Senior Legal Counsel - Structured Finance and Real Estate Finance

Job Description

Senior Legal Counsel, Structured Finance and Real Estate FinanceSome careers open more doors than others.Are youlooking 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 rewardsthat will take you further.We are seeking aSenior Legal Counsel, Structured Finance and Real Estate Financeto join theHSBC UK Legal Team. This Senior Legal Counsel role is part of a team of lawyers who support HSBC UK Commercial Banking (CMB) customer transactions. The lawyersprovide legal advice, guidance and support to ensure that HSBC Groups exposure to legal risk is managed and this role will have an infrastructure and Large Corporates-led focus. The role holder will be part of the Global Legal Function.HSBC UK Legal plays an important role in protecting the Groups reputation by helping to future-proof the organisation through the provision of robust and comprehensive legal advice to senior management, business lines and functions. This role will be basedat 8 Canada Square, London (HSBC Global Headquarters) and a number of the UK Legal team are also based in Birmingham (HSBC UK Headquarters). We offer a flexible working environment from our HSBC offices and remotely on a hybrid basis.Your responsibilities will include:

• Being part of a team of lawyers who support commercial banking transactions with a particular focus on delivering practical legal advice and proactive transactional deal support;
• Being a trusted adviser to the business by ensuring that commercially sensitive legal advice is provided. This will include discussions on lending, security, guarantees, restructuring and priority;
• Assisting the business so they remain compliant with internal legal risk management requirements;
• Ensuring senior legal management is fully briefed on any major issues arising;
• Sharing legal knowledge and best practices through keeping up to date with relevant regulatory and legal developments;
• Maintaining and developing positive and professional relationships with the CMB UK Legal Team and all key stakeholders.

RequirementsThe ideal candidate for this role will be / have:

• A senior level qualified solicitor with relevant mid-market experience gained within a financial institution and/or top tier private practice. A secondment from private practice at a financial institution would be an advantage;
• Knowledge and experience of banking and corporate law (including infrastructure and/or project finance), including in the context of the Loan Market Association precedents, is essential;
• An understanding of debt finance documentation including term sheets, loan facilities, intercreditor and ancillary documentation for cross-border transactions;
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills with experience of adapting style and approach to the audience is essential;
• The ability to think independently being mindful of maintaining an appropriate balance between management and mitigation of legal risk and business efficacy;
• Experience of making prompt decisions and taking responsibility for the outcomes.

The base location for the role is 8 Canada Square, LondonYoull achieve more when you join HSBC.At HSBC we look to enable our employees to better balance their work / life priorities and have the flexibility required to meet challenging needs as they progress through different life stages! Where possible we will consider the following flexible workingoptions: part-time working, job sharing, term-time working, and working from home and staggered hours. If in considering a role with HSBC, you have a need for some flexibility in your working arrangements please discuss this with the recruitment team in theearly stages of the application process.As a business operating in markets all around the world, we believe diversity brings benefits for our customers, our business and our people. This is why HSBC is committed to being an inclusive employer and encourages applications from all suitably qualifiedapplicants irrespective of ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability/long term health condition, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military andveteran status, and any other characteristic protected by local law in the jurisdictions in which we operate. Within the work place you will have access to various employee resource groups which aim to promote and achieve a healthy work / life balance andsupport our diversity ambitions. HSBC has in place processes in order to avoid nepotism, which means to avoid creating circumstances in which the appearance or possibility of conflicts of interest may exist within the hiring process.We want everyone to be able to fulfil their potential which is why we provide a range of flexible working arrangements and family friendly policies