Senior Legal Counsel

We are currently seeking a high calibre professional to join our team as a Senior Legal Counsel.

In this role you will

Providing expert and professional legal advice, guidance and support to ensure that legal and reputational risks of the Debt Capital Markets business are proactively identified and mitigated.

Assisting with the preparation, negotiation and review of legal documentation, such as confidentiality agreements, engagement letters, term sheets and contractual documentation.

Ensuring that the legal function serves as a proactive and strategic partner to the 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 Legal Department, providing support, leadership and subject matter expertise and guidance as required.

To be successful you will need

• Qualified lawyer with solid post-qualification experience of at least 4 years gained in a relevant jurisdiction.
• Strong knowledge and experience with debt capital markets transactions, such as primary issuance of vanilla bonds (investment grade and high yield) and capital securities, GMTN/EMTN programmes, as well as liability management.
• Understanding of cross-border financing issues and documentation in North Asia markets, as well as market practices and processes, such as ICMA protocols.
• Ability to prioritise and to work under time pressure
• Strong oral and written communication and inter-personal skills
• Lateral thinking/problem solving ability