Senior Legal Counsel, Securities Services Legal, Markets and Securities

Job description

Support the Head of Securities Services Legal and relevant business leads with new product and template development. Provide advice and support with respect to regulatory projects and ensure regulatory risks are brought to the attention of the relevant stakeholders and are addressed and mitigated. Provide expert and professional legal advice, guidance and support to ensure that the legal and reputational risks in the Securities Services business lines are identified, reported and mitigated.

Support the Head of Securities Services Legal and relevant Team Leads with respect to accountability for all Hong Kong SFC Authorised funds and Cayman Funds transactions and projects managed by onshore and offshore lawyers. Work closely with a regional and global team of lawyers supporting the Securities Services and Markets business of HSBC. Establish and maintain relationships with various stakeholders, across multiple geographies and cultural diversities.

Build effective relationships with Team Leads and Bangalore offshore legal team as well as global teams. Ensure that all transactions and projects are managed in accordance with HSBC Values and comply with SSV business redlines and risk parameters with all risks discussed with business leads and resolved in accordance with HSBC risk appetite, policies and procedures. Ability to adapt workstyle to meet complex and varied workloads across variety of transactions, projects and advisory matters.

Ability to prioritize workloads in terms of legal risk and commercial consideration. Ability to think independently being mindful of maintaining an appropriate balance between management and mitigation of legal risk and business efficacy. Ability to manage a significant number of bespoke or complex requests across a range of transactions, product types and projects. Ability to balance the need for further analysis and the need for a timely decision and proper escalations given commercial pressures.