Damion Way, BA Hons., Solicitor
Managing Director - Legal Futures Group
Manager – Corporate Legal Division (Japan)
Damion, a leading legal and compliance recruiter, is the Managing Director of the Legal Futures Group and is currently based in Tokyo, he is also the Representative Director for the Japan office. A qualified solicitor, admitted in England & Wales and Hong Kong, Damion commenced his articles in London with leading international law firm Allen & Overy. He qualified with them as a finance and securities lawyer working out of their Hong Kong and Tokyo offices for almost three years. During this time, he was seconded to two investment banks, one in each location. He has lived and worked in either the legal or legal recruitment industry in Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo and Sydney since 1996 and in his role as the Manager of the Private Practice & Corporate Divisions in Tokyo, he and his teams are responsible for private practice and corporate in-house appointments.
Direct Telephone: + 813 3580 3103
E-mail: damion.way@legalfutures.com
See the recent articles and print media Damion appeared in below:-
A New Beginning - 2010 yields an optimistic outlook for the legal field in Tokyo
(ACCJ Journal, March 10, 2010)
Personnel Perspectives | Japan - Business People
(Japan Inc., March/April 2008)
Carving Out a Niche
(Weekender, January 2008)
Asian boom puts legal sector on trial
(THE JAPAN TIMES, July 11, 2006)
Nikkei Shimbun Gallery
(Nihon Keizai Shimbun, July 11, 2005)
Matt Anderson, BA Hons., Solicitor
Regional Manager - Banking & Financial Division
Matt is a leading legal and compliance recruiter and heads up our Regional Banking & Finance Division from our Japan office. He and his team are responsible for the recruitment of financial services executives, lawyers, compliance officers, documentation officers, paralegals, and mid-office personnel at all levels for the financial services sector in Japan. Matt also heads up our regional Compliance Practice and notable successes in Japan include the placement of numerous Head of Compliance positions and multiple placements at a number of the leading banks and securities firms across their respective legal and compliance teams. Before joining Legal Futures, Matt taught commercial law in New Zealand before joining a leading Japanese law firm, Nishimura & Partners, assisting their corporate, banking and securities practice. Matt has lived in Japan for many years, speaks Japanese fluently and is admitted as a solicitor in New Zealand.
Direct Telephone: + 813 3580 3107
E-mail: matt.anderson@legalfutures.com
See the recent articles and print media Matt appeared in below:-
Lawyers are still suffering
(eFinancialCareers.jp, Oct 23, 2009)
Trading jobs take a tumble
(eFinancialCareers.jp, Nov 11, 2008)
Severe slump in compliance market, but superstars still wanted
(eFinancialCareers.jp, Jun 10, 2008)
Career Experts in the Know
(Weekender, Apr18-May01, 2008)
Gerard Finlay, BA Hons.
Director - Banking & Financial Services Division, Asia-Pacific (ex-Japan)
Gerard is a leading legal and compliance recruiter based in Hong Kong with a focus on recruiting legal, compliance and other professionals in the investment banking and financial services sector. Since joining the company in 1999, Gerard has successfully undertaken retained and contingency assignments for a blue chip client base across a number of Asian jurisdictions including Hong Kong, PRC, Taiwan and Korea and has a detailed knowledge of the intricacies involving in recruiting in these markets. Prior to joining Legal Futures, Gerard undertook his accountancy training in the UK before working in a variety of back and middle office positions for leading financial organisations in both Hong Kong and Australia.
Direct Telephone: + 852 2167 8382
E-mail: gerard.finlay@legalfutures.com
See the recent article Gerard appeared in below:-
Do law firms need to train lawyers in other practice areas?
(Legal Jobs Centre, August 2009)
Lesley Simmons, BA Hons.
Director - Corporate Legal Division, Asia-Pacific (ex-Japan)
Drawing on over 15 years of international recruitment experience, Lesley is a leading legal recruiter based in Hong Kong with a focus on regional legal positions with sector defining world leaders in the fields of commerce and industry. Notable placement successes since joining the company in 2000 include placing the General Counsel for a leading global pharmaceutical company, the General Counsel for a Fortune 500 business and hiring senior legal counsels across ASEAN, India and more recently PRC. She has also been responsible for the hiring of almost the entire Global IP team of an international bank. Lesley’s experience in the recruitment industry has spanned positions as an operations manager, and as a business development manager and recruitment consultant for an independent agency in the UK. Lesley's experience is diverse having managed blue-chip, multinational and independent key accounts on a Preferred Supplier Agreement basis across a broad range of industry sectors.
Direct Telephone: + 852 2167 8383
E-mail: lesley.simmons@legalfutures.com
