Associate Director – Transaction Management, Structured Finance - 0000G7C5

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HSBC Commercial Banking serves millions of businesses ranging from small, to large corporates, providing commercial customers with a full range of banking services including Global Trade and Receivables Finance, RMB solutions, multi-currency business accounts, payments and cash management, and wealth management and insurance, as well as a comprehensive range of financing solutions. With dedicated Relationship Managers and Product Specialists providing local support and advice in over 60 countries and territories, HSBC helps connect customers to opportunities.

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.
We are currently seeking an experienced individual to join this team in the role of Associate Director, based within Transaction Management, Structured Finance.

The role of an Associate Director within Transaction Management is to lead on all aspects of the documentation process for complex corporate loan transactions typically in the £5m – £750m space. From the early stage documentation (such as term sheets) through to the negotiation of key finance documents (such as facility agreements), an Associate Director is tasked with working closely with external lender counsel, clients, Relationship Managers and other key stakeholders ensuring a successful completion of the relevant transaction within the requisite deadline.

Your responsibilities will include:
⦁    Being an ambassador for HSBC and developing the bank’s profile in the local business and wider community
⦁    Leading all aspects of loan execution (bilateral or multi-banked loans) including advising on the structure of a transaction, explaining common risks (both commercial and legal) associated with        complex loan transactions.
⦁    Supporting and advising UK CMB clients, RMs and other key stakeholders by interpreting legal advice/concepts and explaining impact and associated risks
⦁    Negotiating and agreeing the terms of the LMA facility agreement, ensuring compliance with HSBC’S internal policy, relevant credit approvals, common market practices in line with any external regulatory requirements
⦁    With the support of the wider coverage teams you will lead all parties calls on legal and policy points on other commercial issues. 
  

Qualifications

To be successful in this role you should meet the following requirements:
⦁    Knowledge of LMA loan documentation and the syndicated loans market more generally.
⦁    Ability and the confidence to lead the documentation process for LMA facilities from both a commercial and legal perspective.
⦁    Experience structuring and leading negotiations on complex corporate loan transactions including refinances, MBO’s, “cashouts”, acquisition finance and post IPO financing. 
⦁    Excellent written and spoken communication skills with experience of successfully influencing others, negotiating effectively.
⦁    Experience working as a banking lawyer in a top tier law firm
⦁    Experience of building and managing complex relationships

The base location for this role is Queen Victoria Street, London.
 

As a business operating in markets all around the world, we believe diversity brings benefits for our customers, our business and our people. This is why HSBC is committed to being an inclusive employer and encourages applications from all suitably qualified applicants irrespective of ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability/long term health condition, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by local law in the jurisdictions in which we operate. Within the work place you will have access to various employee resource groups which aim to promote and achieve a healthy work / life balance and support our diversity ambitions.  HSBC has in place processes in order to avoid nepotism, which means to avoid creating circumstances in which the appearance or possibility of conflicts of interest may exist within the hiring process.

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