Job description
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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 Senior Legal Counsel - Structured Finance.
Principal Responsibilities
The role holder will have primary responsibility for providing legal and transactional advisory support to HSBC’s Asia-Pacific Structured Finance business. The successful candidate should have experience in at least some the following areas – (1) structured finance and asset-backed lending, (2) subscription finance facilities, and (3) securitization. Experience of aviation finance is not essential but would be advantageous as would a strong working knowledge of APLMA/LMA documentation.
- Principal responsibilities will include:
- Providing expert and professional legal advice, guidance and support to ensure that legal and reputational risks of the Structured Finance business are proactively identified and mitigated
- Assisting with the preparation, negotiation and review of legal documentation, from confidentiality agreements, engagement letters and term sheets through to transactional documentation
- Ensuring that the legal function serves as a proactive and strategic partner to the Structured Finance business
- Coordinating and managing relationships between internal and external stakeholders, businesses and support functions such as external clients, professional advisors, relationship management and product bankers, compliance and risk functions and agency/trustee teams
- Being innovative and suggesting solutions that are pragmatic and commercially sound, in addition to being legally sound, aligned with HSBC’s strategy and within HSBC’s risk parameters
- Collaborating with internal lawyers across the Asia Pacific region, providing support, leadership and subject matter expertise and guidance as required
- Providing legal input on local, regional and / or global legal projects
- Promoting the adoption of best practice and documentation standards, including representing HSBC at industry associations (as required)
- Monitoring major legislative changes and assessing the impact of such changes on HSBC’s business
Requirements
- Qualified lawyer with solid post-qualification experience of at least 5 years gained in a relevant jurisdiction
- Strong knowledge and experience with complex secured lending transactions such as structured finance, capital call facilities and transactions employing securitization techniques
- Understanding of cross-border financing documentation, market practices and processes, including APLMA and LMA documentation
- Ability to prioritise and to work under time pressure
- Strong oral and written communication and inter-personal skills
- Lateral thinking/problem solving ability
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