Senior Legal Counsel, HSBC

HSBC

Location:
Hong Kong, Central

Category:
Legal

Contract Type:
Employment contract

Salary:

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Job Description:

The job involves providing legal and transactional advisory support to HSBC’s Asia-Pacific Structured Finance business. The successful candidate will assist in preparing, negotiating, and reviewing legal documentation, coordinate relationships across various stakeholders, and monitor major legislative changes impacting HSBC’s operations.

Job Responsibility:

Providing expert and professional legal advice, guidance and support to ensure that legal and reputational risks of the Structured Finance business are proactively identified and mitigated
assisting with the preparation, negotiation and review of legal documentation, from confidentiality agreements, engagement letters and term sheets through to transactional documentation
ensuring that the legal function serves as a proactive and strategic partner to the Structured Finance business
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 Asia Pacific region, providing support, leadership and subject matter expertise and guidance as required
providing legal input on local, regional and/or global legal projects
promoting the adoption of best practice and documentation standards, including representing HSBC at industry associations (as required)
monitoring major legislative changes and assessing the impact of such changes on HSBC’s business

Requirements:

Qualified lawyer with solid post-qualification experience of at least 5 years gained in a relevant jurisdiction
strong knowledge and experience with complex secured lending transactions such as structured finance, capital call facilities and transactions employing securitization techniques
understanding of cross-border financing documentation, market practices and processes, including APLMA and LMA documentation
ability to prioritise and to work under time pressure
strong oral and written communication and inter-personal skills
lateral thinking/problem solving ability

Nice to have:

Experience of aviation finance
strong working knowledge of APLMA/LMA documentation

What we offer:

Continuous professional development
flexible working
opportunities to grow within an inclusive and diverse environment

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
September 23, 2025

Expiration:
October 12, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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