Legal Counsel, Markets and Securities Services

Job description

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 organization 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 an experienced professional to join this team in the role of

• To act as the legal counsel supporting Markets and Securities Services (MSS).
  
• To work with the MSS Business Lead Lawyer to implement and communicate the strategic and operational objectives of the Global Legal Function across the Conventional and Amanah business and identify, formulate and communicate policies and procedures in line with these objectives.
  
• To provide proactive legal advice, guidance and support to Conventional and Amanah, and to other business areas and functions as required to ensure that the Group�s exposure to legal risk is managed effectively.
  
• To back up MSS Business Lead Lawyer in representing the legal function in MSS business governance forum such as MSS Business and Local Risk Committees.
  
• Works under the supervision of the MSS Business Lead Lawyer but will work independently on routine matters.
  
• Ability to prioritize workload in terms of legal risk and commercial consideration.
  
• Maintain knowledge of HSBC Group operations and policies.
  
• Enhance relationship with higher levels of management inspiring confidence of customers/stakeholders.
  
• To assist the General Counsel and Senior Legal Counsel as required from time to time.
  

Requirements

• Legal background (qualified lawyer or law degree)
  
• Minimum 5 years� of relevant experience.
  
• Knowledge and experience of markets, derivatives, banking, corporate and securities law concepts and working knowledge of the laws in the major jurisdictions in which HSBC operates.
  
• Have an excellent knowledge of a variety of traded markets master agreement documentation and their underlying products (in particular, ISDA Master Agreements and other market standard derivatives and securities financing agreements) and credit, legal, regulatory and operational issues/risks relating thereto.
  
• Have a solid understanding of the roles, responsibilities, dependencies and dynamics between key banking functions such as Sales, Trading, Counterparty Credit Risk, Market Risk, Treasury and Counterparty Exposure Management.
  
• Corporate experience and Compliance experience an advantage, but not essential.
  
• Ability to prioritise and multitask.
  
• Good inter-personal skills and ability to build relationships across business lines and within Legal.
  
• Developing lateral thinking / problem solving skills.
  
• Developing ability to influence.
  

Due to the urgent hiring need, candidates with immediate right to work locally and no relocation needed will be prioritized.

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