Global Financial Crimes Legal - Assistant Vice-President all genders

The Global Financial Crimes Legal (GFC Legal) team are the banks legal subject matter experts advising on antimoney laundering sanctions anticorruption and other financial crimes matters.

As a GFC Legal Associate Vice President within our Corporate Legal team you will be based in Frankfurt reporting to the Parisbased GFC Legal Head of EMEA and provide advice to all lines of business in the region.You will have a chance to demonstrate your strong technical skills ability to provide pragmatic legal advice on complex subject areas and flexibility to deal with rapidly changing fact patterns.If you are intellectually curious ambitious to advise across multiple jurisdictions with the willingness to grow into challenging areas of law you may be the perfect fit for our team.

Job responsibilities

• Provide support to regional and global GFC Legal colleagues on projects and other matters within the groups subject area coverage relating to knowyourclient / antimoney laundering (KYC/AML) economic sanctions laws and regulations (Sanctions) and antibribery and (ABC);
• Assist internal JPMC counsel as well as outside counsel as necessary in legal and investigative matters related to KYC/AML Sanctions and ABC;
• Draft and negotiate financial crimesrelated contractual terms and conditions and other legal agreements in a variety of financial relationships and contexts across different jurisdictions as well as advise on AML sanctions and ABC as regards acquisitions envisaged by JPMorgan Chase & Co. Group;
• Analyse KYC/AML Sanctions and ABC enforcement regulatory and legislative developments including providing advice and analysis regarding policy impacts and outcomes and implementation of related enhancements to the firms compliance programs;
• Attend internal meetings and governance/oversight committees to provide legal advice on relevant KYC/AML Sanctions and ABC matters;
• Support select special projects (longterm and shortterm) arising from the administration of the global KYC/AML Sanctions and ABC programs including providing legal advice on the development and periodic review of JPMorgan policies and procedures;
• Perform other tasks and matters that may be required of the Legal department from time to time.

Required qualifications capabilities and skills

• Qualified German lawyer with spoken and written fluency in both German and English is essential;
• 5 years postqualification experience;
• Substantive knowledge of the German legal and regulatory frameworks in the principal coverage areas including the AntiMoney Laundering Act (GwG) supervisory and academic texts relating to AML and CounterTerrorist Financing and Sanctions regulations;
• Experience providing regulatory advice and analysis both written and oral in the EMEA region;
• Demonstrated ability to navigate develop and maintain solid stakeholder relationships within large international organizations;
• Strong written and oral communication and project management skills;
• Confidence and experience translating complex legal concepts into practical solutions;
• Ability to collaborate with colleagues and stakeholders in a multifunctional multijurisdictional environment;
• Creative solution and problem solving skills.

Preferred qualifications capabilities and skills

• Experience advising on legal issues relating to Suspicious Activity Reporting obligations and matters relating to data protection privacy and information sharing is strongly preferred;
• Additional experience with EU Member State and frameworks on KYC/AML is helpful;
• Familiarity with ABC legislation (such as the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act UK Bribery Act) EU/UK Sanctions laws and international KYC / AML standards is helpful but not essential;
• Familiarity with the regulatory framework for a large global banking organization offering products and services across multiple jurisdictions;
• Awareness of large financial institution products services and transactions;
• Experience providing regulatory advice and analysis both written and oral in other global regions (non EMEA) is also an advantage.