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OUR ASIA PACIFIC OPPORTUNITIES WHY CHOOSE US?

At Clifford Chance, we embrace our people At Clifford Chance, our rich, collaborative as individuals. We know that celebrating and team-based culture is the glue which who you are makes you better at what has held us together, allowing us to grow you do. and embrace challenges.

Our firm is made up of people with varied Choosing to work with us means you’ll hit experiences and backgrounds who make the ground running and get involved in real extraordinary things possible for our client work, tackling challenging and varied clients and communities. What keeps us work, including matters of the utmost together is our culture, and we think ours commercial significance - all the while is exceptional. working alongside some of the most respected lawyers and business We are not only defined by our service professionals in the industry. delivery and ability to achieve the best outcome for our clients, but also by our I invite you to be part of Clifford Chance, a ability to work in teams as trusted special place that empowers you to shape specialists, innovators and thinkers who your career and take advantage of value diversity and inclusion in all its forms. opportunities to succeed and grow.

Connie Heng Regional Managing Partner and Head of Capital Markets - Asia Pacific

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We are a premier global committed to setting the standard for excellence in legal skills and client service around the world. Joining us means sharing that commitment, a drive to innovate and grasp new opportunities as we help our clients to address a wide range of business, financial and legal issues.

We’re looking for the brightest and most talented individuals irrespective of background – ambitious people who offer new ideas and fresh perspectives, and who will ultimately be able to give our clients a competitive advantage. If that sounds like you, and if your aim is to work at the cutting edge of commercial law, with outstanding legal and business training, and equally impressive ‘on the job’ experience, take a closer look at Clifford Chance.

Diverse, international and commercially-savvy. Across Asia Pacific, Clifford Chance is where bright minds meet.

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Our groundbreaking deals puts us at the heart of international business events as they unfold. Commercial lawyers make many of the high Our remit as lawyers extends beyond profile and influential deals in the world individual jurisdictions, across Asia Pacific happen, whether it’s building a stadium, and globally. We need to understand all the funding a global bank, leasing a fleet of dynamics and find the best possible airliners, providing complex regulatory advice solutions for our clients, We blend legal or arranging a merger between multinational expertise and business focus with a truly companies. international outlook.

Corporate law provides the code that What makes Clifford Chance lawyers governs how these deals take place. Often different? Firstly, our collaborative and though it hasn’t anticipated the types of adaptable culture. We work together across transactions and ways of working that borders, languages and legal systems, happen in the modern world. We help clients sharing insights and expertise to achieve our to understand how this legal code affects clients’ commercial goals. Secondly, we’re them and, more importantly, the best ways pioneers, working on many ‘first of a kind’ of working within it. deals. Finally, it’s the nature of our people. Highly professional and self-assured, with an It’s interesting and challenging work. Each entrepreneurial streak, they embrace our country has its own laws and set of culture of learning and are more than happy regulations. What’s easy in one place can be to share their expertise and knowledge. difficult in another and impossible in a third.

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Clients expect more from their lawyers than ever before. They look to us as business partners on their journey to achieve their objectives. It’s not just about precedents and compliance, but finding new ways to build relationships and deliver the results that matter.

Think global

Collaborate

Embrace new challenges

#1 Local excellence global standards

The sheer quality of the work we do and the collaborative spirit of the firm make this an outstanding learning environment.

It also brings responsibilities, challenges and demands. It takes immense drive and motivation to stay ahead in a world that’s changing as fast as ours. If you’re excited and inspired by that, Clifford Chance could be the right firm for you.

6 cliffordchance.com Our firm has more tier-one rankings in the cross-border tables of Chambers Global than any other international firm.

