Markets Legal Counsel, Mumbai

Counsel, Markets Legal, Mumbai Corporate Center

The APAC Markets Practice Group provides legal support to the APAC Markets businesses engaged in derivatives transactions across all asset classes, structured investments/financial products in the form of notes, warrants and certificates linked to multiple asset classes, cash equities, global investor services (prime brokerage and securities financing) as well as foreign exchange, commodities, futures, and derivatives clearing and intermediation. An APAC Markets Legal team has been formed in the Mumbai Corporate Center (“MCC Markets team”) which is as an integral part of the APAC Markets Practice Group, working closely and interacting with APAC Markets Practice Group lawyers in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore. You will be a member of the MCC Markets Team based in Mumbai. You will be reporting into a team lead for APAC Markets in the MCC who in turn is accountable to the APAC Markets Practice Group.

Job Responsibilities

• You will review and support of wholesale financial transactional documentation including credit, trading, TOBs, prime brokerage, derivatives and regulatory driven documentation;
• You will undertake review of constitutional documents, to ensure that all the requisite corporate consents and capacity and authority requirements are in place prior to finalization of agreements and subsequent commencement of business or trading;
• You will be providing support on global documentation or remediation projects;
• You will be providing gap analysis and summary of transaction and client specific deviations in negotiated agreements from standardized templates or against playbooks and policy manuals to identify discrepancies, escalation mechanisms and managing remediation exercises;
• You will be entering and managing data from standardized or negotiated agreements into internal systems and assisting in the maintenance of databases relating to firm-wide initiatives; and
• You will be drafting, reviewing and finalizing documentation including notices, consents, MOUs, LOIs and RFPs, etc. in accordance with existing templates.

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills 

• A minimum of 2-7  years PQE  in professional practice and/or in in-house experience covering Markets related work in a comparable financial institution;
• Strong drafting, negotiation and legal analytical skills;
• Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written) with the ability to interact with senior business personnel and stakeholders in other functions;
• Self-directed and highly motivated attitude coupled with an ability to work collaboratively in a high performing team;
• Ability to interact and communicate effectively at a local, regional and global level and work in a cross-functional, cross-jurisdiction, team to achieve common goals;
• Competency in the use of technology, documentation management systems and shared databases will be viewed favorably; Ability to identify and escalate issues timely and appropriately;
• Comfortable working on metrics and data measurement systems; and ability to work in a fast-paced environment and within tight deadlines.

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

Attorney candidates must be in compliance with all relevant licensing requirements including the requirements of the jurisdiction where the role will be located prior to commencement of employment.

JPMorgan Chase & Co., one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

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