About the organisation:
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 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.
About the job
The Centre of Excellence Legal Team (COE) is the offshore legal support to JPMorgan legal teams globally supporting various lines of business. The successful candidate must have strong analytical and collaborative skills, be able to work independently as well as collaboratively within the team and be a true \”self-starter.\”
About the Centre of Excellence.
The Centre of Excellence, Legal Team ( COE ) is the offshore legal support to JPMorgan legal teams globally supporting various lines of business (LoB). COE is an in-house dynamic team which can cater to any of the different banking and/or Investment Banking LoB’s needs at any given point of time with respect to the respective LoB’s product and its related documentation/agreements. For this reason, COE is the biggest legal team on ground with expertise in using various automation, management and other extraction tools for effective and timely delivery of any requests received or projects coming its way.The successful candidate must have strong analytical and collaborative skills, be able to work independently as well as collaboratively within the team and be a true \”self-starter.\”Primary Responsibilities will include : –
- Projects:
- Providing legal analysis and support on legal projects and documentation;
- Drafting and negotiation of corporate and commercial agreements (Strong technical knowledge in contracts is essential and knowledge of and experience with contract negotiations, confidentiality agreements, commercial contracts with strong attention to detail);
- Collaborate and support regional legal teams on global documentation 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.
- Automation & Tech Assimilation:
- Assist in the development of legal project management tools, resources and technologies;
- Identifying potential projects/requests suitable for automation and work in tandem with the respective tech teams to provide tech solutions; and
- Act as Beta Testers for the automation tools and assist in moving it along the queue from inception stage to production stage.
Qualifications For The Role
- A law graduate from a premier law school in India;
- 2-4 Years PQE;
- Superior communication skills and be able to work comfortably with business and management teams;
- Ability to interact and communicate effectively at a local, regional and global level;
- Competency in the use of technology, documentation management systems and shared databases will be viewed favorably;
- Able to communicate well and work in a cross-functional team to achieve common goals;
- Strong interpersonal, presentation and communication 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.
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.
