Corporate and Investment Bank – Legal – Structured Products Lawyer – Vice President

We are looking for a structured products lawyer to join the EMEA Markets Practice Group of the Legal Department within the Commercial & Investment Bank.  The role is in the Macro and SPG Legal team where you will work on a mixture of structured products, with a particular focus on repackagings and secured and unsecured structured notes issued under J.P. Morgan's structured securities issuance programmes.  The products may involve any of the following asset classes – credit, equities, rates, emerging markets, commodities or loans (including significant risk transfer synthetic securitisations of loans held by J.P. Morgan). 

As a Corporate and Investment Bank – Legal – Structured Products Lawyer – Vice President in the EMEA Legal Department you will have the opportunity to advise on a range of transactions, partnering closely with the business groups in London and across EMEA which originate, trade and sell structure products.  You will also work with other control functions and Legal colleagues globally.  You will identify and advise the business on legal, regulatory and cross-border issues in delivering products to investors and assist with the structuring, execution and documentation of transactions. Whilst the role is primarily transactional, members of the team are expected to have knowledge of UK and European regulations which impact structured products.

Job responsibilities

• Providing general legal support and advice to the business. 
• Working closely with the business from inception to the close of transactions, including reviewing and sometimes drafting termsheets and reviewing transaction documentation.
• Identifying, raising and working to solve legal and regulatory issues affecting the business.
• Developing and managing relationships with external counsel in various jurisdictions and working closely with external counsel on those transactions for which they are engaged. 
• Liaising with legal colleagues in other jurisdictions on cross-border transactions and with Compliance and other internal risk and control functions.
• Assisting and advising the business and colleagues in the Legal Department on regulatory change and implementation affecting the businesses we support.
• Driving process, documentation and efficiency improvements across the various areas of coverage.
• Maintaining repackaging and secured balance sheet structured securities programmes, adding functionality to existing programmes and establishing new issuance platforms.  

Required qualifications, skills and capabilities 

• licensed to practice law in England & Wales or a similar jurisdiction
• has experience (4+ PQE) of structured products with strong drafting skills 
• has an ability to understand complex structures
• has good judgement and is able to identify risks and issues and escalate where appropriate
• is confident and proactive and would enjoy working closely with Sales, Trading, Structuring and control functions
• has strong organisational and communication skills and an ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• has a strong interest in transactional work and the ability to oversee multiple transactions simultaneously 
• able to advise the business on regulatory and cross-border issues impacting multiple asset classes and product wrappers and has good commercial awareness
• a broad skill set that is adaptable to a range of vanilla and structured finance transactions including new or novel asset classes
• ability to cope with a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment and multi-task