HR Legal Adviser

Senior Legal Counsel

IMC

The APAC Legal Team partners closely with domestic and international stakeholders to support our trading activities across the Asia-Pacific region. We play a pivotal role in enabling the firm’s success, providing strategic legal guidance, and ensuring regulatory excellence in a fast-paced, high-performance environment. As a lead Counsel in Hong Kong, you will establish IMC’s legal presence in one of our most strategically important and fastest-growing offices. Reporting directly to the General Counsel, APAC, you will play a key role in advising on legal matters, supporting trading and technology, and managing corporate governance responsibilities across the region. You will be part of, and work closely with, IMC’s APAC Legal Team in Sydney, ensuring seamless and consistent legal support across APAC. Beyond the legal team, you will collaborate with Trading, Technology, Finance, HR, Corporate Development, Risk, and Compliance, as well as legal counterparts across the globe, ensuring alignment and best practices across all jurisdictions. This role offers a unique opportunity to make a direct and lasting impact on IMC’s operations in Hong Kong as the office continues to grow. YOUR CORE RESPONSIBILITIES Legal Advisory * Act as the primary legal adviser for IMC’s Hong Kong office, delivering timely, commercial advice across financial services, regulatory, corporate, commercial, and technology matters. * Work with our existing senior lawyers to advise on Hong Kong and broader APAC regulatory developments, with a particular focus on SFO, HKEX, and evolving China-related legal and regulatory requirements. * Monitor, research, and proactively communicate emerging legal and regulatory issues across financial services, technology, IP, data privacy, and employment law, translating complex issues into clear, actionable advice for non-legal stakeholders. Transactional & Commercial * Lead the review, and negotiation of a wide range of financial markets contracts, including exchange-traded and OTC financial agreements, technology arrangements, key vendor contracts, and other business agreements. * Identify and advise on contractual and operational legal risks and develop practical risk mitigation strategies in partnership with the business. * Support corporate development activities including M&A, joint ventures, and other strategic transactions as IMC expands its regional footprint. Regulatory & Compliance * Partner with the APAC Compliance team to ensure IMC’s trading and business activities adhere to applicable laws and regulations across the region. * Provide guidance on licensing requirements, regulatory filings, and ongoing obligations under Hong Kong’s financial services regulatory framework. Governance & Policy * Assist in managing corporate governance for IMC’s Hong Kong and APAC entities, including preparation for Board and Committee meetings of corporate and charitable organisations in Hong Kong. * Review existing policies and procedures, identify gaps and opportunities for improvement, and draft or update policies to reflect regulatory changes and business needs. * Support the development and maintenance of legal playbooks, contract templates, and standard processes to build scalable legal infrastructure for the region. Team & Stakeholder Engagement * Collaborate closely with the Sydney-based Legal team and global legal colleagues to ensure consistency of approach, knowledge-sharing, and best practice across jurisdictions. * Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders across Trading, Technology, Finance, and other business functions, acting as a practical and solutions-oriented legal partner. * Contribute to the broader APAC Legal team’s culture and capability. * Be a key contact for our Hong Kong based external advisers. YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE * Law degree with strong academic credentials. * Significant post-qualification experience (15+ years); admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong. PRC experience is highly desirable. * Business-level fluency in English and Mandarin required. * Deep knowledge of financial services law; a broad understanding of commercial and corporate law across the region. * Proven ability to draft and negotiate complex commercial agreements, particularly with financial services or technology contracts. * Experience working within a top-tier law firm together with in-house exposure providing regulatory advice and transactional work across exchange traded products. * Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex legal issues clearly and concisely to non-legal audiences. * Highly organized, self-directed, and able to manage competing priorities under tight deadlines. * Comfortable operating across different jurisdictions and time zones; willingness to travel occasionally to other IMC offices and trading locations. About Us IMC is a global trading firm powered by a cutting-edge research environment and a world-class technology backbone. Since 1989, we’ve been a stabilizing force in financial markets, providing essential liquidity upon which market participants depend. Across our offices in the US, Europe, Asia Pacific, and India, our talented quant researchers, engineers, traders, and business operations professionals are united by our uniquely collaborative, high-performance culture, and our commitment to giving back. From entering dynamic new markets to embracing disruptive technologies, and from developing an innovative research environment to diversifying our trading strategies, we dare to continuously innovate and collaborate to succeed.

