Mark Steffensen Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

• Successfully led and managed a diverse department of as many as 225 attorneys and para-professionals (9 direct reports) across multiple jurisdictions supporting HSBC’s four global business lines in the US as well as US-based Corporate Secretary and Public Affairs teams. Managed and mitigated litigation and regulatory exposures from financial crisis era transactions.• Advised on, structured, and negotiated transformational asset divestitures to refocus HSBC's US business.• Conceived and executed settlement strategy for SEC and CFTC "off-channel communications" enforcement matters.

London, Gb

• Led and managed a team of 125 attorneys and para-professionals supporting US Investment banking, and sales & trading businesses in the US, Latin America, and Canada, as well as the US commercial banking businesses.• Advised on critical counterparty risk management issues post-2008 financial crisis, reducing losses and avoiding taking government financial support.• Relatedly, executed closeout and exposure mitigation strategies for structured transactions, particularly in hedge fund, SPV, and monoline exposures.

New York, Ny, Us

• Led legal team supporting rates, currency, and credit products sales and trading businesses, including structured notes, emerging markets, derivatives, and repo desks.• Previously served as General Counsel to Private Wealth Management group.• Provided legal and regulatory advice, achieving intended economic outcomes, and delivered guidance on hedging, cross-border, margin and bankruptcy issues to reduce credit risk and leverage positive balance sheet usage. • Designed and implemented legal initiatives to ensure compliance and mitigate risks for the business units.

New York, Ny, Us

My practice included transactional and regulatory compliance advice to broker-dealers, investment banks, hedge funds, prime brokers and insurance companies.

Washington, Dc, Us

I served as Special Counsel in the SEC’s Division of Market Regulation (now Trading & Markets), focusing on the creation, implementation and enforcement of rules governing broker-dealers and other SEC-regulated entities

Chicago, Illinois, Us

My work included capital markets transactions, asset based lending, aircraft financing and bank M&A.

Bba (Accounting), Mba, Jd

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