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Payments Senior Legal Counsel - Assistant Vice President

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Hybrid
London, Greater London, England
Mid level
Hybrid
London, Greater London, England
Mid level
The Payments Senior Legal Counsel provides legal support for J.P. Morgan's Payments business, handling transactional matters across various EMEA jurisdictions and improving operational efficiency.
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Job Description
J.P. Morgan Payments is among the world's 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 cash management, liquidity, commercial card, FX, escrow solutions, merchant services and trade finance, we continue to invest in future-growth initiatives, such as blockchain, AI & ML, as well as form partnerships with rising fintechs to expand our client base and product offerings
As a Payments Senior Legal Counsel - Assistant Vice President in the legal department you will provide legal support and advice to the Payments business in its sub-verticals of cash management, account services and liquidity, virtual solutions, trade financing and merchant services across all EMEA jurisdictions on a wide range of client-related transactional matters.
Job responsibilities

  • reviewing, negotiating, drafting and finalising contracts with the Bank's customers and partner banks;
  • 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 including those concerning cross-border activities and cross-business projects; 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 3+ years of post-qualification legal experience;
  • Strong drafting, negotiation and legal analytical skills;
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills;
  • Ability to work under pressure, prioritize and respond to business needs and goals.


Preferred qualifications, skills and capabilities

  • Experience supporting payments products such as cash management, account services and liquidity, virtual solutions, escrow services, trade financing and merchant services will be an advantage;
  • Experience working with business and control functions stakeholders across geographies desirable;


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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