Asset Management - Special Situations Private Credit Legal Consultant - Vice President

Our Business: 

Our business, the Global Special Situations Group (the GSS Group), sits within the Private Markets Division of JPMorgan Asset Management. This global private and opportunistic credit business focusing on event-driven, stressed, special situations and distressed debt credit opportunities in Europe and North America.

Job Summary:

You will work alongside investment professionals and the Head Legal Analyst, gaining hands on exposure to complex cross border private credit transactions, fund matters, and portfolio management workflows. The GSS Group is a growing business and is seeking a New York based legal analyst to support the existing head legal analyst, who is responsible for supporting the GSS Group in its fund and investment related activities. The candidate will work closely with all members of the team both in London and New York (CIOs, other analysts, COO/Operations team) as well as internal legal teams, internal compliance and regulatory teams

Job Responsibilities:

• Drafting and Execution : Prepare and refine transaction documents using GSS templates and precedents under supervision of the Head Legal Analyst and support execution of NDAs, engagement letters, commitment papers, intercreditor agreements, amendments, and ancillary documentation.

• Negotiation: Lead first line negotiations on documentation, escalating to internal approvers as required and develop commercial judgment and stakeholder management to drive timely, market aligned outcomes.

• Legal and Regulatory Research: Conduct targeted legal research across relevant jurisdictions and maintain awareness of evolving legal, regulatory, and market developments affecting private credit.

• Transaction Support and Governance: Partner with CIOs, analysts, operations/COO, and internal Legal & Compliance in New York and London on transaction workflows, closing checklists, conditions precedent/subsequent, and post closing portfolio updates and assist with fund level legal, regulatory, and governance tasks, including policy implementation and oversight support.

• External Counsel Management: Assist in instructing, managing, and benchmarking external counsel; review advice for practical, risk aligned implementation.

• Knowledge, Process, and Data: Maintain accurate document and precedent repositories; support matter tracking and knowledge capture and identify and implement process improvements, automation opportunities, and playbook enhancements to increase efficiency and deal velocity.

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills:

• 2+ years’ legal experience

• Strong academic background; U.S. law degree preferred. 

• Demonstrated interest in private credit, special situations, restructuring, and financial markets.

• Excellent drafting, issue spotting, and problem solving skills with meticulous attention to detail.

• Confident communicator with the ability to build rapport across time zones and functions.

• Comfortable in a fast paced environment with multiple concurrent matters and deadlines.

• High integrity, discretion, and commitment to client confidentiality and data protection.

• Proficient in Microsoft 365 (Word/Track Changes, Excel), document management systems, and legal research tools.

• Authorization to work in the United States

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills:

• Preferably in finance/restructuring/private credit at a leading law firm or in house at a credit fund, bank, or asset manager.

• Paralegal experience/training is a plus for candidates on a legal track.