Assistant Vice President Senior Counsel

Job Description

About the Office of Legal Obligations. The Office of Legal Obligations ( OLO ) is a firmwide, global initiative to identify and document JPMC s legal obligations arising from material laws, rules, and regulations, and connect those obligations to policies, procedures, and/or other documentation that supports compliance with the obligations. The OLO Legal team supports this initiative by overseeing Legal s effort to build the inventory of material laws, rules, and regulations that impact JPMC; drafting business friendly descriptions of the legal obligations that arise from those laws, rules, and regulations; and supporting the ongoing efforts of the business and our functional partners as they link the legal obligations to the control documentation that helps JPMC ensure compliance.The ideal candidate will join a quality assurance team of lawyers and other professionals, known as the OLO Legal Red Team, that is responsible for evaluating the completeness, accuracy, and consistency of the OLO s inventory of legal obligations, as well as JPMC s efforts to monitor for legal and regulatory developments that affect those obligations.For the OLO, JPMC requires experienced individuals with strong legal and regulatory awareness and background, able to understand the risks to JPMC of non-compliance with its legal obligations. This role will require significant cross-functional collaboration, including with line of business lawyers and their counterparts in JPMC s corporate functions. It also will require engagement with external counsel. The environment is fast-paced, often requiring that issues be addressed quickly to ensure that JPMC stays in compliance with the rapidly-evolving rules that apply to our highly regulated industry. The successful candidate must have strong analytical and collaborative skills, be able to work independently, and be a true self-starter. Primary Responsibilities will include:

• Conduct quality assurance reviews to evaluate the comprehensiveness and substantive accuracy of the OLO s inventory of legal obligations in Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan, and JPMC s efforts to monitor for legal and regulatory developments affecting those obligations.
• Perform legal research and analysis of laws, rules, and regulations in those same jurisdictions.
• Instruct and liaise with external counsel, as required, on the review and analysis of legal obligations and the laws, rules, and regulations underlying them.
• Assist with the development of processes and procedures for quality assurance reviews.
• With support from business analysts on the broader OLO Legal team, creating/enhancing SharePoint tools to track and manage quality assurance recommendations and other Red Team projects.
• Attendance and participation at internal meetings related to the OLO.
• Occasional research to su

Qualifications:

• Licensed attorney in India and at least five years of experience practicing law.
• 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.
• Ability to comprehensively and concisely summarize legal obligations in a plain and simple manner.
• Strong interpersonal, advocacy, and communication skills and a good team player.
• Analytical, flexible, and practical.
• All candidates for roles in the Legal Department must successfully complete a conflicts of interest clearance review prior to commencement of employment.

Preferred Skills:

• Litigation or regulatory background preferred.
• Prior legal experience supporting financial services institutions or another highly regulated entity.
• Familiarity with the regulation of financial products in India and/or other APAC jurisdictions.
• Proficiency in Mandarin, Japanese, Korean, or another language is helpful but not necessarily required.

Attorneys must be licensed to practice law and a member in good standing or otherwise eligible to practice law in the jurisdiction in which the position is based.,

Keyskills :
compliance finance reporting risk nvestmentbanking financialservices legalservices legalresearch financialproducts assetmanagement commercialbanking qualityassurance