Legal Counsel, HSBC

HSBC

Location:
Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur

Category:
Legal

Contract Type:
Employment contract

Salary:

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Job Description:

Global Legal plays an important role in protecting the Group’s reputation by helping to future-proof the organization 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.

Job Responsibility:

To act as the senior legal adviser lawyer primarily responsible for business partnering of Corporate Institutional Banking
To work with the General Counsel, Malaysia and Head of Legal HSBC Amanah (M) Berhad to implement and communicate the strategic and operational objectives of the Global Legal Function across the Conventional and Amanah business and identify, formulate and communicate policies and procedures in line with these objectives
To provide proactive legal advice, guidance and support to Conventional and Amanah, and to other business areas and functions as required to ensure that the Group’s exposure to legal risk is managed effectively
To effectively risk steward for Corporate Institutional Banking i.e. proactively identify legal risks faced in transactions/ projects / business, to raise the same at governance forums and challenge the business on the adequacy of controls managing the legal risks
To manage and provide guidance to lawyers supporting the Conventional and Amanah business
To represent the legal function in Corporate Institutional Banking senior governance forum such as Corporate Institutional Banking EXCO and Business Risk Committee

Requirements:

Qualified lawyer
Knowledge and experience of banking, corporate and securities law concepts and a working knowledge of the laws in the major jurisdictions in which HSBC operates
Corporate experience and Compliance experience an advantage, but not essential
Good knowledge of the HSBC Group corporate structures, its business and personnel and a clear understanding of HSBC’s corporate culture
Leadership skills
Strong ability to prioritise
Communication and inter-personal skills
Lateral thinking/problem solving

Nice to have:

Corporate experience
Compliance experience

What we offer:

Flexible working
Professional development
Opportunities to grow within an inclusive and diverse environment

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
August 08, 2025

Expiration:
August 22, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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