EMEA Loans and Special Situations Trading - Transaction Management Execution (Legally Qualified[...]

J.P. Morgan; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in financial services seeks an Associate or Vice President to provide legal transaction support for secondary loan trading in London. The role requires extensive experience in legal documentation and the capacity to handle high-pressure situations while ensuring compliance with regulations.

Qualifications

• Post-qualification experience at a major City law firm or equivalent.
• Experience with drafting and negotiating credit documentation.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Assist with high-profit trades and negotiate trade terms.
• Provide advice for debt buy-back transactions.
• Ensure adherence to legal and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Strong verbal and written skills

Outstanding interpersonal skills

Intellectual curiosity

Ability to work under pressure

Education

Qualified lawyer

Job description

The successful candidate willprovide legaltransaction support for secondary loan trading purposes withinJJ.P. Morgan's EMEA Leveraged Finance Trading team facilitating trades across multiple jurisdictions.

As a qualified lawyer with secondary loan trading experience, you have the opportunity to join J.P. Morgan's Leveraged Finance Trading team in London. The role will see youprovide transaction advice and support for secondary loan trading matters focusing on high-profit trades and strategic growth. We offer a collaborative environment with opportunities for yourpersonalgrowth and development.

As an Associate or Vice Presidentfocusing onTransaction execution andManagement, you will help the trading teamtoensure itcomplieswiththetransfer and disclosureprovisions governing its activities and work with internal and external counsel onanyevolving legal challengesthe desk faces. You'll bea valued source ofadvice and support onEuropeanloan trading mattersthroughout J.P. Morganand assist the Bank’sadherence to itsregulatory requirements.

Job Responsibilities

• Assist with high-profit trades, negotiating trade terms and liaising with counsel where necessary.
• Support the trading team in reviewing and negotiating NDA and transfer provisions.
• Analyselegal, regulatory, and other challenges surrounding equity positions in restructured companies.
• Obtain necessary sign-offs and inputs on trades, liaising with different groups throughout J.P. Morgan.
• Provide advice and support for debt buy-back transactions and input on market initiatives.
• Support J.P. Morgan’s closing group through the trade settlement lifecycle.
• Work alongside salespeople and traders on trade terms and NDA requirements.
• Liaise with various teamsacross J.P. Morganto aid understanding of the loan product.
• Ensure adherence to internal policies and legal/regulatory requirements.
• Drive management and strategic growth of the European Leveraged Finance Tradingbusiness.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Demonstrable post-qualification experience with a major City law firm or equivalent with an in-house legal department/trading desk of a complex financial institution.
• Experience with drafting and negotiating credit documentation, including trade documentation.
• Strong verbal and written skills, along with outstanding interpersonal skills.
• Mature personality to enable various direct company and investor interaction.
• Proven ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Intellectual curiosity and a heightened willingness to learn new skills and new elements of law and regulation across multiple jurisdictions, so that potential issues are pre-emptively considered and succinctly presented.
• Proven ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines and manage more than one project simultaneously.
• Intellectual curiosity and a highly developed willingness to learn new skills and new elements of transactions, structures, law and regulation across multiple jurisdictions.

Note: This role is not based in the JPMorgan Legal Department and will not be a practicing attorney role providing independent legal advice and counsel.