Asset Lending Attorney - Vice President, Assistant General Counsel

Join the Legal team that supports an industry leading Asset Based Lending group, which is part of Capital & Advisory Solutions in the Commercial and Investment Banking line of business for one of the world’s best and most innovative banks. Become the trusted advisor that our bankers and underwriters need to keep our ABL business on the cutting edge while doing so in a safe and sound manner.

As an ABL attorney in Commercial and Investment Banking, you will be supporting a team that provides highly structured asset based solutions for a wide array of complex financings across the U.S. and Canada, as well as subsidiaries of U.S. entities located in Europe and Asia, which will include interfacing with customer-facing bankers, risk personnel, and service personnel, as well as deposit, cash management, and other customer and client issues as they arise.

You will leverage your legal knowledge to help drive and coordinate the legal team’s role in supporting and advising on all significant business, controls and compliance initiatives, as well as various cross-line of business projects. As an ABL attorney, you will be part of a team of legal colleagues (the Capital & Advisory Solutions team) that also supports the Equipment Finance Group, the Mid-Cap Financial Sponsors Group, the Syndicated Finance Group and the ESOP Advisory Group.

If you are intellectually curious and have a passion for finding compliant solutions across a large organization you may be the perfect fit for our team.

The Legal Department at JPMorgan

Chase manages legal and other risks, advises on products and services, interprets laws and regulations that impact the firm, and advises the firm on other matters. Our global team is made up of 2,000 lawyers and legal professionals with a reputation as thought leaders who deliver best-in‑class services. As trusted advisors, we help the firm’s clients while also safeguarding the integrity of the firm.

We are committed to a culture of inclusivity and belonging, where people can grow and succeed throughout their careers while working for a first-in‑class financial institution doing cutting‑edge work. If these values resonate with you, we would like to hear from you.

• Provide support, including analysis and advice on structural and risk issues
• Review, negotiate and draft credit and collateral documentation, amendments and waivers, indicative term sheets, proposal and commitment letters, intercreditor agreements and confidentiality agreements
• Represent ABL in relationships with other syndicate lenders and borrowers, including providing advice on workout credits
• Support and maintain outside counsel relationships for ABL; coordinate engagement of ABL outside counsel
• Escalate issues as appropriate and share potential concerns, issues, and ideas with legal and control functions across the company
• Support and advise the business with respect to treasury management products and client related issues including KYC, privacy, reputational and AML issues which may arise
• Advise the business with respect to new products or pricing, marketing, regulatory and related issues impacting financial institutions operating in a multi‑state environment and provide training to the business
• Partner with Risk, Controls, and Compliance colleagues regarding operational and regulatory risk and control issues and the applicability of federal and state law and regulation to the business

• JD or educational equivalent required with at least 5 years of post‑JD practicing experience at a law firm and/or in‑house legal department at a large bank or other financial services company
• Licensed to practice law and a member in good standing in TX, IL or other approved location, as applicable, or otherwise in compliance with the in‑house counsel registration rules in such state
• Strong interpersonal skills with ability to interact effectively with clients and partner with the Capital & Advisory Solutions team, other members of the Legal Department and the business to find solutions
• The ability to prioritize work, manage a large number of issues at one time, and interact with senior…