Star Anise
Hong Kong recruitment firm placing lawyers, legal and compliance professionals, corporate governance staff and professional support teams.
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- Fee model
- Not stated
- Founded · Team
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- Office
- Hong Kong
- EA licence
- None on file
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- Open roles, last 90 days
- 41
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Why 46.9: three inputs, all public.
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Specialties & roles advertised
A Legal shop, mostly.
Roles advertised most
- Associate — Restructuring & Insolvency (Contentious) | 1-2 PQE | Int'l Law Firm | SG 1
- Billing / Accounts Receivable Coordinator | Int'l Law Firm | HKG 1
- Construction Associate | 6+ Years PQE | HKG | Regional Law Firm 1
- Corporate Associate | US Attorney | Class of 2023, 2024 | Tokyo 1
- Corporate M&A Associate | 5 Years PQE | Global Law Firm | HKG 1
- Corporate M&A / PE Partner | Global Law Firm | HKG 1
- Corporate Paralegal | 2-5 Years Exp | Int'l Law Firm | Tokyo 1
- Associate — Private Equity | Global Law Firm | HKG 1
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Firm website · Oct 2026
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Send this firm a brief →Data sources & last updated
- Job ads · Firm website
- Oct 10, 2026
- Firm website
- Oct 10, 2026
- Hong Kong practice
- Oct 10, 2026
- Contact
- Oct 10, 2026
- Founders and services
- Oct 10, 2026
- Job portal linking own ATS
- Oct 10, 2026
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