Legal Counsel Associate

As an Associate Legal Counsel you will be an individual contributor role with the JPMorgan Chase & Co.s dynamic Commercial & Investment Bank and other departments in Canada. Working across all lines of business in and into Canada you will support the JPMorgan Chases traditional and innovative investment banking lending markets and securities services products as well as providing cross-line of business advice in privacy AML and general corporate matters and supporting the local team on enterprise-wide and departmental initiatives.

Job Responsibilities

• Supporting Canadian Country Counsel team in advising Global Banking including Investment Banking Global Corporate Banking and Commercial Banking teams as well as other lines of business in and into Canada engaging with Canadian clients

• Transactionaldocumentation support including review providing comments and negotiation of terms of NDAs client letters attestations marketing documentation and RFPs
• As part of the Country Counsel team manage day-to-day requests for legal advice guidance support and interpretation from business front-office and product legal specialists in Canada and other jurisdictions including in respect of privacy AML/sanctions anti-trust and cross-border laws and regulations
• Canadian support for vendor arrangements third-party sourcing contracts data use issues and outsourcing
• Supporting legal department initiatives including the Office of Legal Obligations mapping legal requirements and responsibilities by legal entity business line function and providing daily advice on current regulatory requirements as well as supporting horizon scanning activity
• Advising on regulatory change and managing Canadian Legal Regulatory Change program
• Participation in development and implementation of regulatory compliance policies and procedures and internal controls and other processes both within and cross-line of business.
• Supporting Canadian Country Counsel in managing Office of the Secretary and other governance responsibilities for the Canadian JPMorgan entities

Required Qualifications Capabilities and Skills

• Minimum of 3 years of experience at a law firm and/or in-house legal department at a large bank broker or financial services company
• Bachelor of Laws/ JD Degree and a license to practice law in Canada
• Candidate should have a general knowledge of credit and lending issues transactions and documentation and Canadian banking laws
• Excellent research and problem-solving skills and be willing to learn
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Candidate should have excellent skills in communicating with internal legal compliance and business colleagues as well as external counsel other dealers and financial institutions administrative agents etc. and in negotiating with any of these constituencies when necessary.

Preferred Qualifications Capabilities and Skills

• Ability to work in team environment and toprioritize work and effectively manage multiple issues at one time with limited resources
• Strong relationship management and interpersonal skills with ability to interact effectively with clients and partner with the business tax HR controls compliance and other parts of the Legal Department to find solutions