Job description

SOME CAREERS HAVE MORE IMPACT THAN OTHERS.

If you’re looking for a career where you can make a real impression, join HSBC and discover how valued you’ll be. 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 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 our team as a Senior Legal Counsel, Private Banking.

In this role you will

• Assist and support the HSBC Private Banking business in Singapore in its ambitious regional growth strategy
• Provide expert, commercially sensible and pragmatic legal advice, guidance and support to ensure that legal, conduct and reputational risks are identified, reported and mitigated
• Draft, review and negotiate relevant contracts and related transaction documents (including bespoke credit documentation for complex cross border transactions, service agreements for new strategic launches
• Support local, regional, and global projects and initiatives; Identify new legal, regulatory and market developments that can affect business activities, and advise our business teams on how these developments may affect their business
• Advise on the management of complaints, disputes, and internal investigations in respect of the Private Banking business. Advise relevant Management on non-standard legal, and conduct and reputational risks
• Ensure senior Legal Management is briefed on major issues arising in relevant business area and major legislative changes in area of expertise. Maintain and develop positive and professional working relationships with business managers, stakeholders and the Global Legal function
• Lead and manage external counsel engagement on transactions or projects in a cost-effective manner
• Execute against relevant policies and procedures for the relevant area of coverage to ensure that Legal’s role in the second line of defence can be executed. Deliver fair outcomes for our customers and ensure own conduct maintains the orderly and transparent operation of financial markets

Requirements

To be successful you will need

• Qualified Lawyer with a minimum of 7 to 10 years’ experience (in private banking or with credit and lending experience)
• Experienced and confident practitioner with excellent technical legal skills (experience in managing complex credit and lending transactions would be an advantage)
• Excellent negotiation and drafting skills and demonstrated ability to take initiative and apply good commercial and legal judgment
• Ability to operate in dynamic and fluid situations
• Ability to handle a diverse range of issues, deal with new or unexpected situations and work under pressure
• Strong communication skills (both written and verbal) and strong inter-personal skills
• Lateral thinking/problem solving in an open and connected manner
• Strong team player; A collaborative teammate, but also a self-starter who is able to work independently with an entrepreneurial drive; Collaborative, adaptable, open to innovation and new ideas/ ways of working