Senior Legal Counsel 12 Month Fixed Term

HSBC; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Part time

Job summary

A global financial services organization is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel for its Global Payment Solutions team in London on a part-time basis. This role offers the opportunity to provide high-quality strategic legal advice and support in a hybrid working pattern. The ideal candidate will be a qualified lawyer with experience in banking and IT/Digital law. You will work collaboratively with management and other legal teams, and possess strong prioritization skills and a proactive approach to legal issues.

Benefits

Hybrid working pattern

Inclusive workplace

Support for candidates with disabilities

Qualifications

• Qualified lawyer with experience in banking, corporate, and IT/Digital law.
• Curiosity about multijurisdictional regulatory environments.
• Proactive self-starter with strong prioritization skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice to executives on legal issues.
• Support the Global Payment Solutions team.
• Evaluate changes in legal requirements.

Skills

Experience in banking law

Experience in corporate/commercial law

Experience in IT/Digital law

Ability to prioritize effectively

Collaborative teamwork skills

Education

Qualified lawyer

Job description

Senior Legal Counsel (Global Payment Solutions) (GCB4) – JOB SHARE (PART‑TIME: 21 HOURS) – 12 Month Fixed Term Contract – London (Hybrid)

If you are looking for a career where you can make a real impression, join HSBC, and discover how valued you’ll be.

HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with operations in 64 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and helping people to fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions.

Global Legal plays an important role in protecting the Group’s reputation by helping to future‑prove the organisation through robust legal risk and issue advisory. Responsible for providing comprehensive legal advice to senior management and all global businesses and functions, the team offers a diverse range of legal skills, jurisdictional experience and practice specialisms across all countries and territories in which our businesses operate.

We are currently seeking a professional to join the Global Payment Solutions team in the role of Senior Legal Counsel, on a part‑time 12‑month fixed‑term contract, working as part of a job share, with a focus on customer E Channels with banking, corporate, commercial and IT/Digital law concepts. Having a working knowledge of the laws in the major jurisdictions in which HSBC operates would be beneficial but not essential.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced payments/digital lawyer with a curious and commercial mindset, seeking a balanced, flexible role which will entail providing high‑quality strategic advice in a seamless manner with their job share partner.

In this role, you will.

• Be an accountable lawyer to the executives of the area on material legal issues faced by the business and advise relevant Management on non‑standard legal, and conduct and reputational risks.
• Execute against relevant policies and procedures for GPS Client Connectivity to ensure that Legal's role in the second line of defence can be executed
• Provide SME legal support to other legal teams on escalations related to customer negotiations on E‑Channels documentation and support the Global GPS Client Connectivity business, work with the customer groups globally to provide legal advice, guidance and support in relation to E‑Channels
• Ensure that E‑Channel related legal implications and risks of products, systems, transactions, projects and initiatives are effectively understood by the relevant business areas
• Evaluating and responding to changes in legal and regulatory requirements as they arise
• Provide expert and professional legal advice, guidance and support to ensure that the legal and reputational risk of the relevant area are identified, reported and mitigated

To be successful in this role you should meet the following requirements.

• Qualified lawyer with experience of banking, corporate/commercial and IT/Digital law concepts and a working knowledge of the laws in the major jurisdictions in which HSBC operates would be beneficial but not essential
• A keen curiosity and willingness to learn more in general and in particular about the multijurisdictional and regulatory environment is a pre‑requisite. With up‑to‑date knowledge of developments in digital payments and online payments systems would be desirable
• Be a proactive self‑starter, able to follow through on delivery with appropriate support.
• Ability to prioritise effectively, often against the backdrop of changing facts and stakeholder demands.
• A collaborative teammate able to flex their style to work with others, but also a self‑starter who is able to work independently with an entrepreneurial drive.

The base location for this role is London with a hybrid working pattern (working Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays to ensure full coverage of the role).

Being open to different points of view is important for our business and the communities we serve. At HSBC, we’re dedicated to creating diverse and inclusive workplaces – no matter their gender, ethnicity, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or age. We are committed to removing barriers and ensuring that careers at HSBC are inclusive and accessible for everyone to be at their best. We take pride in being a Disability Confident Leader and will offer an interview to people with disabilities, long‑term conditions or neuro‑divergent candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role.

We’ll provide accommodations or changes during recruitment process if required. Please get in touch with our Recruitment Helpdesk:

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