Commercial Contracts Lawyer (Marketing) - Assistant Vice President

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A multinational financial services firm is seeking a Commercial Contracts Lawyer (Marketing) to join their Legal Marketing Team. In this role, you'll draft and negotiate vendor contracts for marketing services, providing strategic legal advice alongside a collaborative team. Ideal candidates will be UK or European qualified lawyers with strong negotiation skills and insight into commercial objectives. Join a supportive, innovative, and diverse environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading negotiations for business-to-business vendor contracts.
• Strong ability to deliver practical, solutions-oriented legal advice.
• Experience in negotiating and advising on marketing-related contracts is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate marketing vendor contracts.
• Advise the marketing team on legal risks and mitigations.
• Collaborate with legal colleagues on privacy and IP matters.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Communication skills

Business insight

Drafting skills

Pragmatic problem-solving

Education

UK or European qualified lawyer

Job description

Overview

Legal is at the heart of digital disruption and the new International Consumer Business (ICB) which comprises Chase UK and J.P. Morgan Personal Investing. ICB is home to many of the firm's cutting edge initiatives, including new products and services, acquisitions, investments, partnerships and collaborations. As a Commercial Contracts Lawyer (Marketing) - Assistant Vice President in the Legal Marketing Team, you will support on marketing vendor transactions. This will include negotiating agreements in relation to marketing services, affiliate marketing, marketing technology, platforms, sponsorship, influencers and talent. You will partner closely with the marketing team, helping to deliver strategic projects and guide the business through legal and commercial challenges. You will be used to working in an agile environment and passionate about supporting an innovative and growing business as part of a diverse and inclusive team.

Key Responsibilities

• Draft, review and negotiate marketing vendor contracts, including contracts for the provision of marketing services, affiliate marketing, marketing technology, platforms, sponsorship, influencers and talent
• Advise the marketing team on legal risk and mitigations relating to vendor contracts and proactively "issue spot" to seek timely resolutions
• Work collaboratively with legal colleagues such as privacy and IP, and our sourcing and vendor management partners
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of legal processes
• There will also be an opportunity to get involved in legal marketing advisory work, for example, supporting on marketing campaigns, offers, prize draws and AI tools

Qualifications

• UK or other European qualified lawyer
• Proven experience in leading on negotiations for to business-to-business vendor contracts
• Strong drafting and negotiation skills
• Ability to deliver pragmatic, solutions-oriented advice
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong business insight and able to balance legal risk with commercial objectives
• Confident, pragmatic, self-starter, with a hands-on mentality

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities and Skills

• Experience working in-house is desirable
• Experience in negotiating and advising on marketing related contracts is desirable

Our Company

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives. Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we're setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.

About the Legal Team

With large, global operations, the Legal team tackles complex issues and helps shape the regulations that affect the businesses. The group is organized into practice groups that align with the lines of business and corporate staff areas, which encourages collaboration on legal, regulatory and business developments as they arise.