Assistant General Counsel - Strategic Transactions Attorney

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking a Strategic Transactions Attorney to lead drafting and negotiation of complex strategic agreements across Consumer & Community Banking, Asset & Wealth Management, and the Private Bank.

You will provide pragmatic legal advice, collaborate with senior business leaders, and shape go-to-market relationships from deal strategy through execution. In this role, you will manage cross-functional collaboration, draft network and co-brand card agreements, and coordinate with

Qualifications

• Licensed attorney with at least 5 years of legal experience.
• Experience advising banking or fintech organizations on consumer and small business products and services.
• Strong negotiation and technical drafting skills.
• Ability to work autonomously while collaborating with the Legal team and internal clients.
• Entrepreneurial, business-minded, and a practical problem solver.

Responsibilities

• Draft and negotiate strategic partnership agreements with payment networks and co-brand card programs.
• Provide strategic, commercially pragmatic advice to business partners.
• Support cross-functional teams with contract interpretation and guidance.
• Offer early-stage legal input and risk assessment for potential deals.
• Coordinate with external counsel as required.

Skills

Verbal & written communication

Banking/fintech advisory experience

Transactional drafting & negotiation

Autonomous yet collaborative

Entrepreneurial mindset

Education

J.D. degree

Job description

Join the Strategy and Corporate Development Legal Team to help bring household-name partnerships to life across Consumer & Community Banking, Asset & Wealth Management, and the Private Bank. You’ll lead drafting and negotiation of complex strategic agreements—from payment network and co-branded credit card partnerships to credit card benefits, marketing arrangements, and digital integrations. Working side-by-side with senior business leaders and cross-functional teams, you’ll deliver clear, commercially pragmatic advice at pace and from the earliest stages of deal strategy. This role offers meaningful visibility, broad collaboration across the Legal department, and the opportunity to shape new customer benefits and go-to-market relationships.

As a Strategic Transactions Attorney on the Strategy and Corporate Development Legal team, you will provide legal counsel on a variety of strategic long-term partnerships across the bank's Consumer and Community Banking, Asset Wealth Management and Private Bank lines of business. You will draft and negotiate agreements, such as network agreements, co-brand card partnerships, card benefits and marketing arrangements, digital integrations and other types of broad-based strategic partnership agreements with household names. You will have the opportunity for significant cross-functional and cross-legal department collaboration and will be required to deliver timely, clear, and pragmatic legal advice to the business.

The Legal Department at JPMorgan Chase & Co. manages legal and other risks, advises on products and services, interprets laws and regulations that impact the firm, and advises the firm on other matters. Our global team is made up of about 2,000 lawyers and legal professionals with a reputation as thought leaders who deliver best-in-class services. As trusted advisors, we help the firm’s clients while also safeguarding the integrity of the firm. We are committed to a culture of inclusivity and belonging, where people can grow and succeed throughout their careers while working for a first-in-class financial institution doing cutting-edge work. If these values resonate with you, we would like to hear from you.

Job responsibilities

• Draft and negotiate agreements for key CCB strategic partnerships and engagements including partnership agreements, embedded benefits agreements, co-brand credit card agreements and issuer agreements with payment networks.
• Provide strategic, commercially pragmatic, and transparent advice to business partners.
• Provide ongoing support and assistance to business partners, other legal teams and functional partners as to contract interpretation.
• Provide early stage "seat at the table" strategy and pre-term sheet legal support, including issue-spotting, researching, and appropriately escalating risks and concerns that may exist with any potential deal type.
• Participate in cross line of business initiatives.
• Manage external counsel as required.

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Licensed attorney with at least 5 years of legal experience
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Prior experience advising banking and or fintech organizations with regard to consumer and small business products and services
• On-point transactional experience with strong negotiation and technical drafting skills
• Ability to work autonomously while being a collegial team player who brings a positive, "can-do" attitude to the workplace and works collaboratively with other members of the Legal team and with internal clients
• Entrepreneurial, business-minded, and a creative problem solver
• The ability to see past the question, understand the wider strategy, and think tactically to get to the best result for all parties
• The ability to pivot between priorities and have the perseverance and patience to see a matter through to completion

All candidates for roles in the Legal department must successfully complete a conflicts of interest clearance review prior to commencement of employment.