working in conjunction with the BD team in Singapore and the wider Asia-Pacific region. The internship period will be 4-6 months on full time basis.

The role will involve:

• Capturing new matter credentials and uploading to our credentials database
• Assisting with the translation of BD and marketing materials including credentials for the use of pitches, client training menus and BD induction
• Updating lawyers' web profiles and firm CVs with the latest credentials, and assist with translation review
• Assisting with sourcing content, profiles and credentials for pitches
• Assisting with social media profiling for BD initiatives
• Undertaking strategic market research and supporting client events

Skills, experience and qualifications:

• Ability to work autonomously, demonstrating initiative and proactive attitude
• Maintaining confidentiality at all times, as we work with sensitive internal information
• Ability to meet numerous competing deadlines
• Communicating clearly with BD and external team members regarding workload and capacity
• Excellent communication skills in both written and spoken English

Apply though the following link: https://herbertsmithfreehills.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job/Singapore/Business-Development-Intern_R-100445

Our Office Operations function plays a central role in managing our working environment and the services within it, so that practice areas can serve their clients to the best of their ability. That goes beyond just ensuring that professionals have the client-facing and office services and equipment they need. It’s about ensuring that every space around our global network serves its purpose effectively, whether that’s an office, a breakout area or a conference room.

The opportunity

Reporting to the Operations Manager, the Receptionist is expected to provide administrative support in a timely and responsive manner to internal staff across HSF as well as external visitors to the HSF Singapore office.

The role will involve:

· To be responsible for overall reception duties in a professional manner including receiving clients and visitors and answering visitor inquiries.

· Answering, screening and directing incoming calls to the appropriate person, and if necessary, to take messages accurately and forwarded the messages on a timely basis.

· Maintaining high standards of presentation in the reception area, lobby and other public areas.

· Supporting high level of client service F&B requirements. Serving coffee, tea or other drinks to guests and visitors when required.

· Managing efficient scheduling of the conference rooms calendar.

· Work with cleaner to maintain a tidy appearance of the conference rooms before and after use, including the replenishment of stationery.

· Ensuring all meeting connections go smoothly

· Learn and be well-versed with meeting rooms equipment and updating wi-fi passwords

· Handling reprographics requests for clients in the conference rooms.

· Preparing the Out-of-Office and Visitors update and emailed to all Singapore users each morning. Notifying relevant staff members/HR when staff call in sick.

· Ensuring all incoming mail is distributed promptly.

· Maintaining a Visitor/Contractor Pass log to document the issuance of visitor/contractor passes and, to follow up with a daily review of the log.

· Arranging laundry for events requirement.

· Support event logistics

· Arrange photo shoot for new joiners.

· Admin tasks such as

- Printing and binding

- Ordering of supplies of whole office

- Preparing invoices

· Other ad hoc duties as required.

Skills, experience & qualification:

• A minimum of 2 years' relevant working experience preferably in a professional services environment.
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Strong telephone manners and communication skills.
• Ability to work in a highly collaborative team environment.
• Flexible to work after hours and on weekends/public holidays if required.
• Good command of English.
• Proficiency in MS Office and Chinese word processing

To provide high quality and senior level BD support to our market-leading Asia Energy & Infrastructure practice working in close conjunction with BD colleagues in the Asia-Pacific region.

The successful candidate will work closely with the rest of the BD team to provide sophisticated and proactive cross-practice assistance to the Energy & Infrastrcture practice and sector and will be expected to play a leading advisory role for that practice.

Responsibilities

Management and leadership:

The successful candidate will assume a leadership position within the Asia BD team.

• Specific duties will include: Management of Energy & Infrastructure practice BD budgets within Asia.

