Senior Legal Counsel - CMB UK - Mid-Market Enterprise

If you’re looking for a career that will help you stand out, join HSBC, and fulfil your potential - whether you want a career that could take you to the top, or an exciting new direction, we offer opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further.

We’re one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with a network that covers more than 50 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions.

We are currently seeking an experienced individual to join the Corporate Banking Legal Advisory Team in the role of Senior Legal Counsel.

You’ll have the opportunity to become the lead legal adviser for CMB UK’s growing Mid-Market Enterprise business, taking ownership of a key growth area and working closely with senior business stakeholders. You’ll combine hands-on banking and finance legal work with strategic projects, regulatory change and transformation initiatives, while helping shape the future of legal services through AI-enabled tools.

As an HSBC employee in the UK, you’ll have access to tailored professional development opportunities and a competitive pay and benefits package. This includes private healthcare for all UK-based employees, enhanced maternity and adoption pay and support when you return to work, and a contributory pension scheme with a generous employer contribution.

In this role you will

Act as the primary lead legal contact for the Mid-Market Enterprise business, providing practical, commercially focused legal advice and guidance.

Advise on banking products, lending transactions, credit facilities and security arrangements, supporting the business’s growing transaction volumes.

Build and maintain strong relationships with front-office relationship teams and senior stakeholders, providing timely advice and managing legal risk.

Contribute to regulatory change, remediation and transformation programmes, identifying opportunities to improve legal processes and business effectiveness.

Support legal risk management policies, procedures and controls, contribute to legal training and playbooks, and develop AI-enabled ways of using AI tools such as Harvey

Be willing to lean into new opportunities and areas of law relating to the CMB Business (for example digital and transformation activities).

To be successful in this role you should meet the following requirements:

Qualified Solicitor, with extensive post-qualification experience (PQE) with relevant experience gained within a financial institution or top-tier private practice

Banking and finance expertise, with a strong knowledge of banking and finance law, particularly lending transactions and commercial banking products.

Practical knowledge of Loan Market Association (LMA) template documentation and experience advising on loan agreements

Experience across a broad range of lending and securing products, documentation and structures, involving different borrower types

Excellent communication and relationship building skills, with the ability to make complex decisions autonomously, assess longer-term legal risks, offer pragmatic solutions and manage senior stakeholder effectively

Curious about the wider CMB UK business lines and interested in supporting a wide range of products and initiatives.

Opening up a world of opportunity.

Being open to different points of view is important for our business and the communities we serve. At HSBC, we’re dedicated to creating diverse and inclusive workplaces - no matter their gender, ethnicity, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or age. We are committed to removing barriers and ensuring careers at HSBC are inclusive and accessible for everyone to be at their best. We take pride in being a Disability Confident Leader and will offer an interview to people with disabilities, long term conditions or neurodivergent candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role.

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