JOB DESCRIPTION
About the Legal Shared Services Team ("LSST")
The Legal Shared Services Team ("LSST") is the multi-disciplinary legal team supporting all lines of business—including Corporate Sector, Commercial Banking, Consumer and Community Banking, Corporate and Investment Banking, and Asset and Wealth Management—across North America; Europe, the Middle East and Africa; and Asia-Pacific. LSST handles high-volume contract and document work, legal analysis, and legal process optimization, with opportunities to contribute to automation and AI enablement. The team works closely with onshore Practice Group attorneys and stakeholders, and provides specialized corporate secretarial services to the Office of the Secretary practice group. You must have strong legal analytical and collaborative skills, be able to work both independently and within the team, and be a true "self-starter."
Job Summary
As an Associate in the LSST, you will gain broad exposure across practice areas and opportunities to build legal, operational, and stakeholder-management skills in a fast-paced, global environment.
Job Responsibilities
Address firm-wide inquiries through the AskOTS database on corporate governance, legal entity, and signing-authority matters.
Prepare Powers of Attorney, Incumbency Certificates, and Secretary's Certificates.
Prepare and maintain the Authorized Signatory Lists, ensuring timely updates in accordance with internal procedures.
Review and update signing-authority instruments, including Powers of Attorney and Delegations of Authority, in the required systems.
Coordinate monthly cost-center changes and update signing-authority records in GEMS.
Transactional legal support: Draft, review, and negotiate a range of corporate documents with clients (e.g., NDAs, including back-to-back agreements and joinders; non-reliance and reliance letters; commitment and syndication letters; and medium-term note issuances and program updates).
Provide legal analysis and support on legal projects and documentation, including collaboration on large or complex matters, deals, and remediation projects.
Provide gap analysis and a summary of transaction- and client-specific deviations in negotiated agreements against standardized templates, playbooks, and policy manuals to identify discrepancies and escalation mechanisms, and to manage remediation exercises.
Identify potential assignments or requests suitable for automation, and work with the relevant technology teams to develop solutions.
Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills
Qualified Company Secretary with a law degree from a premier law school in India.
2+ years of post-qualification experience (PQE).
Strong drafting, negotiation, and legal analytical skills.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to interact with senior business personnel and stakeholders in other functions.
A strong sense of ownership and exceptional teamwork skills, collaborating effectively with colleagues to achieve common objectives.
Strong interpersonal and presentation skills.
Ability to identify and escalate issues in a timely and appropriate manner.
Comfort working with metrics and data-measurement systems.
Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST:
All candidates for roles in the Legal department must successfully complete a conflicts of interest clearance review prior to commencement of employment.
LICENSING:
Qualifications: JD or educational equivalent required. 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.
ABOUT US
JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.
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.
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.