Legal Counsel to company in Southern Sweden

Asta Agency AB

About the Company You will be proivided with more information regarding the company during the recruitment process. Asta Agency is partnering with the company in this recruitment process. The recruitment is managed by Asta Agency, and you will be directly employed by the company upon successful placement. About the role As Legal Counsel, you will be the legal anchor for the entire Group, the person who holds the threads together across commercial, corporate, capital-markets and regulatory matters. Reporting directly to the Group CEO, this is a broad and genuinely independent role with real autonomy to shape the legal function from the ground up. You will engage and coordinate a network of external advisers, including patent portfolio agents, legal counsel and the company's certified adviser, acting as the internal hub through which all external legal relationships are channelled and directed. Day to day, you will draft, review and negotiate commercial contracts, oversee capital-markets compliance and disclosure obligations, and support the ongoing corporate transformation alongside the CEO, Managing Directors and the board. With operations spanning two countries and a listed environment with both equity and debt instruments in play, the legal agenda is varied, consequential and genuinely yours to own. Key responsibilities include: Supporting the board with meeting preparation and acting as keeper of minutes. Managing corporate governance and company-law matters across the Group. Overseeing capital-markets compliance, insider logs, press releases and Nasdaq regulatory requirements. Managing IP matters including applications, renewals and licensing agreements across jurisdictions. Supporting management on GMP compliance, manufacturing authorisations and engagement with regulatory authorities such as the Swedish Medical Products Agency and EMA. Drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial agreements, research agreements, clinical trial agreements and NDAs. Building and maintaining a contract management framework, including a standard template library and contract register. Ensuring Group-wide compliance with data protection legislation. Qualifications and personal attributes You are a commercially minded, structured and self-driven lawyer who thrives in an environment where no days look the same, and where your judgement and initiative genuinely matter. You are comfortable managing complexity across multiple disciplines, and you bring both the legal rigour and the interpersonal confidence to serve as the go-to person for all things legal across a listed group. You communicate clearly with senior stakeholders, know when to escalate and when to act, and take real ownership of your agenda. In addition, you have: A law degree and qualification as an attorney or equivalent. 5–8 years of post-qualification experience, ideally from a combination of private practice and in-house. Solid experience across commercial contracts, corporate governance and capital-markets or listed-company compliance. Experience coordinating or managing external legal advisers. Fluency in English; Swedish and/or Danish is a strong advantage. Meritorious experience: Background in the pharmaceutical, life sciences or regulated manufacturing sector. Familiarity with Nasdaq First North rules and disclosure obligations. Experience with IP management and licensing. Knowledge of GMP regulatory frameworks or pharmaceutical regulatory compliance. Additional information Start: As soon as possible - according to agreement. Location: Malmö, with occasional travel to Denmark. Scope: Full-time. Salary: By agreement. We apply ongoing selection in this recruitment process, which means the position may be filled before the final application date. We therefore recommend submitting your application as soon as possible. If you have any questions regarding Asta Agency’s recruitment process, please do not hesitate to contact us at ellen@astaagency.se. About Asta Agency Asta Agency is a recruitment and staffing company helping businesses across Sweden find the right professionals, with a primary focus on Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. We recruit and provide consultants within sales, marketing, HR, customer service, finance, administration, IT, and tech – both specialists and generalists. With a strong focus on quality, long-term partnerships, and smart solutions, we support both companies and candidates in taking the next step. Learn more about how we work with recruitment, staffing, and temp-to-perm solutions at astaagency.se.

