Job Description

Job description
A&O Shearman is a new global industry-leading law firm, with nearly 50 offices in 28 countries worldwide. Our fluency in English law, US law, and the laws of the world's most dynamic markets, enables us to provide unmatched insight and seamless delivery to clients. We work on challenging and important deals and disputes that have the potential to shape the future.
We offer exceptional opportunities for our people; opportunities to work for the world's leading businesses; to transform the status quo, and to deliver your best work, helping you and your career to thrive, while delivering unparalleled outcomes for our clients.
Whether you're helping clients solve complex challenges, transforming the ways we manage our business, or ensuring the smooth-running of our operations, this is an environment where you can belong and excel. We provide first-rate training and development, we are committed to an inclusive environment, and we provide support and ways of working that help you optimise your wellbeing.
What truly defines a career with us? We recruit the best and ask for the best of you. And together, we will redefine success.
Department purpose
A&O Shearman's Global Restructuring, Insolvency and Capital Solutions Group has advised on some of the most complex domestic and cross-border matters in recent years.
We represent stakeholders across the capital structure in situations involving financial distress. Our clients include corporates, boards of directors and management teams, sponsors, banks, lenders, noteholders, and ad hoc groups. We support clients across diverse industries such as financial services, technology, industrials, energy and natural resources, consumer and retail, aviation, and shipping. Our team leverages the firm's deep expertise in litigation, financial regulation, tax, corporate and M&A, employment, and pensions to deliver comprehensive, end-to-end solutions globally.
Our goal is to deliver positive outcomes that preserve and enhance value for our clients-whether they are navigating distress or seeking capital solutions.
Our office
A&O Shearman in Singapore is a hub for the firm's work across ASEAN and South Asia, with our Singapore office an intrinsic part of the firm's Asia Pacific network. Our history in Singapore spans 30 years. We were in the first batch of international firms to be granted a Singapore Qualifying Foreign Law Practice (QFLP) licence in 2008. In providing clients with the highest quality Singapore, U.S. and English legal advice, we are able to leverage our strength in local law capability to manage the more complex deals with Singapore law elements. We are in every sense one global team; supportive and collaborative, but also ambitious and driven. Our capacity to combine these qualities and provide a setting in which our people can thrive is what makes us different.
We are seeking an Associate with 2 to 3 years of post-qualification experience (PQE) to join our Restructuring team in Singapore on a full-time, permanent basis.
Key Requirements

• Qualified lawyer with 2-3 years PQE and cross-border banking experience
• R&I experience is not essential; candidates with a finance background and strong interest in R&I are welcome to apply
• Mandarin language skills are advantageous
• Strong academic credentials
• Excellent drafting and analytical skills
• Resilient self-starter with intellectual curiosity and versatility
• Highly motivated team player with strong organisational skills
• Clear, concise communicator with outstanding interpersonal skills and attention to detail
• Entrepreneurial mindset and commercial acumen
• Sound judgment and strong core values, with the ability to build credibility quickly

Area of expertise
Restructuring
Office
Singapore - OUE Bayfront
Working arrangement
Hybrid (combination of office & remote working)

Skills Required