Corporate and Investment Bank – Legal – Exchange Traded and Retail Structured Products Lawyer

We are a team of ten lawyers providing legal coverage to the exchange traded products (ETP) and retail structured products (RSP) businesses within the Markets division of the Corporate and Investment Bank (CIB) in EMEA. The team is spread across London, Frankfurt and Mumbai. We work closely with the ETP sales and trading team in the Equities Derivatives Group and the Structured Investments Distributor Marketing (SIDM) lines of businesses. The ETP business covers the public offer of listed and exchanged traded structured products to self-directed retail investors in Europe. The SIDM business covers the sale of structured products through distribution channels to retail and high-net worth investors. The ETP products include leveraged and investment products in securitised format and the SIDM products are sold through a number of legal wrappers, most commonly in securitised format. The securities are issued via J.P. Morgan subsidiaries or, within the wider RSP business, special purpose vehicles or third party MTN issuers. The products span across a full spectrum of asset classes including equity, credit, FX, commodity, rates, inflation, exotics & hybrids, funds and futures. 

As a Corporate and Investment Bank – Legal – Exchange Traded and Retail Structured Products Lawyer in exchange traded products legal department you will be involved in a mix of transactional and trade documentation review, regulatory advice, commercial contract review and assisting in new business initiatives. This includes establishing and maintaining issuance programmes as well as the review and drafting documentation for retail structured products including base prospectus(es) together with securities final terms, key information documents and corporate action or product adjustment/termination documentation. You will be responsible for the CIB's Reg S issuance programmes which are used globally. You will work with other team members in maintaining the programmes, adding functionality to existing programmes and establishing new issuance platforms. In addition, the team manages regulatory implementation for the securitised issuance business. 

Job responsibilities

• Review and negotiation of commercial contracts as well as broker and distribution agreements.
• Identifying and advising the business on regulatory and cross-border issues in delivering products to the end market or when the business wishes to employ a new distribution model or enter new markets.
• Automating and templating initiatives collaborating with internal and external technology service providers to deliver automated solutions for legal documents. This is a high-profile area which the business have identified as a strategic growth area within the CIB.

Required qualifications, skills and capabilities

• A qualified lawyer with experience in a law firm and/or an in-house legal department with a transactional and regulatory background.
• A team player, confident and proactive, enjoys regular interaction with Sales & Trading, legal colleagues and other corporate functions – including great communication skills with an ability to interact effectively with all levels and management.
• Exceptional organisational, analytical and time management skills, with ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Fluent in drafting, including the ability to draft "plain language" disclosure documents.
• Experienced with structured products and derivatives documentation as well as good knowledge of EU/UK financial services regulation and retail offerings.
• Familiar with negotiating commercial and legal agreements including in cooperation agreements, distribution agreements and licence agreements.
• A pro-active contributor and interested in improving processes and methods of working.