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Business advisory, research, and executive search for banking and financial services across Asia Pacific, North America, and the United Kingdom.

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  • Equity capital markets and coverage: IPO execution, placements, sponsor work, and the distribution that takes a book to investors.

  • Public-fund leadership, product authorisation, and portfolio teams for platforms building or expanding in Asia.

  • Secondary-market sales and trading across equities, derivatives, prime brokerage, quant and exotic desks, and FICC.

  • Senior development searches, from land and planning through construction and sale, taken only on a retained mandate.

  • Leadership and specialist human-resources searches for financial institutions, beside the business and the licence.

  • In-house legal searches inside a financial institution: capital-markets transactions, licensing, and the conduct of the house.

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Legal Counsel / Senior Legal Counsel

In-house legal support for private equity and primary market investments at a Hong Kong-listed company, reporting to the Head of Legal and Compliance.

Legal & ComplianceLegal Counsel / Senior Legal CounselHong Kong

Managing Director / Executive Director – Private Equity

Senior private equity leadership for a state-owned investment platform, owning the full cycle and building one of its first dedicated PE teams.

Private EquityManaging Director / Executive DirectorHong Kong

Legal Counsel / Legal Manager (IPO)

Transactional legal support on IPOs and equity capital markets for a Chinese investment bank in Hong Kong, reporting to the Head of Legal and Compliance.

Legal & ComplianceCounsel / ManagerHong Kong

Head / Deputy Head of Legal and Compliance

Firm-wide legal and compliance leadership for a Chinese investment bank in Hong Kong, reporting to the CEO. The indicated package is HK$140,000–175,000 a month.

Legal & ComplianceHead / Deputy HeadHong Kong

Investment Banking ED / MD (Sponsor Principal)

Lead execution of IPO sponsor mandates for a state-owned investment bank, from engagement through listing and post-listing obligations.

Investment BankingED / MDHong Kong

Head of Operations, MD

Lead clearing, settlement and operational control for a licensed investment bank in Hong Kong, covering securities and corporate finance, DCM and secondary bond settlement, and IPO applications.

OperationsMDHong Kong

Institutional Equity Sales – Vice President

Institutional equity sales across Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, the US and other markets, including structured products and cross-selling.

Equity SalesVice PresidentHong Kong

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Brief

We take the hiring need, the licence constraints, and what the desk actually does.

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Search

We approach people who already do the work, not a broad advertised list.

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Introduce

You see a short list. The candidate hears a clear account of the seat.