Managing Associate General Counsel

at  HSBC

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If you’re looking for a career that will unlock new opportunities, join HSBC and experience the possibilities. Whether you want a role 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.
As an HSBC employee in the UK, you will 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.
Global Legal plays an important role in protecting the Group’s reputation by helping to future-proof the organisation 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 a high calibre professional to join this team in the role of Managing Associate General Counsel, Financial Crime Legal Advisory.
As the Managing Associate General Counsel, Financial Crime Legal Advisory, you will serve as a financial crime legal expert globally, with subject matter expertise involving UK, EU, UN, US, Hong Kong, and other relevant financial crime (FC) legal regimes. You will also support the Bank’s strategic direction in relation to FC laws, policies and compliance within the context of legal and regulatory requirements globally.

In this role, you will:

• Serve as counsel and subject matter expert on FC legal issues, which includes matters that are complex and have significant potential for legal, financial, and/or reputational impact for HSBC.
• Provide legal advice on the requirements of UK, EU, UN, US, Hong Kong and other relevant FC laws to enable the bank to comply with those laws and manage HSBC’s legal, compliance, and reputational risks across the financial crime portfolio.
• Support efforts to appropriately manage the Bank’s FC and related reputational risk in a commercially sensitive, practical, and proactive manner.
• Identify emerging trends regarding FC legal requirements, engage with key stakeholders regarding these trends, and develop approaches to mitigate potential legal risk.
• Develop and deliver training on FC legal risks across the Group as needed.
• Provide senior business, legal, and compliance teams appropriate advice on FC legal requirements and developments and their implications. Communicate with this group regarding FC legal issues.
• Provide FC legal advice across the Bank on a global and regional level to FC compliance, business, and legal colleagues.
• Forge and maintain positive and professional working relationships across global legal, compliance, risk, and business functions.

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

• Qualified Lawyer with extensive post qualification experience
• Superior (expert) knowledge of anti-money laundering, fraud, and anti-tax evasion laws of the UK and other jurisdictions in which HSBC operates, as well as sanctions and anti-bribery and corruption laws and regulations. Export controls experience also helpful.
• Significant experience advising senior level management.
• Communication and inter-personal skills with lawyers, compliance officers, and businesses across diverse geographies and cultures.
• Lateral thinking, with an ability to interpret and solve complex challenges involving multiple jurisdictions.
• Experience dealing with complex regulatory matters and confidential interactions with regulators across jurisdictions.
• Proactive problem-solver, detail-oriented and meticulous in follow-up and work product.
• Solid judgment and strong ability to prioritize.

The base location for this role is London/Birmingham/Leeds with a hybrid working pattern.

In this role, you will:

• Serve as counsel and subject matter expert on FC legal issues, which includes matters that are complex and have significant potential for legal, financial, and/or reputational impact for HSBC.
• Provide legal advice on the requirements of UK, EU, UN, US, Hong Kong and other relevant FC laws to enable the bank to comply with those laws and manage HSBC’s legal, compliance, and reputational risks across the financial crime portfolio.
• Support efforts to appropriately manage the Bank’s FC and related reputational risk in a commercially sensitive, practical, and proactive manner.
• Identify emerging trends regarding FC legal requirements, engage with key stakeholders regarding these trends, and develop approaches to mitigate potential legal risk.
• Develop and deliver training on FC legal risks across the Group as needed.
• Provide senior business, legal, and compliance teams appropriate advice on FC legal requirements and developments and their implications. Communicate with this group regarding FC legal issues.
• Provide FC legal advice across the Bank on a global and regional level to FC compliance, business, and legal colleagues.
• Forge and maintain positive and professional working relationships across global legal, compliance, risk, and business functions

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

• Qualified Lawyer with extensive post qualification experience
• Superior (expert) knowledge of anti-money laundering, fraud, and anti-tax evasion laws of the UK and other jurisdictions in which HSBC operates, as well as sanctions and anti-bribery and corruption laws and regulations. Export controls experience also helpful.
• Significant experience advising senior level management.
• Communication and inter-personal skills with lawyers, compliance officers, and businesses across diverse geographies and cultures.
• Lateral thinking, with an ability to interpret and solve complex challenges involving multiple jurisdictions.
• Experience dealing with complex regulatory matters and confidential interactions with regulators across jurisdictions.
• Proactive problem-solver, detail-oriented and meticulous in follow-up and work product.
• Solid judgment and strong ability to prioritize