Contract Solicitor

Vacancy information

Successful candidates will be responsible for – (a) providing legal advice on matters relating to land disposal, land exchange, lease modification, land acquisition and other matters concerning land; (b) drafting and scrutinising land documents including Conditions of Grant/Exchange/Lease Extension, Modification Letters, Deeds of Surrender, No-objection Letters, Waiver Letters, Short Term Tenancies, Licences and other land documents; (c) checking and approving title in land resumption and land exchange cases and approving resumption and surrender documents and checking execution of land documents; (d) processing applications for approval of Deeds of Mutual Covenants and pre-sale consent under the Lands Department Consent Scheme; (e) providing relief in the provision of legal advisory and conveyancing services; and (f) performing other duties such as legal research as may be assigned. Candidates should – (a) (i) be solicitors admitted in a recognised jurisdiction as stipulated under Section 2A and Schedule 2 of the Legal Officers Ordinance and have at least three years’ post-qualification professional experience; or (ii) be barristers with at least four years’ professional experience since attaining the right to full practice in a recognised jurisdiction as stipulated under Section 2A and Schedule 2 of the Legal Officers Ordinance; (b) have knowledge of and experience in land law or property conveyancing; (c) have met the language proficiency requirements of “Level 3” or above in English Language and “Level 2” or above in Chinese Language in the Hong Kong Diploma of…

Source: Hong Kong Civil Service Bureau. Reference 50312. CLB republishes factual vacancy fields from an official open-data feed and does not represent the employer.