Details of the Organization

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.

Details of the Job/Internship

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is hiring for the position of Markets Legal Counsel to join their office in Mumbai.

Role and Responsibilities

• You will review and support wholesale financial transactional documentation including credit, trading, TOBs, prime brokerage, derivatives, and regulatory-driven documentation.
• You will undertake a review of constitutional documents, to ensure that all the requisite corporate consents and capacity and authority requirements are in place prior to the finalization of agreements and subsequent commencement of business or trading.
• You will be providing support on global documentation or remediation projects.
• You will be providing gap analysis and summary of the transaction and client-specific deviations in negotiated agreements from standardized templates or against playbooks and policy manuals to identify discrepancies, escalation mechanisms, and manage remediation exercises.
• You will be entering and managing data from standardized or negotiated agreements into internal systems and assisting in the maintenance of databases relating to firm-wide initiatives.
• You will be drafting, reviewing and finalizing documentation including notices, consents, MOUs, LOIs and RFPs, etc. in accordance with existing templates.

Eligibility

• A minimum of 2-7 years PQE in professional practice and/or in in-house experience covering Markets related work in a comparable financial institution.
• Strong drafting, negotiation and legal analytical skills.
• Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written) with the ability to interact with senior business personnel and stakeholders in other functions.
• Self-directed and highly motivated attitude coupled with an ability to work collaboratively in a high performing team.
• Ability to interact and communicate effectively at a local, regional and global level and work in a cross-functional, cross-jurisdiction, team to achieve common goals.
• Competency in the use of technology, documentation management systems and shared databases will be viewed favorably; Ability to identify and escalate issues timely and appropriately.
• Comfortable working on metrics and data measurement systems.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and within tight deadlines.

Salary/Stipend

Salary details will be finalized during the interview process with the selected candidate.

Type of Opportunity

Fulltime

Country

India

State

Maharashtra

City

Mumbai

Address

Nirlon Knowledge Park, Western Express Highway, Goregaon (East), Mumbai, IN-MH, 400063

Application and Registration Details

After you apply, you will receive the next steps of the application process via email. 

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