Alanna Chang has been a Managing Director and Head of U.S. Legal for Corporate and Institutional Banking at HSBC since August 2025. She oversees legal coverage for the bank's U.S. investment banking, wholesale lending and transaction banking businesses, including capital markets, leveraged and infrastructure finance, structured finance, credit and lending, global payments, and trade finance. She has 17 years of transactional experience.

She began her career as a finance associate at Mayer Brown LLP in New York and London, which included a secondment to Barclays Capital. At Mayer Brown, she represented originators, underwriters and lenders in securitizations and asset-backed financings.

She joined HSBC in 2015 and has since served as lead counsel across credit and lending, structured finance, and debt capital markets. She has also served as General Counsel of HSBC Capital (USA), Inc.

Alanna holds a J.D. from Emory University School of Law, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif. She also holds a B.S. in Finance and a B.A. in English from the University of Pennsylvania. She is admitted to the New York State Bar.

Alanna believes lawyers drive business success by acting as trusted advisors to the business and to the wider enterprise. Proactive preparation, managing the environment around a deal, and being a resource to the other lines of defense ease tensions and move the business forward.  That work lets her raise risks early, design practical controls and find solutions where interests compete. Her leadership style is collaborative and service-focused. She is known for building strong partnerships across businesses, functions and regions, and for developing high-performing legal teams.