Assistant Legal Counsel Gsc’s

-Job description

**Why join us?**
- GLS provides support, to Global, Wealth & Personal, Commercial Banking as wells as Global Banking & Markets customers relating to distinct and diversified customer queries, negotiations, and review of legal documents.

**What you’ll do**:

- To undertake negotiation and execution of Derivative contracts (ISDAs), Non
- Disclosure Agreements, Standard Trade Terms for processing trade transactions and trade flows, Facility Agreements and other related agreements for any loan facility.
- Prepare opinion letters for customers in Wealth and Personal Market, familiarity with security issues, particularly lien/charges on security or all assets and familiarity with most types of loan related documents, including credit agreements, security agreements, indemnities, UCC's, guaranties, subordination agreements, deed of priority and inter-creditor agreements
- Well versed with Company Law, Partnership Act and other related legislations to conduct proper due diligence on various entities/customers in order to on board such clients globally
- Familiarity with laws relating to Intellectual Property Rights, Competition Act, Sanctions & AML Act along with Banking regulations (HKMA, Banking Regulation 2020) & Common Wealth Laws.
- Required to display Leadership and team work for efficient completion of work
- The individual will be responsible for the updating all internal database in a timely manner
- Ensuring management information and ad hoc reports are produced in a timely manner
- Each individual will be responsible for each case/requests received until its completion, work will require quick turnaround time, involves frequent chasing and follow up with severe ownership implications
- Must be able to coordinate between various departments across the Bank which includes both onshore and offshore stake holders
- Must have good judgmental skills to balance between seeking clarification and taking ownership of the checking process
- To strive for excellence in customer service
- Active participation and contribution in all quality initiatives within the team/process both for improvement of productivity & quality
- Understand and comply with all relevant policies and procedures issued by the Group and contained with the Group Standards Manual and relevant Functional Manuals, Desk Instructions Books and Process Guides
- Communicate effectively with team members, internal and external customers and other parts of GBM as required
- Maintain HSBC internal control standards, including the timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators
- Need to implement the Group Compliance Policy, as applicable to their role
- Need to be aware of the Operational Risk scenario associated with their role, and to ensure that all actions during their employment with HSBC take account of the likelihood of operational risk occurring
- All Mandatory Training Modules are taken up with right earnest and completed within the stipulated timelines
Requirements

**What you will need to succeed in the role**:
**Skills/Experience Required**
- Law degree from a recognized and reputed Law College/University in India or Overseas.
- 2 - 5 years’ experience working in a legal process involving drafting/vetting agreements/contracts,
- Proven skills in drafting agreements/contracts
- Strong communication skills both written and verbal
- Excellent time management and prioritization and multi-tasking skills
- Good interpretation, analytical & judgmental skills
- Proficiency in MS Office
- Ability to effectively develop a rapport across a wide range of people across all related functions.
- Required to be detail oriented and must have exceptional attention to detail skill.
- Personal drive to provide excellent customer service and achieve customer delight.
- Must be able to work with mínimal supervision and personal ownership
- Must be a good as a team player as well as individual contributor
- Ability to effectively communicate with the Legal team and 3rd Party Relationship Managers.
- Knowledge on different asset classes and Derivatives
- Excellent understanding of Corporate Law
- Understanding of Common Law, especially with regard to the UK

**You’ll achieve more at HSBC**

**Issued By HSBC Electronic Data Processing (India) Private LTD