Commercial Banking Attorney - Commercial Real Estate - Vice President, Assistant General Counsel

Become a trusted advisor to the bankers, credit managers and treasury service officers in the CRE department, which is a part of Commercial Banking (CB) in the Commercial and Investment Banking (CIB) line of business for one of the world’s best and most innovative global financial services firms. CRE includes several sub-business segments consisting of Commercial Term Lending, Community Development Banking, Real Estate Banking, and Agency and Off-Balance Sheet Lending.

As an attorney in CB, you will be part of a CRE Legal team that provides transactional, regulatory and strategic legal support across CRE businesses. You will work with, and leverage your legal knowledge to support and advise customer-facing bankers, credit managers, transaction management and servicing teams, as well as other JPMCB stakeholders including compliance and controls teams, in each case, on a variety of CRE business needs in areas such as payments and treasury services, wholesale loan servicing, portfolio management, special credits activities, and loan documentation development for bilateral and syndicated real estate term and construction loans.

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 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:

• Advise bankers on structuring, originating, servicing and documenting a variety of types of commercial real estate financing transactions, nationally;
• Advise the business on client related issues – including reputational, KYC and AML issues – and support other risk identification and mitigation matters (legal and other);
• Provide legal interpretations of regulations and state and federal laws, and guidance on their applicability to the CRE businesses;
• Participate in team projects on regulatory and other matters, as well as new products and services management;
• Prepare and update standard forms and procedures and manage external counsel relationships;
• Provide training for bankers and other functional partners; and
• Escalate issues within the legal department as appropriate and partner with risk, controls, compliance and other functions across JPMCB on risk and control, and other operational, matters.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Five years minimum of experience at a law firm and/or in-house legal department;
• Knowledge of the legal and regulatory requirements related to commercial real estate financing and servicing and related businesses with transferrable skills/knowledge;
• Ability to prioritize work in a fast-moving environment, manage a large number of issues at one time, and interact with senior and executive management;
• Ability to understand business needs and develop/leverage collaborative relationships with internal partners across the supported businesses, the broader legal department and external stakeholders;
• Ability to maintain a collaborative team culture;
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills; and
• Licensed to practice law and a member in good standing in NY, IL or TX, or otherwise in compliance with the in-house counsel registration rules in such state.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Eight (8) plus years of commercial real estate financing transactional experience;
• Demonstrated strategic problem solving and project management skills, judgment and character; and
• Participation in team initiatives and strategies that promote growth and continuous learning.

All candidates for roles in the Legal department must be licensed to practice law in the country of employment and successfully complete a conflicts of interest clearance review prior to commencement of employment.