Senior Legal Counsel, Debt Capital Markets - HSBC Legal

Job description

Job description

Some careers shine brighter than others.

If you’re looking for a career that will help you stand out, join HSBC and fulfil your potential. 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, Debt Capital Markets.

Principal Responsibilities

In this role you will

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You will have responsibility for providing legal support to HSBC’s Debt Capital Markets business, focused on North Asia

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Ensuring that the legal function serves as a proactive and strategic partner to the business

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Providing expert and professional legal advice, guidance and support to ensure that legal and reputational risks of the Debt Capital Markets business are proactively identified and mitigated

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Assisting with the preparation, negotiation and review of legal documentation, such as confidentiality agreements, engagement letters, term sheets and contractual documentation

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Coordinating and managing relationships between internal and external stakeholders, businesses and support functions such as external clients, professional advisors, relationship management and product bankers, compliance and risk functions and agency/trustee teams

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Being innovative and suggesting solutions that are pragmatic and commercially sound, in addition to being legally sound, aligned with HSBC’s strategy and within HSBC’s risk parameters

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Collaborating with internal lawyers across the Legal team, providing support, leadership and subject matter expertise and guidance as required

Requirements

To be successful you will need

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Qualified lawyer with solid post-qualification significant years gained in a relevant jurisdiction

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Strong knowledge and experience with debt capital markets transactions, such as primary issuance of vanilla bonds (investment grade and high yield) and capital securities, GMTN/EMTN programmes, as well as liability management

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Understanding of cross-border financing issues and documentation in North Asia markets, as well as market practices and processes, such as ICMA protocols

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Ability to prioritise and to work under time pressure

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Strong oral and written communication and inter-personal skills

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Lateral thinking/problem solving ability

Opening up a world of opportunity
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