Contract Paralegal (3-4 months starting from mid-Feb 2026)

Christie's; Bridgend; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international auction house in the UK seeks a legal assistant to support its legal team. Responsibilities include drafting agreements, managing the trade mark portfolio, and providing administrative support. The ideal candidate has over 4 years of experience in a legal environment and excellent command of English, Cantonese, and Mandarin. Proficiency in MS Office is essential.

Qualifications

• 4+ years legal secretarial or paralegal experience in a leading international company or law firm.
• Solid experience supporting senior counsels with legal matters.
• Excellent command of both spoken and written English.

Responsibilities

• Drafting seller's agreements using global templates.
• Conducting copyright clearance for the Asian Art department.
• Managing the trade mark portfolio of the company in Asia.

Skills

Legal research

Drafting agreements

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

MS Office proficiency

Cantonese

Mandarin

Job description

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES/TASKS (Duties include but are not limited to the following):

Based in Hong Kong, he/she will be part of a legal team and support Christie’s Asia Pacific Legal team and report to the Deputy General Counsel, APAC.

• Drafting seller’s agreements using global templates
• Conducting copyright clearance for Asian Art department, reporting to Global Copyright Manager and supervising contract copyright clearance administrator
• Managing the trade mark portfolio of Christie’s in Asia including liaising with external law firms, managing deadlines of trade mark filing, etc.
• Handle internet trade mark infringement and other similar matters including drafting legal letters to trade mark infringers and liaising with Internet Service Providers
• Draft demand letters to debtors using templates
• Assist the legal team with projects such as setting up filing and tracking systems/precedent databases, etc.
• Provide administrative support to the Legal Team (diary management/travel arrangements/word processing/process law firm bills etc.)
• Organize signing of documents, circulation & uploading onto word share or document-share systems
• Prepare, review and draft simple agreements such as freelancer engagement/non-disclosure agreements, etc.
• Liaise and co-ordinate with other departmental staffs as necessary

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

• 4+ years legal secretarial or paralegal experience in a leading international company or international law firm within a commercial environment
• Solid experience in supporting senior counsels for legal related matters, e.g. preparing and handling standard sponsorship agreement, non-disclosure agreement, legal research and letters of demand
• Team player and ability to work independently
• Highly flexible and adaptive to rapid changes in the working environment
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Excellent interpersonal skills and organizational skills
• Detail-oriented and self-motivated
• Excellent command of both spoken and written English, Cantonese and Mandarin
• Excellent command of MS Office (Word track changes, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint, Chinese Word Processing are pre-requisites)

Salary Range:

HKD20,000 to 22,000 per month