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We use our quality legal advice, our reputation for excellence and innovation, and our international reach to get clients the best possible results. For you as a trainee or graduate lawyer, what share deep experience in specific sectors you work on is really important because it ranging from energy to healthcare. Every drives your learning and delivers your job deal we work on provides opportunities to satisfaction. So what kind of work do we do? work with different parts of the firm. As a trainee or graduate, no matter which area of The matters we tackle include cross- border, the firm you’re working in, you’ll often find ground-breaking global transactions and yourself connecting with colleagues across cases. Clients come to us for large, the globe to build teams that span time complex, global deals and disputes that zones, languages and cultures, with a focus demand a sophisticated blend of business on sector experience and expertise. understanding and legal knowledge. So how do we do it? The firm is built around six Our teams are very close-knit and connected. global practice areas: Finance; Capital Clients regularly praise the seamless and Markets; Corporate; Litigation, Dispute integrated service they receive from the firm, Resolution & Risk Management and regardless of the number of practice areas or Incentives; Real Estate; Tax; Pensions, jurisdictions involved. If you train as a lawyer Employment. It’s likely that most of your with Clifford Chance you’ll work alongside training time will be spent in the first four people who are not only experts in their field, areas, because they’re the largest practice but are committed to sharing their knowledge areas for our firm in Asia Pacific. This means and helping you develop. The combination of you’ll need a genuine interest in financial and collaborative spirit, professional expertise and commercial law. can-do attitude that builds client confidence and wins industry awards also makes this a Client challenges rarely fall within one very special place to develop your career as a practice area so we work together through lawyer. international, cross-practice teams who

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If global law firms are competing to provide the same kind of professional services, you might think we would all end up the same. The fact is, firms vary in spirit, culture and atmosphere. We’re one of the world’s largest law firms, but it often doesn’t feel like that. We have a professional, can-do culture. Partners are hands on with the work and newly qualified lawyers are expected to demonstrate leadership behaviour from a very early stage. Every single person is critical to the success of the team. The quality of our trainees, graduates and You will enjoy working with colleagues from newly qualified lawyers helps us to deliver different backgrounds across the firm. the best for our clients and this is a key Sharing our various skills and perspectives reason why clients come back to us. helps us to come up with innovative solutions for our clients. “They bring their expertise and knowledge and apply it to our business... I feel We appeal to people who are fiercely comfortable talking to them about anything, professional and instinctively entrepreneurial, and they make sure that negotiations without being arrogant or self-absorbed. This stay friendly.” works for us when it comes to building solid – CLIENT relationships with clients. They appreciate lawyers who understand their business and The fact that we recruit highly adaptable and get to the point. intelligent people means that collaboration across practice areas, business sectors and time zones comes naturally.

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TRAINING TO BE A LAWYER The two-year training and graduate programmes turn gifted beginners into professionals, with the aim of getting the breadth of experience you need to emerge as a confident business adviser. Our training and graduate programmes Throughout the or are divided into four, six-month seats graduate programme, you will be (rotations) that place you in different closely supported, both informally and parts of our business. You will work in through formal mentoring and training, teams with different colleagues and with advice and guidance from the clients, gaining exposure to the graduate team and a supervisor in challenges they face and the ways in each seat. which we help them. While seat availability is subject to the needs of The seat process is akin to an the business, we endeavour to allocate apprenticeship. You will work closely you seats which reflect your personal alongside your supervisor and he or career ambitions. she sees what you do, gives you advice, checks your work and then Our extensive international network gradually gives you more complex and the global nature of our business things to do as your skills and mean that it is both possible and confidence grow. It’s a great way to beneficial for you to take one of your learn because you receive continuous seats in one of our overseas offices. feedback in a safe and collegiate Secondments are an opportunity for environment from the start. you to acquire new skills and experience, develop your language skills and give you a valuable international perspective in a new business and cultural environment.

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Given that seats are such an important part of your training, how do you choose which practice areas you want to work in?

From the moment you accept our offer, our We provide close training and mentoring for graduate teams will work with you to provide supervisors, so that they know in turn how extensive support and advice, throughout the to provide the right kind of support for training or graduate programme and trainees and graduates. qualification process, and into your first role as an associate. We make a huge investment in our trainees and graduates and there’ll be many people There’s a good stream of social and who’ll help you to make the most of your professional events that help you learn more experience. The support you get as a trainee about your team and colleagues. Once your or graduate is an extension of our training begins, you’ll have a dedicated collaborative culture. As you move from seat supervisor in each seat (usually an associate) to seat, building your legal and business and access to career development partners skills, you’ll also be learning to trust and rely who manage the quality of the training on those around you. experience for our trainees, graduates as well as associates.

