Job Description

Job description

Senior Legal Counsel Equities and Securities Financing.

Some careers open more doors than others.

If you\xe2\x80\x99re looking for a career that will unlock new opportunities, join HSBC and experience the possibilities. 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.

Legal plays an important role in protecting the Group\xe2\x80\x99s 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 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.

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.

We are currently seeking an experienced individual to join this team in the role of Senior Legal Counsel Equities and Securities Financing.

In this role you will:

• Assist the lead lawyer for Equities in Europe with the delivery of expert legal advice and the management of legal risk across Equities and Securities Financing in the Markets and Securities Services business covering a variety of products and wrappers (including OTC, structured notes, repo and stock loan) such as equity financing transactions, cash equities and equity derivatives (including market access transactions) to ensure that the legal and reputational risks faced by the area of coverage are identified, reported and mitigated.
• Act as trusted adviser to the business by ensuring that commercially sensitive, pragmatic and practical legal support and advice is provided in a cost-effective manner to Global Banking & Markets (GBM)
• Drafting, reviewing and/or negotiating relevant contracts and related transaction documentation.
• Identifying new legal, regulatory and market developments that can affect business activities, and educate our business teams on how these developments may affect their business.
• Maintaining and developing positive and professional working relationships with business managers, stakeholders and the Global Legal function

Requirements

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

• Qualified Lawyer with knowledge and experience of equity derivatives and securities financing is essential
• Excellent negotiation and drafting skills and will have demonstrated the ability to take initiative and apply good commercial and legal judgment
• Ability to handle a diverse range of issues, deal with new or unexpected situations and work under pressure in a high-volume fast paced environment with immediate issues from many different business lines
• Strong communication skills (both written and verbal), including the ability to identify core legal risk issues and communicate these effectively to the business, and strong inter-personal skills
• A collaborative teammate, but also a self-starter who is able to work independently with an entrepreneurial drive

The base location for this role is London, UK.

You\xe2\x80\x99ll achieve more when you join HSBC.

We believe that being open to a range of perspectives and cultures is vital for our business. We work hard to ensure our diverse and inclusive workplace reflects the communities we serve. We want everyone to achieve their potential \xe2\x80\x93 regardless of their gender, ethnicity, disability, religion, sexual orientation or age. If you have a different way of seeing the world, we are interested in hearing from you.

HSBC is committed to being an inclusive employer and providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all. We will provide reasonable adjustments to remove any disadvantage to you being considered for this role. We are proud members of the Disability Confident Scheme, and will offer an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role.

If you would like to receive any information in a different way or would like us to do anything differently to help you apply for our roles, please contact our Recruitment Helpdesk:

Email: hsbc.recruitment@hsbc.com
Telephone: +44 2078328500.

Within the workplace you will have access to various employee resource groups which aim to promote and achieve a healthy work / life balance and support our diversity ambitions. HSBC has processes in place to avoid nepotism. This means we will avoid circumstances in which the appearance or possibility of conflicts of interest may exist within the hiring process.

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