Senior Legal Counsel (GM)

Location: 

Central, Hong Kong Island, HK


Brand:  HSBC
Area of Interest: 
Closing Date:  Hybrid Worker
Date:  6 Aug 2026

Job description

We are currently seeking a high calibre professional to join our team as a Senior Legal Counsel (GM).

 

In this role you will: 

  • Advisory and transactional work relating to Macro and GCF business in the OTC, structured products, SFTs (Repo and sec lending) space
  • Advising on regulatory change matters impacting coverage areas
  • Assisting with and advising on key digital asset initiatives in region/ globally and Advising on new business and digital initiatives
  • Providing advice to senior management in Markets and Securities Services Asia Pacific across businesses and functions on issues impacting coverage area
  • Providing regional support to local legal colleagues in the Asia Pacific region
  • Liaising with global legal colleagues on various global projects and products including digital assets topics and on global template documentation
  • Involvement in industry WGs in ISDA, EMTA and etc

 

To be successful you will need:

  • Deep experience in markets products documentation, regulatory and market issues
  •  Awareness of regulatory issues impacting markets products and documentation
  • Experience in law firms and in house teams covering similar work

 

You’ll achieve more at HSBC.

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