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Payments Assistant General Counsel - Vice President

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Hybrid
London, Greater London, England
Senior level
Hybrid
London, Greater London, England
Senior level
Provide legal support for J.P. Morgan's Payments business, handling contracts, advising on export finance, and liaising with global legal teams.
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Job Description
J.P. Morgan Payments is among the worlds largest, most trusted and innovative financial service providers in one of the most dynamic and rapidly transforming spaces in banking and finance. In addition to providing international export agency finance and trade & working capital solutions, we continue to invest in future-growth initiatives, such as digitization, blockchain, AI & ML.
As an Assistant General Counsel - Vice President in the legal department supporting the firm's Payments business, you will provide legal support and advice to the Global Trade and Working Capital business (within the wider Payments business) in its sub-verticals of export agency finance, structured working capital, supply chain finance and core trade across all EMEA jurisdictions, in particular, working with leading Export Credit Agencies and multilateral agencies to provide export finance solutions to corporations and governmental institutions worldwide.
Job responsibilities

  • providing primary product-aligned legal support and advice to the businesses on a wide range of product-specific queries, transactions and non-transactional matters relating to export finance as well as other trade & working capital facilities and services, and Payments products;
  • reviewing, negotiating, drafting and finalising contracts with the Bank's customers, partner banks and export agencies;
  • contributing to projects that improve operational processes to increase the efficiency and scalability of legal support;
  • liaising and coordinating with local, regional and global legal counter-parts and functional partners on legal issues; and
  • instructing and working with outside counsel.


Required qualifications, skills and capabilities

  • Qualified lawyer from a common law jurisdiction or an EU member state with 5+ years of post-qualification legal experience;
  • Strong drafting, negotiation and legal analytical skills;


Preferred qualifications, skills and capabilities

  • Experience supporting export agency financings across different industries such as aviation, infrastructure and project finance deals and associated documentation;
  • Experience in trade finance (including letters of credit / demand guarantees) and receivables financing;
  • Experience working with business and control functions stakeholders across geographies;


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.

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