We are seeking a senior Forensic Technology and eDiscovery practitioner to join our client in Hong Kong at Senior Director level. The ideal candidate will hold relevant forensic-technology and eDiscovery credentials with at least 10 years of relevant experience, the most recent 3+ years at Director or equivalent senior-leadership level, and the bilingual capability to operate at evidentiary standards across HK-Mainland-cross-border fact patterns. The successful candidate will lead the most complex multi-jurisdictional forensic-collection and eDiscovery engagements, define the practice's defensibility doctrine on TAR / CAL and AI-assisted review on bilingual document populations, carry a meaningful named-account pipeline across the Hong Kong and Greater China litigation and arbitration bar, and contribute to the practice's strategy as an emerging Partner-track operator.

Confidential Client. Applying to this position means that you are interested to have an initial confidential discussion about how we can help you to identify and join a new forensic technology and eDiscovery practice. With your authorisation we will exclusively run the entire application and recruitment process for you, keeping you apprised at every step. With over 30 years' combined experience of helping the most talented forensic-technology practitioners to make safe exits to launch rewarding new careers, we have the experience, network and ability to help you.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead high-stakes forensic-collection and eDiscovery engagements, typically running USD 750k - 4m, frequently with HK-Mainland-Singapore-elsewhere-APAC overlay, with full responsibility for technical strategy, EDRM governance, evidentiary discipline and client outcome.
• Define the practice's defensibility doctrine on TAR / CAL, predictive coding, near-dedup, email threading, bilingual / Traditional-and-Simplified-Chinese analytics and AI-assisted review (such as Relativity aiR for Review or Reveal AI); set the bar for what is - and is not - defensible against opposing-party challenge in HK litigation, HKIAC / CIETAC arbitration and PRC-counterparty productions.
• Lead complex forensic-imaging and live-collection programmes on enterprise-scale endpoint and server estates, M365 / Google Workspace tenants, AWS / Azure / GCP / Alibaba Cloud / Tencent Cloud workloads, structured-data sources, and ephemeral-messaging platforms (Slack, Microsoft Teams, WhatsApp, WeChat, LINE, Signal); ensure ISO 27037 / ACPO / Sedona alignment under counsel-supervised privilege architecture.
• Take signed-off positions on protocol-letter responses, search-term proportionality challenges in bilingual environments, predictive-coding validation methodologies and TAR-3.0 protocols at instructing-counsel level (HK and PRC).
• Engage instructing solicitors at partner level on bet-the-company collection scope, custodian-interview strategy across HK / Mainland China / Macau, and Sedona-aligned proportionality positions; serve as forensic-technology liaison to HKIAC / CIETAC arbitration tribunals where required.
• Develop and own a sustained pipeline of named accounts at General Counsel, Head of Litigation and Chief Compliance Officer level, and at relevant law firm partner level in Hong Kong and Greater China; originate or co-originate USD 1.5m+ annually in qualified forensic-technology opportunities.
• Convert reactive case work into multi-year retainer engagements covering managed-discovery, eDiscovery-readiness, legal-hold-program design, custodian-onboarding and information-governance work, particularly where PRC PIPL / CSL / DSL data-export risk shapes design.
• Set methodology and tooling-strategy direction within the forensic-technology sub-practice; define the framework on bilingual AI-assisted-review governance; directly supervise, mentor and advocate for Directors and Senior Managers - championing their advancement at promotion rounds, sponsoring sustained bilingual upskilling on emerging methodology and AI tooling, and shaping their external profile-building on EDRM technical depth.