Business planning and implementation:

• Play a leading role in the formulation and implementation of business development plans, particularly for the Energy & Infrastructure practice
• Help develop a cross-practice, client-oriented approach to pursuits and new business, working in conjunction with relevant members of the global BD team and other key stakeholders
• Help drive firm-wide or regional BD initiatives within the Energy & Infrastructure sector and practice as appropriate

Pitches, proposals and tender submissions:

• Ensure best practice in preparation of pitches and proposals
• Work with Global and Regional Energy & Infrastructure BD and sector teams on pitch strategy and approach for strategic pursuits
• Help develop strong key selling messages for the sector and specific practice teams, to be deployed consistently in pitches and proposals

Client development:

• Support CRMs of global strategic Energy & Infrastructure clients in efforts to target opportunities for those clients in Asia
• Assume CRM responsibility for 2-3 key regional Energy & Infrastructure clients
• Support the firm's global Client Listening programme, including conducting face-to-face client reviews as appropriate

Reputation, brand and profile:

• Work with the Asia Communications team where required in relation to Asia PR opportunities in the Energy & Infrastructure sector
• Work with the BD teams in preparation of legal directory and award submissions for the Energy & Infrastructure practice as required

Management of information and projects:

• Contribute ideas to improving processes and systems within the team and take responsibility for such projects as appropriate

Relationship building and connection:

• Develop strong relationships with the partners and lawyers across Asia involved in the Energy & Infrastructure practice and sector
• Develop strong relationships across the Asia and wider global BD team, in order that you can connect the Energy & Infrastructure sector with the wider network
• Play an active part in mentoring and supporting junior members of the BD team in in Asia

Requirements

• Appropriate undergraduate/postgraduate degree qualification(s)
• At least eight years' experience working in a BD role in a law firm or other professional services environment.
• Previous experience within a similar Marketing & Business Development Manager role with a focus on Energy & Infrastructure, within the legal sector would be desirable and help ensure success is achieved within this role
• Knowledge of the Asian legal market desirable but not essential
• Fluent written and spoken English
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a broader team
• Confidence in dealing with senior stakeholders
• Excellent organisational and communication skills
• Ability to prioritise and manage workload under pressure
• High degree of attention to detail
• Proven ability to establish professional credibility
• Excellent service delivery skills and high level of responsiveness

Herbert Smith Freehills is recruiting an Associate to join our market-leading international arbitration team in Singapore.

We are ranked as a top tier firm by both Chambers and Legal 500 and described as a "dispute resolution powerhouse that consistently tops the rankings". With our hub in Singapore and colleagues in Bangkok and Jakarta, we are the region's pre-eminent specialist for complex international disputes. We work alongside our outstanding commercial litigation, enforcement and restructuring practices in Singapore (through Herbert Smith Freehills Prolegis, our FLA), Thailand and Indonesia, as well as our disputes colleagues in Hong Kong, mainland China and Japan.

The team is high-performing, ambitious, multilingual and (importantly) friendly, including lawyers who are admitted to practice in a variety of jurisdictions including England, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Australia and the BVI.

Our clients include global and regional investors, multi-national corporations, governments and state-owned entities. We are proud to work with many of the largest Asian companies, as well as the largest private capital funds deploying across the region. We work on disputes arising from their international trade and investments, with a strong focus on the energy, infrastructure, technology and finance sectors alongside broader commercial and industrial cases. Our work includes shareholder, JV and M&A disputes, gas pricing and other commodity related disputes, construction and concession disputes and commercial frauds.

You will relish the responsibility of operating as a senior lawyer directing and overseeing junior colleagues effectively and respectfully, but you will still work closely and collaboratively with partners and other senior colleagues.

