The General Counsel - Senior Associate will support legal and regulatory aspects of developing new digital retail banking products in Europe, performing legal analysis, drafting documentation, and monitoring regulatory changes.
Job Description
Excited by the opportunity to build innovative digital retail banking products and services in a start-up environment, backed by one of the leading financial service providers worldwide?
Join us at JPMorgan & Chase Co. at our newest European hub for Chase bank, located in the heart of Berlin. In this exciting chapter of continued growth and expansion for Chase, we're looking for a passionate Assistant Vice President - Senior Counsel, who will support the development of a leading digital bank from a legal and regulatory perspective.
As Assistant Vice President - Senior Counsel in Berlin, you will be part of a team of trusted advisors supporting the launch of our European hub. You will perform legal research and provide advice, working with senior lawyers on wide-ranging topics and exciting new products and services. You will draft and review communications including with respect to customers, complaints and disputes. You will monitor changes in law and regulation, and you will engage with stakeholders in multiple locations, working on some of the most interesting innovations in this area of financial services. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to the development of a leading digital bank from a legal and regulatory perspective.
Job responsibilities:
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
Preferred qualifications, skills or capabilities:
About Us
J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.
We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.
About the Team
Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we're setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.
With large, global operations, the Legal team tackles complex issues and helps shape the regulations that affect the businesses. The group is organized into practice groups that align with the lines of business and corporate staff areas, which encourages collaboration on legal, regulatory and business developments as they arise.
Excited by the opportunity to build innovative digital retail banking products and services in a start-up environment, backed by one of the leading financial service providers worldwide?
Join us at JPMorgan & Chase Co. at our newest European hub for Chase bank, located in the heart of Berlin. In this exciting chapter of continued growth and expansion for Chase, we're looking for a passionate Assistant Vice President - Senior Counsel, who will support the development of a leading digital bank from a legal and regulatory perspective.
As Assistant Vice President - Senior Counsel in Berlin, you will be part of a team of trusted advisors supporting the launch of our European hub. You will perform legal research and provide advice, working with senior lawyers on wide-ranging topics and exciting new products and services. You will draft and review communications including with respect to customers, complaints and disputes. You will monitor changes in law and regulation, and you will engage with stakeholders in multiple locations, working on some of the most interesting innovations in this area of financial services. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to the development of a leading digital bank from a legal and regulatory perspective.
Job responsibilities:
- Provide legal analysis on the development of new retail banking products in Germany
- Monitor German / EU legal and regulatory developments
- Draft and review documentation for clients, internal stakeholders, senior management, including communications with respect to complaints, disputes, litigation, etc.
- Perform legal research on a variety of issues relating to retail banking matters
- Working collaboratively with Legal colleagues, other business and Corporate stakeholders in multiple jurisdictions
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- German qualified lawyer, with at least 3+ years post-qualification experience in a top law firm and/or in-house financial services Legal team
- Understanding of banking products and associated banking/payments regulation (CRD IV, PSD II, KWG, ZAG)
- Team player
Preferred qualifications, skills or capabilities:
- Knowledge of German retail banking matters and litigation
- Experience with legal analysis around product development
- Experience liaising with or good understanding of German / EU regulatory bodies (including e.g. ECB, BaFin, Bundesbank)
- Experience liaising with or good understanding of the German court system.
About Us
J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.
We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.
About the Team
Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we're setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.
With large, global operations, the Legal team tackles complex issues and helps shape the regulations that affect the businesses. The group is organized into practice groups that align with the lines of business and corporate staff areas, which encourages collaboration on legal, regulatory and business developments as they arise.
Top Skills
Banking Regulations
Compliance
Legal Analysis
Litigation
Retail Banking
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