Jane Street

Trades stocks, bonds and funds as a market maker

Legal Counsel

Legal Counsel & Legal SupportConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeHong KongNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

Have 3–8 years of post-qualification experience on a corporate and/or finance team, such as derivatives, credit, or mergers and acquisitions, within a leading law firm or financial institution.
Have experience drafting and negotiating contracts.
Be a native Mandarin speaker and fluent in English, both spoken and written.
Be able to organize work with attention to detail and accuracy and handle competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Be an excellent writer and speaker and a strong negotiator.
Be self-motivated, flexible, collaborative, and professional, and clearly articulate approaches, analysis, and conclusions.
Be comfortable working on problems that rarely have clean, definitive answers.

Responsibilities

Provide clear and practical legal advice to teams across the firm, focusing on China business development.
Draft, review, and negotiate trading-related contracts for the Asia business, particularly China, including derivatives documents, commodities purchase agreements, broker agreements, terms of business, nondisclosure agreements, and financing agreements.
Respond to inquiries regarding existing and new contracts.
Provide direct legal support to the desk on new business initiatives.
Liaise with external counsel and other external advisers.
Negotiate with counterparties in China and other jurisdictions.
Advise colleagues more broadly across office locations worldwide as needed.

About the Position

We are looking for an energetic and driven Legal Counsel to join our Legal and Compliance team in Hong Kong, focusing on our China business development. In this role, you’ll provide clear and practical advice to teams across the firm and help draft, review and negotiate trading-related contracts for our Asia business, with a particular focus on China.

The types of agreements that you will help draft and negotiate include derivatives documents, commodities purchase agreements, broker agreements, terms of business, NDAs and financing agreements. We will also rely on you to:

Respond to inquiries regarding existing and new contracts
Provide direct legal support to the desk on new business initiatives
Liaise with external counsel and other external advisers
Negotiate with counterparties in China and other jurisdictions

While your daily work will focus on Hong Kong and China, you may also advise colleagues more broadly across our office locations worldwide.

About You

Have 3-8 years of PQE on a corporate and/or finance team (e.g., derivatives, credit, M&A) within leading law firms or financial institutions
Experienced with drafting and negotiating contracts
Able to stay organised with exceptional attention to detail and accuracy, and able to handle competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
Excellent writer and speaker; strong negotiator
Self-motivated and flexible team player
Positive, responsible and professional in attitude and presence
Collaborative and able to clearly articulate your approach, analysis and conclusions
Comfortable working on problems that rarely have clean, definitive answers
Native in Mandarin and fluent in English, both in speaking and writing

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About the Company

Jane Street

Trades stocks, bonds and funds as a market maker

Jane Street trades stocks, bonds, options, and exchange-traded funds with its own money as a market maker, a firm that constantly quotes prices to buy and sell so other investors can trade whenever they want. In 2025, it made more money from trading than JPMorgan Chase or Goldman Sachs, the biggest trading banks on Wall Street. Its traders, researchers, and engineers build computer-driven strategies that trade on exchanges and other venues around the world, and it also trades directly with large institutional clients. It earns the small gap between buying and selling prices across huge volumes, plus gains on positions it holds for minutes to days. Jane Street was founded in 2000 and is based in New York.

Company size: 1,001-5,000
Company stage: Debt Financing
Total funding: $90.6B
Headquarters: New York City, New York
Founded: 2000

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