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Our people are vital to the firm. We succeed when our people thrive.

A great deal will be expected from you when You could be drafting and proofing you join Clifford Chance. We want people documents, conducting due diligence on a who are driven to excel, who set very high client’s acquisition target, meeting clients, standards for themselves, and who aspire to preparing documents for a court hearing or reach the highest levels within our firm. In creating a data room ahead of a major return for your energy and commitment, you transaction. Most of your time will be spent can expect the level of exposure and working in teams where you will make an investment in your career development that is important contribution to their success – you only offered by a handful of professional may even run some smaller transactions service firms. for clients.

From your first day with Clifford Chance, you As you might expect, life as a trainee or will experience an environment that is both graduate can sometimes be challenging, lively and welcoming. You’ll be a part of particularly around deadlines. You will be compact and supportive teams, providing expected to deliver high-quality service advice or working on matters that are critical consistently – often across different time to the client’s business and, as a trainee or zones, requiring commitment, energy graduate, you will make an important and enthusiasm. contribution to their success. As your experience grows you will take on Throughout the training or graduate more responsibility for specific tasks, but you programme you will be closely supported will always have expert colleagues on hand both informally and through formal mentoring to support and help in your development. As with advice and guidance from your a firm, we are seeking to identify and supervisor in each of your seats, We will develop our next generation of leaders – make sure that your energy and time are both in our profession as lawyers and within focused on activities that will best develop our business to guide our firm – so we your legal and business skills. encourage you to think not just about training with Clifford Chance but about qualifying and building a career here.

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We continuously invest in our team to help them reach their full potential. This is a key part of our global strategy aimed at developing talent and driving continuous innovation for our clients. Qualifying as a lawyer is the beginning of your and graduate programmes will ensure that professional journey, not the end. Your you are up-to-date with legal developments ambitions and aspirations will be linked with in the areas where you work and also that ours. We want to be at the forefront amongst you develop business skills such as time our elite peer group of international law firms. If management, communication and client we’re to achieve that, we need outstanding relationship skills. lawyers at every level of the firm who can deliver excellent service through every client As your career develops and you become interaction. We have a vested interest an associate, your career development in helping you to fulfil your potential. partner will provide you with support and guidance on how to progress. Your The Clifford Chance Academy provides continued technical training will ensure you integrated training and continuous can quickly become an expert in your field. professional education to support you At the same time, collaboration and sharing throughout your career. The Academy is key as you learn with and from your team delivers technical and business skills training mates and colleagues from other to everyone in the firm, in person and online, jurisdictions. and for the Asia Pacific region this is centred around our “training hub” in . We You’ll also develop your financial, commercial emphasise continuous professional and general business skills with a structured development at every stage of your career, programme of courses that will help you so training is available to all – trainees, take on more responsibilities in our business graduates, lawyers, partners and business as you become more experienced. Many of service teams alike. The training and these courses are online allowing you to mentoring you receive during the training learn in a flexible way.

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To be successful with us you have to be the fact that people enjoy working here and ambitious, confident and trust in your own enjoy spending time together. We’re very abilities. It’s also important to ask for help when active in the wider community, through pro you need it. You will always be supported in bono, community work and charitable every single task that you undertake. giving. We feel a sense of responsibility to use our skills and expertise. You can approach a fellow trainee, graduate, senior associate, counsel or partner with any Our work in the community gives our issue that you may have. people exposure to activities that are very different from their day jobs. Whether It’s a high-pressure and fast-moving you’re mentoring children in local schools, environment, but that brings with it great or providing free legal advice to a charity benefits – We are a very dynamic place to or NGO, it broadens your vision and adds work, and you’ll never be bored. At times, to your skills. Last year over 70% of you may feel like you are being pushed – in people in the firm were involved in a good way to be intellectually challenged, some kind of community or pro-bono and it will show you that your training is work. People are keen to give something being taken seriously. back, but alongside the ‘feel-good’ factors, people always say that it’s made them There’s a strong sense of community, with a better at the day job. variety of social activities, but it starts with

