FCPA / GOVERNMENT ENFORCEMENT JUNIOR OPENINGS AT TOP US FIRMS IN HONG KONG - PRACTICE SWITCH FROM CORPORATE / CAP MARKETS CANDIDATES WILL BE CONSIDERED

The most lucrative practice area in Hong Kong / China nowadays, profit per lawyer, at top US law firms is FCPA / Government Enforcement / Corporate Investigations. Firms with boots on the ground in Asia in this practice area are extremely busy and most are hiring. However, there are not nearly enough Mandarin fluent US associates with litigation experience AND the pedigree (current firm and JD academics) that top tier firms require for hiring. We discussed this trend in Asia Chronicles a year ago:
We placed a number of practice switch hires last year in Government Enforcement practices (if not all such placements in HK / China, then almost all of them). They have all done very well and so with the good precedent the trend continues.
We have placed many laterals into Government Enforcement practices in Hong Kong / China in the past several years, including many associates and the head of this practice group in Asia of a top 10 US firm. The Kinney Recruiting team is close with most of the heads of these practice groups in Asia and is also close with a number of firms’ US based global heads of Government Enforcement.
We are currently helping a several top US firms build new Government Enforcement practice groups in Asia.
For some basic introductory information on this practice area, here below is a helpful link to a video of a seminar / panel on FCPA from early 2014:
If you are interested in hearing about the numerous Government Enforcement associate openings in Hong Kong / China, feel free to reach out to us at asia@kinneyrecruitng.com.