Associate Counsel

**JOB DESCRIPTION** Associate & Counsel - J.P. Morgan Wealth Management/CCB Legal**

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is a leading global financial services firm with assets of $2.6 trillion and operations worldwide. The firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers, small business and commercial banking, financial transaction processing, and asset management.

The Legal Department of JPMorgan Chase & Co (“JPMC”) is responsible for providing legal services to the Corporation and is organized by practice groups that generally conform to the Corporation's lines of business (“LOBs”) and corporate staff areas, allowing the legal staff to work closely with specific groups on a daily basis. The J.P. Morgan Wealth Management (“JPM WM”) Office of General Counsel is a part of the wider Consumer and Community Banking Legal Group and supports the Firm’s J.P. Morgan Wealth Management business. The JPM WM Legal team seeks an experienced lawyer to join the team.

**Position Description**

**Responsibilities**:

- Reviewing account documentation, including powers of attorney, non-disclosure agreements, trust agreements, entity documents (e.g. corporate resolutions, by-laws, partnership agreements), court orders, guardianship documents, complex beneficiary changes, estate documentation (e.g., death certificates, wills), and retirement account documents.
- Drafting or editing certain customer facing communications.
- Conducting legal and market research.
- Identifying potential issues and working with senior team members and appropriate business partners to provide solutions.
- Updating account agreements, customer-facing documents, and disclosures, including reviewing legal requirements for new provisions.
- Working on special projects outside of normal responsibilities.

**Required Skills**:

- Minimum of 2 years of experience in legal practice.
- Excellent legal research skills. Experience with Westlaw or similar services preferred. A team player who can collaborate and communicate effectively with attorneys and other business and compliance professionals.
- Strong analytical thinker who is detail-oriented, practical and skilled at issue spotting and problem solving.
- Self-starter who is able to work independently, takes ownership of responsibilities and projects, is results-oriented and flexible.Ability to multitask and prioritize work in a fast-paced, complex business environment and maintain communication with attorneys regarding project status and estimated completion timelines.

**Preferred Skills**:

- LLM preferred.
- Experience or interest in broker-dealer and investment advisory matters, including financial services regulation and/or financial services litigation.
- Knowledge of U.S. financial service law and process.
- Experience studying or working in a common law jurisdiction.

**ABOUT US**

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world’s most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

**ABOUT THE TEAM**

Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we’re setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.

With large, global operations, the Legal team tackles complex issues and helps shape the regulations that affect the businesses. The group is organized into practice groups that align with the lines of business and corporate staff areas, which encourages collaboration on legal, regulatory and business developments as they arise.