Export Agency Finance and Trade - Assistant General Counsel - Vice President

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial institution in London is seeking an Assistant General Counsel for Export Agency Finance. The role involves providing legal support across trade products, contract negotiation, and collaboration with both internal and external partners. Candidates must be qualified lawyers with 5-15 years of experience, ideally with a background in lending and finance. This position offers a dynamic environment to contribute to innovative finance solutions.

Qualifications

• 5-15 years of legal experience is required.
• Experience in lending and finance is necessary.
• Strong drafting, negotiation, and legal analytical skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal support and advice on export finance and trade products.
• Review, draft, and negotiate contracts with customers.
• Contribute to process improvement projects for legal support.
• Liaise with global legal counterparts and partners.
• Instruct and collaborate with outside counsel.

Skills

Legal analysis

Contract negotiation

Lending experience

Drafting skills

Education

Qualified lawyer from a common law jurisdiction or EU member state

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Posted:

12.08.2025

Expiry Date:

26.09.2025

Job Description:

Morgan is the world’s largest bank and amongst the most trusted and innovative financial service providers in banking and finance. Through Morgan’s Commercial & Investment Bank, and its Payments business line, we provide international export agency finance and trade & working capital solutions, and continue to invest in future-growth initiatives, such as digitization, blockchain, AI & ML.

As an Export Agency Finance and Trade - Assistant General Counsel - Vice President in the legal department supporting the firm’s Trade & Working Capital business, you will provide legal support and advice to its export agency finance, structured working capital, supply chain finance, and core trade businesses across all EMEA jurisdictions, working with leading Export Credit Agencies and multilateral agencies to provide export finance solutions to corporations and governmental institutions worldwide.

Job responsibilities

• Providing legal support and advice on export finance and trade & working capital products and services;
• Reviewing, drafting, and negotiating contracts with the Bank’s customers and export agencies;
• Contributing to projects that improve operational processes for legal support;
• Liaising with legal counter-parts and functional partners globally;
• Instructing and working with outside counsel.

Required qualifications, skills, and capabilities

• Qualified lawyer from a common law jurisdiction or an EU member state with 5-15 years of legal experience;
• Experience in lending and finance;
• Strong drafting, negotiation, and legal analytical skills.

Preferred qualifications, skills, and capabilities

• Experience supporting export financings across industries such as aviation, infrastructure, shipping, etc.;
• Experience in trade finance (letters of credit, demand guarantees) and receivables financing;
• Experience working with stakeholders across geographies.