Job Description

We are looking for a trainee to join a fast-growing boutique corporate law firm with an international client base comprising mostly institutional and corporate clients.

Candidates with experience in any of the following areas of practice would be preferred (in order of importance):

• investment funds / family office formation and advisory

• mergers & acquisitions and start-up fundraising

• blockchain/ cryptocurrency advisory

• financial services regulatory advisory

• capital markets
  

You can expect to be mentored not only on the technical aspects of legal practice, but also on the business development aspects of practice. You will also work directly with the partners and so you can expect the experience to be very hands on from the get go. The learning curve will be steep, so the ideal candidate should be driven, diligent, inquisitive and willing to go the extra mile.

BTPLaw was established in December 2020. Some of its accolades, awards and achievements since inception are as follows:

Nominated as a Finalist for Thomson Reuter\'s Asian Legal Business Awards 2022 in the categories of (1) Singapore Law Firm of the Year, (2) Private Equity and Venture Capital Law Firm of the Year (alongside, inter alia, Allen & Gledhill, Latham & Watkins, Gunderson Dettmer and Baker & McKenzie), and (3) Southeast Asia Transactional Boutique Corporate Law Firm of the Year.

Debuted as a ranked firm in the IFLR1000 Singapore rankings for (1) investment funds, alongside 9 other well-established law firms, and (2) mergers & acquisitions.

Debuted as a notable firm in asialaw\'s Singapore rankings for (1) investment funds, and (2) private equity.

Third largest market share in Asia Pacific for hedge funds launched in 2021 to H12022, after Rajah and Tann and Walkers (based on research conducted by Preqin).

Consecutively voted as one of the best law firms in Singapore in the Straits Times\'s Singapore\'s Best Law Firms poll for 2022 and 2023.