Legal Counsel Gsc's - Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - HSBC

HSBC

Verified Company

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Deepika Kaur

beBee Recuiter

Description

Job description

Why join us?

Legal General provides support, guidance and advice to Global Banking & Markets, Wealth & Personal and Commercial Banking Customers relating to distinct and diversified customer queries. The same includes businesses from small enterprises and midmarket companies to large multinationals along with Individuals banking with HSBC. The Legal General further supports Group Legal in due diligence reviews globally including risk assessment and monitoring, information and cyber security reviews and end to end on boarding. Provide counsel and legal support on a variety of legal matters, or in a specialist area. Ensure that completed documentation provides appropriate credit and legal protection for the Bank.

The Opportunity:

To undertake negotiation and execution of Non
Disclosure Agreements including back to back, reliance / release letters, Facility Agreements
Well versed with negotiations around Nondisclosure agreements, Contracts Act, Company Law, Partnership Act, Competition Law and other related legislations to conduct proper due diligence on various entities/customers in order to on board such clients globally
Assist the team with Migration process for any new or addition of scope of work
Ensure completion of monthly MI and business decks as required from time to time
Provision of legal advice that is succinct, easy to understand, and adds value by identifying the root cause of the problem
Required to display Leadership and team work for efficient completion of work
Responsible for the updating all internal database in a timely manner
Ensuring management information and ad hoc reports are produced in a timely manner
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
To be considered to be a trusted adviser to the business by ensuring that commercially sensitive, pragmatic and practical legal support and advice is provided in a costeffective manner for assigned areas
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

What you'll do:

Responsible for of all deliveries out of Bangalore (NDA team) from a quality and TAT standpoint
Responsible for work load management and delivery of volumes and quality which will include assigning and allocation of tasks in timely and in an accurate manner
Ability to manage reviews of time critical and/or complex NDA negotiations and reviews
Ability to collaborate with and leverage senior team members to utilize them effectively in the broader work management.
Ability to prioritize and manage work across different time zones
Promote a strong sense of teamwork to ensure all areas work collaborative and as efficiently as possible
Responsible for conceptualizing and creation of robust MIS for business head and business partners to facility effective performance monitoring and review
Be responsive and focused on client service
Conduct trainings from time to time, focusing on building strong backups and keep upskilling the team. Should be able to position more people
Proactively engage with stakeholders and team members in creating and updating effective documentation including checklists, guides to enable consistency in the policy points and streamline the process Need to implement the Group Compliance Policy, as applicable to their role
Ability to identify and lead process related Change initiatives. Ability to spot and understand any change or gap in expiations. Should be able to streamline the process to meet changing expectations or gaps identified
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
Ensure the offshore and onshore teams operate and engage as a single "virtual" team
First point of contact for all queries raised by Bangalore team
Have the ability to work autonomously with the appropriate escalations to the Bangalore lead
Ensure yearly version update of procedures and Business Head approval is obtained
Conduct ongoing Quality Checks for all drafts prepared by team
Maintain HSBC interna