Senior Legal Counsel, Debt Capital Markets, HSBC

HSBC

Location:
Hong Kong, Central

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 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.

Job Responsibility:

Providing legal support to HSBC’s Debt Capital Markets business, focused on North Asia
Ensuring that the legal function serves as a proactive and strategic partner to the business
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
Assisting with the preparation, negotiation and review of legal documentation, such as confidentiality agreements, engagement letters, term sheets and contractual documentation
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
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
Collaborating with internal lawyers across the Legal team, providing support, leadership and subject matter expertise and guidance as required

Requirements:

Qualified lawyer with solid post-qualification significant years gained in a relevant jurisdiction
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
Understanding of cross-border financing issues and documentation in North Asia markets, as well as market practices and processes, such as ICMA protocols
Ability to prioritise and to work under time pressure
Strong oral and written communication and inter-personal skills
Lateral thinking/problem solving ability

What we offer:

Fosters continuous professional development
Flexible working
Opportunities to grow within an inclusive and diverse environment

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
August 19, 2025

Expiration:
September 02, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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Senior Legal Counsel, Debt Capital Markets

HSBC

Location:Hong Kong, Central

Category:Legal

Contract Type:Employment contract