Equipment Finance Attorney - Vice President, Assistant General Counsel

Become the trusted advisor that our bankers and underwriters need to keep our Equipment Finance business on the cutting edge while doing so in a safe and sound manner.

As an attorney in Commercial and Investment Banking, you will provide legal support to the Equipment Finance group, a national business serving the equipment finance needs of mid-size companies, large corporations and other institutions, which finances a wide variety of equipment types (including loan and leasing activities).  You will interface with customer-facing bankers, risk personnel, and service personnel with respect to a range of equipment finance transactions.  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.  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 & 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 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. 

Job responsibilities

• Provide transactional support, including analysis and advice on structural and risk issues
• Review, negotiate and draft credit, lease and collateral documentation, amendments, waivers, indicative term sheets, proposal and commitment letters, intercreditor agreements, assignment/purchase agreements and confidentiality agreements
• Represent JPMCB in relationships with other syndicate lenders and borrowers, including providing advice on workout credits
• Support and maintain outside counsel relationships and coordinate engagement of 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 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

 Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• 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 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 and executive management
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills 
• All candidates for roles in the Legal Department must successfully complete a conflicts of interest clearance review prior to commencement of employment  

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience collaborating on a broad range of business strategies and issues with senior management and a reputation for providing valued, and independent counsel and judgment
• Knowledge of the legal and regulatory requirements for Commercial and Investment Banking businesses with a focus on secured lending (including equipment finance)
• Demonstrated leadership, problem solving and project management skills, judgment and character

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.