Payments Senior Legal Counsel - Assistant Vice President

J.P. Morgan; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a Payments Senior Legal Counsel to provide expert legal support within the dynamic financial services sector. This role involves reviewing and negotiating contracts, enhancing operational processes, and collaborating with legal teams across regions. With a focus on cash management and liquidity solutions, you will play a key role in supporting the business's legal needs in a fast-paced environment. If you are a qualified lawyer with a passion for finance and a knack for legal analysis, this opportunity is perfect for you to make a significant impact in a leading financial institution.

Qualifications

• Qualified lawyer with strong drafting and negotiation skills required.
• 3+ years of experience in legal support for financial services.

Responsibilities

• Review and negotiate contracts with customers and partner banks.
• Contribute to projects improving legal support efficiency.

Skills

Drafting skills

Negotiation skills

Legal analytical skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Ability to work under pressure

Education

Qualified lawyer from a common law jurisdiction

3+ years of post-qualification legal experience

Job description

J.P. Morgan Payments is among the world’s largest, most trusted and innovative financial service providers in one of the most dynamic and rapidly transforming spaces in banking and finance. In addition to providing international cash management, liquidity, commercial card, FX, escrow solutions, merchant services and trade finance, we continue to invest in future-growth initiatives, such as blockchain, AI & ML, as well as form partnerships with rising fintechs to expand our client base and product offerings.

As a Payments Senior Legal Counsel - Assistant Vice President in the legal department, you will provide legal support and advice to the Payments business in its sub-verticals of cash management, account services and liquidity, virtual solutions, trade financing and merchant services across all EMEA jurisdictions on a wide range of client-related transactional matters.

Job responsibilities

• Reviewing, negotiating, drafting and finalising contracts with the Bank’s customers and partner banks.
• Contributing to projects that improve operational processes to increase the efficiency and scalability of legal support.
• Liaising and coordinating with local, regional and global legal counterparts and functional partners on legal issues including those concerning cross-border activities and cross-business projects.
• Instructing and working with outside counsel.

Required qualifications, skills and capabilities

• Qualified lawyer from a common law jurisdiction or an EU member state with 3+ years of post-qualification legal experience.
• Strong drafting, negotiation and legal analytical skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work under pressure, prioritize and respond to business needs and goals.

Preferred qualifications, skills and capabilities

• Experience supporting payments products such as cash management, account services and liquidity, virtual solutions, escrow services, trade financing and merchant services will be an advantage.
• Experience working with business and control functions stakeholders across geographies desirable.