Job description
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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 Senior Legal Counsel, Corporate and Institutional Banking.
Principal Responsibilities
The role holder will be part of the legal team that provides legal advice and support to the Corporate and Institutional Banking (CIB) business.
Principle responsibilities will include:
- Provide legal support on all aspects of the CIB business to ensure that legal and reputational risks of the CIB business are proactively identified and mitigated
- Draft, review and negotiate relevant contracts and transaction document
- Develop and maintain standard documentation templates
- Liaise with and manage external counsel where necessary and in a cost-effective manner
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders that support that CIB business
- Support local, regional and/or global projects and initiatives
- Monitor legislative changes and industry developments relevant to the CIB business
General responsibilities include:
- To be the accountable lawyer to the executives of the area on all material legal issues that the business faces
- Execute against relevant policies and procedures for the relevant area of coverage to ensure that Legal's role in the second line of defence can be executed
- Advising relevant Management on non-standard legal, and conduct and reputational risks
- Evaluating and responding to changes in legal and regulatory requirements as they arise
- Provide expert and professional legal advice, guidance and support to ensure that the legal and reputational risk of the relevant area are identified, reported and mitigated
- Identify new legal, regulatory and market developments that can affect business activities, and educate our business teams on how these developments may affect their business
- Ensure senior legal management is fully briefed on major issues arising in relevant business area and major legislative changes in area of expertise
- Deliver fair outcomes for our customers and ensure own conduct maintains the orderly and transparent operation of financial markets
- Maintain and develop positive and professional working relationships with business managers, stakeholders and the Global Legal function
- Recommend selection of panel law firms and other appropriate external parties
Requirements
- Qualified Lawyer with 10 years' relevant experience
- Experienced and confident practitioner
- Excellent negotiation and drafting skills and will have demonstrated the ability to take initiative and apply good commercial and legal judgment
- Up-to-date knowledge of developments in own industry sector
- Ability to handle a diverse range of issues, deal with new or unexpected situations and work under pressure
- Strong communication skills (both written and verbal) and strong inter-personal skills
- Lateral thinking/problem solving
- Great sense of ownership and servicing mindset to ensure efficient and effective customer service processes
- A collaborative teammate, but also a self-starter who is able to work independently with an entrepreneurial drive
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