JOB POST: Legal Counsel, Centre of Excellence- JPMorgan Chase & Co, Mumbai: Apply by Sept 29

About the Company

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an American multinational financial services firm headquartered in New York City and incorporated in Delaware. It is the largest bank in the United States and the world’s largest bank by market capitalization (as of 2023). As the largest of the Big Four banks, the firm is considered systemically important by the Financial Stability Board. 

About the Opportunity

The successful candidate would have strong legal analytical and collaborative skills, be able to work independently as well as collaboratively within the team, and be a true “self-starter.” The Centre of Excellence Legal enables you to work on a variety of assignments and projects in different practice areas, thereby advancing your career and diversifying your experience.

It can provide a fulfilling long-term career in itself, or it can be a way of gaining new skills to move towards your goal of a certain type of permanent role in the future.

Through tailored and objective career advice and coaching, being part of COE Legal can help you understand your goals and ambitions, and what you want to achieve in your career and to support you in identifying the opportunities that are best for you.

Roles and Responsibilities

An exceptional attorney with a strong passion for learning, drafting, negotiation in a broad spectrum of banking and commercial agreements. As a member of the COE Legal team, you will be assisting in the following:

• Providing legal analysis and support on legal projects and documentation; 
• Review, draft and negotiate legal documents, and providing legal support to the Global Legal Teams (Strong technical knowledge in contracts is essential and knowledge of and experience with negotiations of  commercial contracts with strong attention to detail); 
• Collaborate and support of large, complex matters, deals or remediation projects.; and
• Provide gap analysis and summary of transaction and client specific deviations in negotiated agreements from standardized templates or against playbooks and policy manuals to identify discrepancies, escalation mechanisms and managing remediation exercises.
• Assist in the development of in-house tools for various Global Legal Teams to manage their tasks more effectively and efficiently; and
• Identifying potential projects/requests suitable for automation and work in tandem with the respective technology teams to provide solutions.

Eligibility Criteria

• A law graduate from a premier law school in India;
• 2-4 Years PQE; 
• Strong drafting, negotiation and legal analytical skills;

Skills Required

• Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written) with the ability to interact with senior business personnel and stakeholders in other functions;
• Competency in the use of technology, documentation management systems and shared databases will be viewed favorably;
• Strong interpersonal and presentation skills;
• Ability to identify and escalate issues timely and appropriately;
• Comfortable working with metrics and data measurement systems; and
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and within tight deadlines.

How to Apply?

Interested candidates can apply through the link given below.

Application Deadline

September 29, 2023.

Location

 Nirlon Knowledge Park, Western Express Highway, Goregaon (East), Mumbai, IN-MH, 400063, IN

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