HR Business Partner, Subsidiaries

Unknown Employer

*Hybrid Position* The HR Business Partner (HRBP) serves as an adviser to the assigned business groups, applying HR expertise in various disciplines to shape and deliver HR services and programs to align with business strategies and goals to support Firstrust Bank and its two subsidiaries, Hatch Bank and Apex Commercial Capital.  The HRBP brings strong executive presence and sound judgment, influencing decisions with data, balancing risk with outcomes, and coaching leaders to build accountability, capability, and a high-performing culture. In partnership with managers and the SVP, the HRBP leads and executes initiatives spanning talent management, employee relations, performance management, engagement, organizational development—ensuring consistent practices, effective execution, and measurable impact. The HRBP maintains a deep understanding of the business unit’s culture and strategy to ensure HR Solutions meet the needs to the business.   The location of this position is hybrid based upon areas of support. JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: * Partner with business leaders for subsidiaries to translate business strategy into an aligned people strategy, advising on talent management, employee relations, organizational design, performance management, workforce planning, and change management to ensure exceptional business results. * Provide credible, proactive guidance to managers on employee relations matters, conducting timely, well-documented investigations and recommending practical, risk-aware resolutions consistent with policy and employment law. * Partner with talent acquisition partner to drive recruitment for assigned client groups, including intake meetings, job scoping, sourcing strategy, pipeline development, candidate assessment partnership, and selection decisions to deliver timely, high-quality hires. * Support company‑wide HR initiatives and business strategies, optimizations with offering HR solutions and acts as a change agent and subject matter expert with people management practices. * Assess development needs and coordinate impactful training solutions (e.g., manager essentials, performance management, compliance, onboarding), partnering with HR and business leaders to improve capability and consistency. * Lead and reinforce performance management practices, including goal setting, coaching, feedback, corrective action, and year-end processes; ensure documentation and decisions are fair, consistent, and timely. * Partner with leaders to strengthen engagement and retention by analyzing trends, identifying root causes, and executing action plans that improve the team member experience. * Ensure consistent application of HR policies, processes, and controls; maintain accurate records, leverage HR metrics/insights to inform recommendations, and escalate sensitive matters as appropriate. * Partners with SVP, HR Director, HR Business Partner, Talent Acquisition Partner, Learning and Development and HRIS to deliver programs and participate in talent management roadmap.  * Maintains in-depth knowledge of legal requirements related to day-to-day management of employees, reducing legal risks and ensuring regulatory compliance. * Acts as a change agent to carry out transformation related to people technology and other practices to deepen the clients’ understanding of these HR products and services. * Works with training and development to identify, create and deliver management and professional development workshops. * Maintains relationships with employees at all levels.  Participates in bank activities, special projects, and committees.  * Reviews and benchmarks the internal and external environment to improve the HR policies and initiatives to enhance overall business performance. * Assumes additional responsibilities as requested HR projects and initiatives as needed to further the achievement of organizational objectives.   OTHER JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: * Assists in the development of new business for Firstrust. Is alert to expressed customer/prospect needs to suggest appropriate services.  Directs customers to appropriate person to establish business relationships. * Other duties as assigned.   PHYSICAL AND SENSORY REQUIREMENTS: * While performing the essential functions of this position, the employee is regularly required to operate a computer terminal and other office equipment.  * This position involves sedentary work while compiling data and reports and uses phone equipment to exchange information.  * The incumbent may be required to travel with or without notice to the corporate headquarters, operations center, and other work locations frequently to complete tasks.   POTENITAL ON-THE-JOB-RISKS: * None identified.   EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE: * Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business Management, Labor Relations preferred;  * SHRM Certification is highly desired as SPHR, PHR or SHRM-SCP, CP. * Five to seven years of HR Business Partner experience with proven experience in talent acquisition, talent development, employee relations, and training.    * California and multi-state employee relations experience preferred * HR Experience in the Financial Services / Banking industry is preferred. * Excellent knowledge of employment laws such as ERISA, COBRA, ADA, and other federal and state laws covering discrimination and equal opportunity employment * Experience with Dayforce a plus along with modernizing and building technology to drive the employee experience include AI software.  * Excellent communication skills and strong ability to interface with all staffing levels within the organization. * Strong organizational, analytical, and creative problem-solving ability; must be able to manage multiple priorities. * Demonstrated commitment to quality service, to personal accountability and to achieving results.