Legal Senior Counsel

**Purpose**:
**Legal and regulatory advice and support**:

- Reviewing and negotiating all AMFR legal arrangements within the Asset Management Legal Team
- Providing legal advice and support, in particular, in Sustainable Finance, to AMFR internal teams on the area of expertise in particular to sales teams, investment teams, operations

**Principal Accountabilities**:

- Partnering with the Sustainable Finance Global Asset Management teams and with the Legal Teams to identify, review, coordinate interpretations of legislative/ regulatory changes and arrangements in relation to Sustainable Finance. Informing timely and effectively senior Business and Risk stakeholders on this area of expertise
- Liaising and coordinating with internal and outside counsels, any kind of legal negotiation or review of documentation or arrangements to support:

- the distribution of HGAM Funds and expertise to the main EU platforms and through European Clients
- the implementation or continuous monitoring of investment Management portfolios of Institutional Cross Border Clients: Mainly for Asian and European clients
- the Sustainable Finance developments
- Partnering with relevant Asset Management teams to set-up the contracts and execute the partnership agreements, interacting daily with the sales teams, investment managers, risk teams and operations
- Providing legal support and guidance with regards to legal risks arising in the area of expertise and in particular on Sustainable Finance

**Operational Effectiveness & Control**:

- Maintain HSBC Internal Control standards, including the timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators.
- Assist with the management of legal risk in business departments for which you are responsible, to ensure that the interests of the HSBC Group are adequately protected

We understand how valuable flexible working is in helping you work at your best and are committed to exploring flexible working arrangements that work for you, your clients and your team

**Customers / Stakeholders**:

- Be proactive in the provision of legal support and in advising the business promptly of material legal developments and their implications
- Ensure senior legal management is fully briefed on major issues arising in relevant business area and major legislative changes in area of expertise

**Leadership & Teamwork**:

- Maintain and develop positive and professional working relationships with all team members within the Legal function and business departments
- Share legal knowledge and best practices with legal colleagues
- Regular reports to and meetings held with direct reports and team members within the relevant business departments

Requirements

**Experience, Skills and Qualifications**:

- Qualified lawyer
- At least 5- to 10 years’ practical experience in legal and regulatory related financial matters in a financial institution
- Proven excellent organizational skills and attention to detail, even under pressure;
- Willingness to cover a multiplicity of legal areas.
- Strong sense of initiative and used to work independently
- Quick and analytical/structured thinking, efficient work style and ability to provide pragmatic (client-oriented) solutions
- Ability to communicate - verbally and in writing - in a structured, precise and succinct way in French and English

**Major Challenges**:

- Ability to prioritize workloads in terms of legal risk and commercial consideration
- Ability to adapt workstyle to meet complex and varied workloads
- Maintain knowledge of HSBC Group operations and policies