Associate & Counsel – Business Banking Legal

Overview

Associate & Counsel – Business Banking Legal at JPMorganChase. The Business Banking Legal team supports the Firm’s small business lending and deposit business and provides legal services to the Corporation within the Consumer and Community Banking Legal Group.

The Business Banking legal team advises the Firm’s deposit and lending practices for small businesses. The successful candidate will provide legal support that primarily concerns laws and regulations within the United States and will support the Firm’s small business lending, deposit, and regulatory practices. The role works closely with colleagues on the JPM Business Banking legal team, Compliance, Controls and Risk to ensure comprehensive and effective support.

• Handling escalations sent to the Business Banking legal team,
• Completing legal research,
• Assisting senior team members with a wide range of business requests and regulatory projects,
• Being organized, attentive to detail, exercising sound decision-making, and escalating issues when appropriate,
• Thriving in a high-paced, deadline-driven environment with timely execution of high-quality work products,
• Assisting with legal issues related to commercial lending, including Small Business Administration (SBA) lending, and U.S. small business deposits.
• Drafting or editing certain client-facing communications.
• Assisting with regulatory and legal research, including review of Regulation B issues.
• Identifying potential issues and working with senior team members and appropriate business partners to provide solutions.
• Updating and reviewing updates to internal policies and procedures.
• Assisting with drafting documents and disclosures, including reviewing legal requirements for new provisions.
• Representing the Business Banking legal perspective on firmwide and Consumer and Community Banking projects.
• Other work that arises, as needed.

• Fluent in written and spoken English, with excellent English writing and oral communication skills.
• Law degree and membership in jurisdictional organization. Attorney candidates must be in compliance with all relevant licensing requirements including the requirements of the jurisdiction where the role will be located prior to commencement of employment.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in legal practice.
• Excellent legal research skills.
• A team player who can collaborate and communicate effectively with attorneys and other business and compliance professionals.
• Strong analytical thinker who is detail-oriented, practical and skilled at issue spotting and problem solving.
• Self-starter who is able to work independently, takes ownership of responsibilities and projects, is results-oriented and flexible.
• Ability to multitask and prioritize work in a fast-paced, complex business environment and maintain communication with attorneys regarding project status and estimated completion timelines.
• Competence with the suite of Microsoft Office products.
• All candidates for roles in the Legal department must successfully complete a conflicts of interest clearance review prior to commencement of employment.

• Experience or interest in financial services regulation.
• Knowledge of U.S. financial service law and process.
• Experience studying or working in a common law jurisdiction.

Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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. We do not discriminate on the basis of protected attributes and we provide reasonable accommodations as required by law.