The purpose of these pages is to provide you with a snapshot of life at Linklaters in Hong Kong. But it’s also about weighing up what you want from your career - and discovering that Hong Kong requires a special breed of professional. After all, it’s our goal is to be the leading international firm in Asia. That means leading M&A, Equity and Debt league tables in terms of deal volume, value and complexity; it means being regarded as a top choice for investment banks; it means developing powerful bonds with both established and emerging businesses. There’s every chance we’ll achieve these aims: already our geographical footprint, together with our strength and breadth across all practice areas, is unparalleled within the Asian marketplace. And, if you want to see how the team fits into the broader, international scale of things, take a look at our global pages.

Our office is reflective of an incredibly varied legal landscape. On the one hand there’s the established marketplace, with the world’s leading law firms engaging in deals very similar to London and New York. On the other hand, there’s a very fast, evolving marketplace, with many firms using Hong Kong as a springboard into China and elsewhere in Asia. This means excellent opportunities for lawyers and other professionals from all over the world, including China.

Our success in Asia is largely down to our confident cohesiveness of purpose. We need lawyers, as well as Business Services professionals, who want to excel in their field, as well as drive economic evolution and transform this developing region. It is hard work, and you will need to play a lead role, but the experience you gain (and the speed with which you gain it) is unrivalled. This is the place where good professionals become excellent professionals in a complex and fascinating Asian landscape.