Commercial Banking Attorney - Commercial Real Estate - Vice President, Assistant General Counsel
Commercial Banking Attorney - Commercial Real Estate - Vice President, Assistant General Counsel
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$ 199500 - 275000
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Job Description
Become a trusted advisor to the bankers credit managers and treasury service officers in the CRE department which is a part of Commercial Banking (CB) in the Commercial and Investment Banking (CIB) line of business for one of the worlds best and most innovative global financial services firms. CRE includes several subbusiness segments consisting of Commercial Term Lending Community Development Banking Real Estate Banking and Agency and OffBalance Sheet Lending.
As an attorney in CB you will be part of a CRE Legal team that provides transactional regulatory and strategic legal support across CRE businesses. You will work with and leverage your legal knowledge to support and advise customerfacing bankers credit managers transaction management and servicing teams as well as other JPMCB stakeholders including compliance and controls teams in each case on a variety of CRE business needs in areas such as payments and treasury services wholesale loan servicing portfolio management special credits activities and loan documentation development for bilateral and syndicated real estate term and construction loans.
The Legal Department at JPMorgan Chase & Co. 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 2000 lawyers and legal professionals with a reputation as thought leaders who deliver bestinclass services. As trusted advisors we help the firms 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 firstinclass financial institution doing cuttingedge work. If these values resonate with you we would like to hear from you.
Job responsibilities:
- Advise bankers on structuring originating servicing and documenting a variety of types of commercial real estate financing transactions nationally;
- Advise the business on client related issues including reputational KYC and AML issues and support other risk identification and mitigation matters (legal and other);
- Provide legal interpretations of regulations and state and federal laws and guidance on their applicability to the CRE businesses;
- Participate in team projects on regulatory and other matters as well as new products and services management;
- Prepare and update standard forms and procedures and manage external counsel relationships;
- Provide training for bankers and other functional partners; and
- Escalate issues within the legal department as appropriate and partner with risk controls compliance and other functions across JPMCB on risk and control and other operational matters.
Required qualifications capabilities and skills:
- Five years minimum of experience at a law firm and/or inhouse legal department;
- Knowledge of the legal and regulatory requirements related to commercial real estate financing and servicing and related businesses with transferrable skills/knowledge;
- Ability to prioritize work in a fastmoving environment manage a large number of issues at one time and interact with senior and executivemanagement;
- Ability to understand business needs and develop/leverage collaborative relationships with internal partners across the supported businesses the broader legal department and external stakeholders;
- Ability to maintain a collaborative team culture;
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills; and
- Licensed to practice law and a member in good standing in NY IL or TX or otherwise in compliance with the inhouse counsel registration rules in such state.
Preferred qualifications capabilities and skills:
- Eight (8) plus years of commercial real estate financing transactional experience;
- Demonstrated strategic problem solving and project management skills judgment and character; and
- Participation in team initiatives and strategies that promote growth and continuous learning.
All candidates for roles in the Legal department must be licensed to practice law in the country of employment and successfully complete a conflicts of interest clearance review prior to commencement of employment.
Required Experience:
Chief
Employment Type
Full-Time