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As the world becomes more complex, we must give our clients the perspectives and insights they need to meet their challenges and realise their visions. To do this, we seek out, develop and nurture gender, race, sexual orientation, gender people who are as diverse as our ever- identity, disability or any other factors. broadening client base. And we work to ensure that Clifford Chance is a place where We recognise that expanding our variety of we all can perform at our peak and give our viewpoints is essential if we are to continue clients the best advice they can get. generating the brightest ideas and innovations – and we are committed to It is crucial that we provide an inclusive widening access to the legal profession. We culture where people from diverse attract candidates from the broadest range backgrounds work effectively together – and of backgrounds, and encourage them to where we can be our authentic selves at build careers here. work and confident to develop our potential. And across the firm, at every level, we Our women’s networks, cultural and faith- encourage open, honest conversations based groups, and our Arcus network for about how we can realise our ambitions and LGBT+ colleagues and its Allies network for continue to make Clifford Chance a great their supporters and friends, thriving local place to work. By working together to build and global groups help encourage an a workplace that respects and includes inclusive, integrated culture in our firm. Our everyone, we will enable one another to lawyers, partners and business leaders are deliver our best – for ourselves and for our from a huge range of backgrounds and they clients. are able to succeed equally regardless of

18 cliffordchance.com cliffordchance.com 19 RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS A SUSTAINABLE APPROACH TO OUR CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITIES As a leader in our field we are rightly held to high standards in all we do. We are committed to inspiring the trust of our stakeholders by making Responsible Business a central part of our strategy. We believe that our licence to operate, the There’s also an important point here about sustainability of our business and the individual development. Our people who are achievement of our vision are dependent on involved in this type of activity – whether it’s our ability to inspire trust and earn the pro bono advice, mentoring local students, confidence of all our stakeholders – our or working alongside clients on an clients, our people and civil society. To do environmental initiative – all have a much this we must act responsibly, creating broader, more considered view of business long-term value and supporting their life, and develop a wider range of really future success. valuable life skills and business skills. For our lawyers, it’s a great way for them to What we hear from our staff, clients, understand the context beyond the recruits, and suppliers – is that they have immediate confines of the transaction an expectation that we act responsibly. or case. Not just doing our best for our clients but also working in a way that brings benefit to Feeling that you can have a positive impact the broader business environment and on some of the more pressing issues facing civil society. society is also hugely motivating, and that’s an important aspect of ensuring that We have over 6,000 people working for the everyone here feels that Clifford Chance is a firm, hugely talented and with a fantastic really great place to work. range of valuable skills and experience. Together, we can really make an impact.

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Our selection process is designed to identify people who have the right intellect, motivation and personal qualities to succeed as an international lawyer with Clifford Chance. To be successful you will need to We’re also looking for intellectual curiosity, demonstrate your potential to become a common sense, strong interpersonal skills, first-class lawyer and your willingness to take an interest in business and the capacity to advantage of the many opportunities that assimilate detailed information quickly. These you encounter. You will need to exhibit are the qualities that will determine your ambition, drive and commitment, the ability future with us – not your background. to articulate ideas clearly, and the desire to build relationships and deliver outstanding Above all, we are looking for people who aim service. We’re also looking for business for the very best in what they want to awareness, a keen commercial insight and a achieve and where they choose to work. strong ability to lead and to manage. Our selection process is one of the most When completing your application consider rigorous you’ll come across. It’s designed to how you can best demonstrate these challenge you and to ensure we recruit the qualities and try to provide examples from most talented people, but it’s also an your academic life, work experience or opportunity for you to show yourself at your other activities. very best.

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Clifford Chance is one of the world’s top law firms because we think differently. Tell us what it is that makes you different – not what you think we want to hear. Tell us what makes you tick because we’re not interested in recruiting a ‘type’.

Competition is fierce and the process will be challenging, but the people we want to hire will relish the challenges it brings.

If you think you’re the kind of person we’re like to join us, so you should think about looking for, your first step is to fill in our how you’re going to set yourself apart. online application form. As well as providing us with basic information about your We want to know what you can bring to the background and education, this is your work we do at Clifford Chance. This form is opportunity to tell us what it is that makes a crucial part of the overall process, and you exceptional – we receive a very large we’ll be looking for excellent written number of applications from people who’d communication – make sure your answers do you justice.

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