To be successful in this role, you should have:

• High academic achievement and current bar admission (common or civil law accepted)
• At least 5 years of post-qualification experience (by English equivalent)
• Substantial experience, knowledge and confidence in the theory and practice of international commercial and/or investment arbitration
• A very high level of skill in the analysis of issues and evidence, legal drafting, strategic and tactical planning, effective case management and presentation, and (ideally) oral advocacy and cross-examination
• Experience in developing client and industry relationships
• Exceptional communication and time management skills
• Self-motivation, willingness and enthusiasm to challenge yourself
• A sense of humour and readiness to work collaboratively in a friendly, high-performing team
• Ideally, multi-lingual skills and experience working in more than one country and culture (this would be a substantial advantage, but is not a requirement)

You will be part of a diverse, innovative culture where high performance, client focus and highly engaged people are our differentiator. We come from a range of backgrounds and bring a wide variety of experiences and perspectives to our work together and for our clients. Our inclusive environment ensures you feel valued and able to perform at your best by being your true and authentic self at work. We know that our future success depends on our people feeling engaged in meaningful work.

Finally, 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.

We are seeking a Legal Support Assistant to provide secretarial and administrative support in a timely and responsive manner to legal staff, with a consistent and high standard of quality to partners, lawyers and business services staff in the practice group to meet client requirements and deadlines to deliver an exceptional client experience.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide timely and accurate support to lawyers and business service managers, with administrative support needs.
• Deliver high quality, accurate work whilst managing deadlines, responding to change and the competing priorities of all work.
• Meet required deadlines and negotiate alternate timeframes when necessary.
• Scan, print or photocopy relevant documents as and when required by the relevant practice group support colleague or lawyer.
• Liaising with business services and other services to coordinate urgent mail and courier requests.
• Develop and maintain a robust file management system for all electronic and hard copy documents.
• Provide ad hoc support to the group or division such as dealing with incoming mail, answering the telephone, amending documents and any other administrative duties.
• Assist lawyers with petty cash requests, currency requests and expense claims in a timely manner.
• Assist with updating client information and relevant databases, following legal assistant or lawyer instructions in a timely manner (eg, InterAction).
• Prepare files for archiving and manage return and retrieval of files following firm guidelines.
• Assisting internal and external practice group events and functions.
• Adhere to firm, office and practice group policies and procedures, including those that are formal, informal, documented or verbal.
• Take all necessary steps to ensure you are aware of correct procedures. Maintaining inquisitive, collaborative and vigilant work habits, keeping abreast of changes and developing more efficient work processes.
• Demonstrate enthusiasm and proactivity in the workplace, including participating in and contributing to team meetings and activities, firm initiatives, learning and development sessions and other relevant activities.
• Take responsibility for your own learning, undertake recommended training, keep up to date and comply with firm policies, adopt new or improved firm and practice group recommended work practices, and share information with others about better ways of working.
• Comply with WHS obligations and responsibilities in accordance with the requirements for this role as set out on the intranet.

SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Typing speed minimum of 60wpm with 98% accuracy.
• Knowledge of the Microsoft suite (Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
• Good written and verbal English communication skills with a demonstrated ability to building effective and trusting relationships with people internally and external to the firm.

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.

Reporting to the Operations Manager, Southeast Asia, you will be part of the legal support team, consistently provide administrative support to partners, lawyers and support staff to meet client requirements and deliver an exceptional client experience.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide timely and accurate support to practice management assistants and legal assistants, with administrative support needs.
• Deliver high quality, accurate work whilst managing deadlines, responding to change and the competing priorities of all work.
• Meet required deadlines and negotiate alternate timeframes when necessary.
• Scan, print or photocopy relevant documents as and when required by the relevant practice group support colleague or lawyer.
• Liaising with business services and other services to coordinate urgent mail and courier requests.
• Develop and maintain a robust file management system for all electronic and hard copy documents.
• Provide ad hoc support to the group or division such as dealing with incoming mail, answering the telephone, amending documents and any other administrative duties.
• Assist lawyers with petty cash requests, currency requests and expense claims in a timely manner.
• Assist with updating client information and relevant databases, following legal assistant or lawyer instructions in a timely manner (eg, InterAction).
• Prepare files for archiving and manage return and retrieval of files following firm guidelines.
• Assisting internal and external practice group events and functions.
• Adhere to firm, office and practice group policies and procedures, including those that are formal, informal, documented or verbal.
• Take all necessary steps to ensure you are aware of correct procedures. Maintaining inquisitive, collaborative and vigilant work habits, keeping abreast of changes and developing more efficient work processes.
• Demonstrate enthusiasm and proactivity in the workplace, including participating in and contributing to team meetings and activities, firm initiatives, learning and development sessions and other relevant activities.
• Take responsibility for your own learning, undertake recommended training, keep up to date and comply with firm policies, adopt new or improved firm and practice group recommended work practices, and share information with others about better ways of working.
• Comply with WHS obligations and responsibilities in accordance with the requirements for this role as set out on the intranet.

SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Fresh graduates are welcome.
• Knowledge of the Microsoft suite (Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
• Good written and verbal communication skills with a demonstrated ability to building effective and trusting relationships with people internally and external to the firm.

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.

Our Business development team works alongside our partners and lawyers across our sectors, services and offices to support and develop our relationships with clients, delivering an exceptional service and exploring new avenues through which we can help them meet their business needs. Our brand, marketing and digital team help position us as thought leaders amongst our target markets in the areas we most want to be known for, by creating intuitive and engaging collateral, events and campaigns.

The opportunity

As part of the business development and marketing team, you will play a hands-on role in contributing to the firm’s success and helping to achieve its objectives. This could be as one of our business development and marketing professionals, coaching partners on relationship building, or building our brand as one of our marketing, design or events professionals.

If you’re a commercially minded individual with a passion for business development and improving the client experience in a professional services environment, you could be just what we’re looking for.

The role will involve:

Events

· Actively manage a calendar of events across South East Asia offices

· Maintain an up-to-date calendar of client events in Singapore

· Plan, coordinate and produce virtual events and physical events in the offices within time limits.

· Execute the technical aspects for remote broadcasting.

· Manage on-demand posting of virtual programs.

· Assist with event logistics including facility, rentals, food, materials, audio-visual, email communications, onsite facilitation and post-event reporting.

· Create and edit event lists, invitations, materials and signage

· Track and report expenditures against budget

· Conduct pre and post event evaluations and report on outcomes

· Conduct research of vendors and venues and propose options for events.

· Draft, format and send email communications to promote firm events using Vuture - the firm's email platform

· Develop, update and maintain event email distribution lists using firm’s Interaction system.

· Prepare program materials including presentations, handouts and name tags, as well as promotional items/giveaways as requested.

· Provide onsite support at firm events, including setup and teardown, registration, speaker assistance, venue and vendor coordination.

· Prepare RSVP, attendance and survey summary reports.

· Post events to internal and external websites.

· Maintain event department documents including event calendars and forms.

· Provide additional event support as needed.

Marketing & Communications:

· Assist in coordination of HSF’s participation in, and sponsorship of, local and national conferences

· Responsibilities would include handling lawyer reservations or RSVPs, and

· Coordinating and submitting advertisements, giveaways, logos, and other materials as needed for sponsorships and other external activities.

· Coordinate the distribution of legal publications and guides in South East Asia

To be successful in this role, you should have the below skills, experience & qualification:

· A minimum of 2-3 years event management experience

· Excellent project co-ordination/administration skills

· Advanced MS Office skills - in particular Word, PowerPoint and Excel skills

· Experience in composing own correspondence, internal and external documents and working with large schedules and documents

· Exposure to marketing within a corporate or professional services environment is desirable.

· Database experience - InterAction experience desirable. Experience with virtual event production and platform/tools required. Experience with email marketing software preferred.

· Experience with website content management systems and HTML a plus.

· Experience with CRM software (e.g. InterAction) a plus.

· Excellent oral and written communications skills.

· Strong organizational abilities. Excellent project management skills; must be capable of working well under pressure in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.