Equipment Finance Attorney - Vice President, Assistant General Counsel

Become the trusted advisor that our bankers and underwriters need to keep our Equipment Finance business on the cutting edge while doing so in a safe and sound manner.

As an attorney in Commercial and Investment Banking, you will provide legal support to the Equipment Finance group, a national business serving the equipment finance needs of mid-size companies, large corporations and other institutions, which finances a wide variety of equipment types (including loan and leasing activities).

You will interface with customer-facing bankers, risk personnel, and service personnel with respect to a range of equipment finance transactions.

You will leverage your legal knowledge to help drive and coordinate the legal team's role in supporting and advising on all significant business, controls and compliance initiatives, as well as various cross-line of business projects.

If you are intellectually curious and have a passion for finding compliant solutions across a large organization you may be the perfect fit for our team.

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


* Provide transactional support, including analysis and advice on structural and risk issues


* Review, negotiate and draft credit, lease and collateral documentation, amendments, waivers, indicative term sheets, proposal and commitment letters, intercreditor agreements, assignment/purchase agreements and confidentiality agreements


* Represent JPMCB in relationships with other syndicate lenders and borrowers, including providing advice on workout credits


* Support and maintain outside counsel relationships and coordinate engagement of outside counsel


* Escalate issues as appropriate and share potential concerns, issues, and ideas with legal and control functions across the company


* Support and advise the business with respect to client related issues including KYC, privacy, reputational and AML issues which may arise


* Advise the business with respect to new products or pricing, marketing, regulatory and related issues impacting financial institutions operating in a multi-state environment and provide training to the business


* Partner with Risk, Controls, and Compliance colleagues regarding operational and regulatory risk and control issues and the applicability of federa...