The banking crisis, Brexit and why he prefers in-house: HSBC’s GC on a career of once-in-a-lifetime experiences

Few GCs have steered their legal teams through as many crises as Bob Hoyt.

Now chief legal officer at HSBC Holdings in London, Hoyt – a veteran of some of the world’s biggest banks and government bodies – has been at the heart of some of the toughest moments for global finance on both sides of the Atlantic, from the financial crisis, to Libor, to Brexit.