Senior Legal Counsel
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Senior Legal Counsel Digital Legal Services GCB4 Leeds
Some careers open more doors than others!
If youre looking for a career that will unlock new opportunities join HSBC and experience the possibilities. Whether you want a role that could take you to the top or simply take you in an exciting new direction HSBC offers opportunities support and rewards that will take you further.
As an HSBC employee in the UK you will have access to tailored professional development opportunities and a competitive pay and benefits package. This includes private healthcare for all UK-based employees enhanced maternity and adoption pay and support when you return to work and a contributory pension scheme with a generous employer contribution.
Global Legal plays an important role in protecting HSBCs reputation helping to safeguard the organisation by providing robust and comprehensive advice on legal issues and risks. Our lawyers advise senior management offering a range of legal skills jurisdictional experience and practice specialisms across all the countries and territories in which HSBC operates.
We are currently seeking a lawyer to join our Digital Legal Services team in the UK. We are the technology commercial cyber data and intellectual property legal experts supporting the HSBC Group - particularly the GCIO and GCOO teams - to deliver and evolve its strategic priorities including in technology investment and resilience innovation bank-wide operations and the HSBC brands and trademarks.
Working in our flexible agile model this role presents amazing opportunities to lead global projects and negotiations as well as to build new skills in developing areas of law and business such as AI data cyber and digital assets. As part of the global Digital Legal Services team the role will work with colleagues globally and collaborate with other lawyers including litigation competition employment and banking lawyers. If you would like to develop a broad portfolio of expertise fit for the future this role is for you!
- Draft and negotiate a range of technology and commercial agreements (e.g. global outsourcing; critical technology (software hardware services SAAS platforms data aI); new or novel consortium collaboration and partnership agreements to grow the business.
- Support technology and operations with the development of their strategies and key risk management including of strategic projects and issues and incident management.
- Advise on emerging technology risks and a fast-changing regulatory environment including in relation to resilience AI cyber sanctions and export and third party risk.
- Advise on contracting approaches and strategic vendor lifecycle management including vendor disputes and major incidents.
- Develop your knowledge and skills in financial regulation data IP cyber digital channels digital assets and more.
- Continuous improve the way we work to keep us fit for the future working in teams on process improvements knowledge and reporting tools commercial management experimenting with technology (including AI) partnering with our law firms and ALSPs and driving relationships.
To be successful in this role you should meet the following requirements:
- Qualified Lawyer with extensive experience in technology commercial outsourcing and intellectual property. Related experience in payments data privacy technology litigation and/or other transactional contracting experience will be considered.
- Strong contractual drafting skills.
- Experience of working within financial services or in house with a keen interest in the industry and curiosity to learn more about the multijurisdictional and regulatory environment is a pre-requisite.
- Excellent written and spoken communication skills with experience of successfully influencing stakeholders by negotiating effectively and winning over audiences with a compelling and persuasive skillset.
- Strong lateral thinking/problem solving ability with forward-leaning proactive approach.
- A collaborative teammate but also a self-starter with the ability to work independently with an entrepreneurial drive.
The base location for this role is Leeds..
Youll achieve more when you join HSBC.
Being open to different points of view is important for our business and the communities we serve. At HSBC were dedicated to creating diverse and inclusive workplaces. Our recruitment processes are accessible to everyone -no matter their gender ethnicity disability religion sexual orientation or age.
We take pride in being part of the Disability Confident Scheme. This helps make sure you can be interviewed fairly if you have a disability long term health condition or are neurodiverse.
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Telephone: 44
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full Time
