Job description

Some careers grow faster than others. 

If you’re looking for a career that will give you plenty of opportunities to develop, join HSBC and your future will be rich with potential. Whether you want a career that could take you to the top, or simply take you in an exciting new direction, HSBC offers opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further. 

Global Legal plays an important role in protecting the Group’s reputation by helping to future-proof the organisation through robust legal risk and issue advisory. Responsible for providing comprehensive legal advice to senior management and all global businesses and functions, the team offers a diverse range of legal skills, jurisdictional experience and practice specialisms across all countries and territories in which our businesses operate.

We are currently seeking a high calibre professional to join our team as a Managing Associate General Counsel, Asia Employment, Benefits and Incentives Legal (Asia EBI Legal).

Role Background

  • The Managing Associate General Counsel - Asia Employment, Benefits and Incentives Legal provides expert and professional legal advice, guidance and support to ensure that the legal and reputational risks faced by the area of coverage are identified, reported and mitigated.
  • This role will report to 1) the Global Head of Employment, Benefits and Incentives Legal and 2) the Deputy General Counsel, Litigation, Regulatory Enforcement and Investigations, Asia and Middle East.
  • This role will be based out of Hong Kong.

Principal Responsibilities and Accountabilities 

  • Partnering with HR and EBI Legal colleagues across the global team to support projects which are either led by HR (typically policy initiatives), or by EBI Legal (typically projects driven by legislative change).
  • Advising relevant Senior Management on strategic options and legal risks, as a trusted advisor.
  • Managing a portfolio of contentious and non-contentious advisory work within the Asia region.
  • Collaborating closely with Employment Lawyers and General Counsels across the region to ensure that employment law risks are managed consistently, strategically and efficiently
  • Collaborating with internal stakeholders such as Compliance and Risk.
  • Managing a team of two Lawyers in Hong Kong and one Lawyer in India and maintaining and developing positive and professional working relationships with all team members, including by driving a high performance, inclusive culture.
Requirements

Required Skills, Knowledge & Qualifications

  • Qualified Lawyer, expected to have a minimum of 10 years’ experience
  • Practice experience and familiarity with the employment law in the Asia jurisdictions
  • Experience managing lawyers and other legal professionals
  • Chinese language capability (including read/write) would be an advantage

Proactive problem solver

  • Excellent lateral thinking and problem-solving abilities
  • Creative thinker comfortable with rapid change and capable of dealing effectively with new and unexpected situations
  • Ability to think independently being mindful of maintaining an appropriate balance between management and mitigation of legal risk and business efficacy

Strategic (and pragmatic) mindset

  • Ability and willingness to proactively partner with all internal stakeholders to deliver strategic, pragmatic legal advice
  • Knowledge of areas of specialty with ability to take a view as to how law is developing in order to advise client and reach a solution
  • Ability to balance the need for further analysis and the need for a timely decision
  • Ability to take an enterprise-wide view of legal risk

Stakeholder engagement

  • Enhanced relationship management skills with senior executives, inspiring confidence of customers/stakeholders
  • Strong oral and written communication and inter-personal skills
  • Ability to navigate and influence multiple stakeholders with competing priorities and under time pressure

Culture

  • Is committed to driving an inclusive, high-performance culture
  • Strong leadership capabilities, including developing junior team members skills and capabilities

We value the different skills and experience that individuals can bring to a role. We would like you to apply even if you believe you only meet some of the listed requirements and would encourage you to highlight other aspects of your experience that may be relevant but aren't explicitly listed as required in this job description. We understand how valuable flexible working is in helping you work at your best and are committed to exploring flexible working arrangements that work for you, your clients and your team.

You’ll achieve more when you join HSBC. 
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