About the Company

HSBC is a leading global bank with a mission to connect customers to opportunities, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper. Our culture is built on diversity and inclusivity, fostering an environment where everyone can contribute and succeed.

About the Role

The Senior Legal Counsel will provide legal advice and support to HSBC’s investment bank’s (“CIB”) Equity Capital Markets (ECM), Equity-Linked Capital Markets (ELCM) and Mergers & Acquisition (M&A) businesses across a broad range of transaction types. The role is focused on ECM and M&A in MENAT and ELCM work in EMEA.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert and professional legal advice, guidance and support to ensure that the legal and reputational risk of the relevant business areas are identified, reported and mitigated.
• Assist CIB senior management to manage legal risk across the CIB business in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• Establish close mutually supportive working relationships with other members of the CIB Legal team and the Global Legal Function.
• Provide counsel, legal support and legal risk management on a variety of legal matters and transactions, including complex matters.
• Act as an escalation point for risk events and issues.
• Provide prompt, commercial, practical and sometimes complex legal advice to relevant businesses.
• Ensure senior legal management is fully briefed on major issues arising in relevant business areas and major legislative changes in area of expertise.
• Support achievement of the HSBC vision, Values, goals and culture in personal behaviour, actions and decision making.
• Develop and recommend changes and improvements to operating models, procedures and practices based on subject matter expertise.

Qualifications

• Qualified Lawyer
• Knowledge and experience of banking, corporate and securities law concepts and a working knowledge of the laws in the major jurisdictions in which HSBC operates.
• Corporate experience and Compliance experience an advantage, but not essential.
• Knowledge of the HSBC Group corporate structures, its business and personnel and a clear understanding of HSBC’s corporate culture.

Required Skills

• Developing Leadership skills
• Ability to prioritize
• Communication and interpersonal skills
• Lateral thinking/problem solving

Preferred Skills

• Previous experience of US securities law issues beneficial.

Pay range and compensation package

The compensation package will be competitive and commensurate with experience.

Equal Opportunity Statement

HSBC is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.