Senior Counsel Lending Assistant Vice President

Being a part of the EMEA Debt Capital Markets Lending team, you will be collaborate and work closely with the regional lawyers based out of London and Paris.

Job Summary:

As an Senior Counsel Lending Assistant Vice President in our Legal team within our Commercial & Investment Bank Line of Business, you will be an integral part of the EMEA team and will work closely with the regional lawyers based in London and Paris. You will support lending transactions by a number of businesses across the Commercial & Investment Bank including the Global Corporate Bank, Syndicated and Leveraged Finance, Structured Lending, Credit Portfolio Group, Securitized Products Group, Secondary Loan Trading and Credit Trading.

Job responsibilities:

• Collaborating with regional lawyers in London to support lending transactions and loan trading activities across various businesses, including the Global Corporate Bank, Syndicated and Leveraged Finance, and Structured Lending.
• Assisting in the documentation, negotiation, and execution of lending and loan trading transactions, ensuring adherence to policies, procedures, regulatory requirements.
• Providing guidance and support to internal teams  for legal matters related to lending transactions and loan trading activities.
• Identifying risks in a timely manner and escalate issues to relevant stakeholders.
• Working collaboratively and build and manage relationships with internal stakeholders across Business, Credit Risk, Loan Operations, Tax, Business Management, Credit Products Delivery team, and Compliance functions across jurisdictions.
• Participating in group projects and initiatives, providing legal insights and advice on related issues.

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills:

• A qualified Banking lawyer with minimum 7 years of PQE and relevant experience gained at a leading domestic or international law firm and/or leading financial institution. You must be qualified and eligible to practice law in the jurisdiction in which the position is based.
• Strong technical knowledge and experience with reviewing and commenting on loan documentation, including facility agreements, confidentiality agreements, term sheets, mandate letters, intercreditor agreements, guarantees, and security documents, are essential.
• Strong drafting, negotiation and legal analytical skills with strong attention to detail.
• Mature personality with skills and ability to work independently
• Pragmatic with ability to strike appropriate balance between achieving the commercial goals of the business while protecting the interests of J.P. Morgan as a whole.
• Ability to identify risks in a timely and appropriate manner and escalate issues to relevant stakeholders.
• Confident and proactive with excellent communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively and build close rapport with internal stakeholders across Sales, Product, Client Service, Operation, Risk and Compliance functions across jurisdictions.
• Ability to adapt and apply legal skills in new contexts, to new businesses and subjects in which one may not have prior relevant experience, and willingness to develop and excel beyond comfort zone.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, project-manage and co-ordinate large projects, in a dynamic global environment.
• Team player with strong interpersonal skills and growth mindset.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills:

·       Additional qualification England and Wales or other common law jurisdiction will be viewed favorably