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About the Role

Provide legal coverage to the EMEA Currencies and Emerging Markets business and the EMEA Rates business, advising on complex legal and regulatory issues and structuring and negotiating transactions across various jurisdictions. This role offers the opportunity to work on cutting-edge transactions within a highly technical, market-leading business.

Responsibilities

Provide general legal support and advice to the business.
Work closely with the business from inception to the close of transactions, including reviewing, negotiating, and drafting transaction documentation.
Identify, raise, and work to solve legal and regulatory issues affecting the business.
Develop and manage relationships with external counsel in various jurisdictions and work closely with them on engaged transactions.
Liaise with legal colleagues in other jurisdictions on cross-border transactions and with Compliance and other internal risk and control functions.
Assist and advise the business and colleagues in the Legal Department on regulatory change and implementation affecting the businesses supported.
Drive process, documentation, and efficiency improvements across various areas of coverage.

Requirements

Licensed to practice law in England & Wales or a similar jurisdiction.
PQE in the derivatives/finance space with strong drafting skills and familiarity with ISDA documentation.
Ability to understand complex structures.
Good judgment and ability to identify risks and issues and escalate appropriately.
Confident, proactive, and enjoyment of working closely with Sales, Trading, and other internal control functions.
Strong organizational and communication skills.
Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
Strong interest in transactional work and ability to oversee multiple transactions simultaneously.
Dedicated to fostering an inclusive culture and valuing diverse perspectives.

Skills

Derivatives law
UK and European derivatives regulation
MiFID II
EMIR
BMR
Global FX Code
FMSB Standards
IOSCO Principles
Drafting skills
ISDA documentation
Complex structure understanding
Risk identification
Issue escalation
Organizational skills
Communication skills
Transactional work
Transaction oversight

Location

EMEA

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Vice President
PQE

About the Company

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.
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.

Equal Opportunity

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.