Assistant Vice President - Senior Legal Counsel - Payments

JPMorgan · Banking & Financial Services

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
On-site
Posted today
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Legal & Compliance

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About the job

Join JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. to advise the Payments business on complex, cross-border transactional matters. You will support cash and liquidity management, merchant acquiring, and trade and working capital solutions for a broad client base. Based in Mumbai, you will collaborate closely with regional legal leaders in Hong Kong, Singapore and London. This role offers exposure to evolving payments technology products and multi-jurisdiction execution.

Job summary

As a Senior Legal Counsel within the Payments business, you will provide legal advisory and transactional support across Asia-Pacific and Europe, Middle East and Africa. You will review, negotiate, draft and finalize contracts with borrowers, customers and partner banks in line with internal guidance and standard operating procedures. You will coordinate with local, regional and global legal counterparts and business partners on cross-border and cross-business activities and projects. The position is based in JPMorgan’s Corporate Centre in Mumbai, with local reporting and reporting lines to the Heads of Payments Transactions Legal in Hong Kong and London.

Job responsibilities

Provide legal support and advice to the Payments business across Asia-Pacific and Europe, Middle East and Africa jurisdictions on client-related transactional matters

Review, negotiate, draft and finalize contracts with the Bank’s borrowers, customers and partner banks based on internal guidance and standard operating procedures

Liaise and coordinate with local, regional and global legal counterparts, and functional and business partners on legal issues

Support cross-border and cross-business activities and projects by identifying and addressing legal considerations and execution requirements

Instruct and work with outside counsel

Contribute to projects that improve operational processes to increase the efficiency and scalability of legal support

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Qualified lawyer with 6+ years of post-qualification legal experience

Strong drafting, negotiation and legal analytical skills

Ability to communicate well and work in a cross-functional, cross-jurisdiction team to achieve common goals

Ability to work under pressure, prioritize and respond to business needs and goals

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Experience in cash management and liquidity products

Experience in electronic commerce and/or merchant acquiring

Experience with financial market infrastructure and/or credit transactions

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