Required Qualifications and Skills:

• Recognised forensic-technology and / or eDiscovery credential, such as EnCE (EnCase Certified Examiner), GCFE / GCFA (GIAC), CCE (Certified Computer Examiner), ACEDS CEDS (Certified eDiscovery Specialist), Relativity Master (RCA), or Nuix Master - typically multiple at this level.
• At least 10 years of relevant experience in forensic technology, eDiscovery or digital evidence, with the most recent 3+ years at Director or equivalent senior-leadership level.
• Mandarin and Cantonese working fluency at depth sufficient to lead bilingual collection, custodian engagement and review-supervision programmes at evidentiary standards.
• Demonstrable track record of leading bet-the-company forensic-collection and eDiscovery matters with full EDRM-lifecycle and client-facing responsibility, including signed-off TAR / CAL validation methodologies on bilingual populations.
• Direct experience operating with General Counsel, Heads of Litigation, Chief Compliance Officers, instructing solicitors at partner level (HK and PRC) and arbitration tribunals or court process.
• Working knowledge at supervisory-policy depth of the Hong Kong evidence and disclosure framework: discovery under the Rules of the High Court, the eAPL system, PDPO cross-border-transfer obligations, the Companies Ordinance disclosure provisions, and the 2024 Mainland Judicial Mutual Assistance arrangements including PIPL / CSL / DSL data-export and review-jurisdiction implications.
• Authority on the EDRM model, the Sedona Conference principles (notably TAR-3.0 protocols and Commentary on Defensibility), ISO 27037 and ACPO Guidelines for Digital Evidence; track record of signed-off defensibility positions in adversarial settings.
• Familiarity with industry-standard forensic-technology tooling, including review platforms (such as Relativity, Relativity aiR for Review, Nuix Discover, Reveal / Brainspace, Disco or Everlaw), forensic-imaging and analysis tools (such as EnCase, Magnet Axiom, X-Ways, FTK or Cellebrite UFED), processing engines (such as Nuix Workstation, Relativity Processing or LAW), and cloud-collection platforms (such as Hanzo, Onna, Pagefreezer or X1 Social Discovery) - particularly for bilingual / multi-byte-character-set populations.
• Demonstrable history of converting forensic-technology engagement relationships into multi-year managed-discovery, eDiscovery-readiness or information-governance work.
• Established relationships with law firm partners in international arbitration, commercial litigation, white-collar crime, regulatory enforcement and internal-investigations practices who refer and instruct forensic-technology and eDiscovery work; sustained named-account level engagement is the strongest evidence.
• High-agency operating style, calm and credible under court-deadline and adversarial-challenge pressure in bilingual settings, with the methodological discipline to ensure technical decisions are evidence-based, structured and defensible.

Preferred Experience:

• Multiple stacking credentials (EnCE + ACEDS CEDS + Relativity Master + Nuix Master) - the senior-leadership pattern.
• GREM (GIAC Reverse-Engineering Malware) or GCFA (GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst) for practitioners whose work crosses into incident-response forensics.
• Experience of cross-border PRC-HK matters under the 2024 Mainland Judicial Mutual Assistance arrangements, including PIPL / CSL / DSL data-export sequencing.
• Postgraduate qualification: Master's in computer science, information security, digital forensics, MBA, or LLM with eDiscovery / privacy / litigation-technology relevance.
• Cross-border collection experience across Greater China and South-East Asia.
• Published authorship on TAR / CAL, bilingual AI-assisted review, eDiscovery proportionality or digital-evidence themes in HK / PRC publications; conference-level speaking on forensic technology.
• Track record of testifying or signed-off declaration on forensic-technology defensibility issues in arbitration or court.
• Growth-mindset operating posture and visible engagement with the AI developments reshaping forensic technology and eDiscovery: candidates who track tooling shifts (such as Relativity aiR for Review or Reveal AI for bilingual review, TAR-3.0 protocols on Traditional-and-Simplified-Chinese populations, or AI-assisted classification under PIPL / CSL / DSL data-export sequencing), share that knowledge with the Director and Manager bench under their supervision, and have a track record of building team-upskilling programmes on emerging methodologies.

Compensation:

Competitive package commensurate with seniority and experience, including base, performance-based bonus, long-term incentives and (where applicable) partner-track equity participation.

Next Steps:

This opportunity is open to Hong Kong permanent residents and qualified candidates with relevant Hong Kong work-rights status who match the above criteria. Please apply to receive prompt contact from an experienced and specialist forensic technology and eDiscovery recruitment consultant.

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