Job Description

Wholesale Payments Sr. Legal Counsel - Mumbai JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (the \'Bank\') is seeking to hire Legal Counsel to provide legaladvisory and transactionalsupport to the Bank\'s Payments business across Asia-Pacific (\'APAC\') and Europe, Middle-East and Africa (\'EMEA\'). The Payments business operates across multiple countries and its principal activities include providing (i) cash and liquidity management products and services to local and multi-national corporations, bank and non-bank financial institutions, and government bodies, (ii) merchant acquiring and allied services, and (iii) (a) core trade (import/export documentary collections and letters of credit, guarantees/SBLCs) facilities and services, (b) structured trade, receivables purchases and supply chain finance facilities, and (c) trade facilities such as export and import LC financing, draft discounting, pre-export/payables/receivables financing and export credit agency backed long-term lending. Location and Reporting Lines The position is in Mumbai, at J.P. Morgan\'s Corporate Centre (\'MCC\'), reporting to a team lead at the MCC with functional responsibility to theAPAC and EMEA Heads of Payments Transactions Legal in Hong Kong and London, respectively. Job Responsibilities As a member of the Global Payments Legal team, the role will primarily comprise: providing legal support and advice to the Payments businesses across all APAC and EMEA jurisdictions on a wide range of client-related transactional matters including reviewing, negotiating, drafting and finalizing contracts with the Bank\'s borrowers, customers and partner banks based on internal guidance and standard operating procedures liaising and coordinating with local, regional and global legal counter-parts, and functional and business partners on legal issues including cross-border and cross-business activities and projects and instructing andworking withoutside counsel. Required Qualifications, Skills and Capabilities Qualifiedlawyerwith 5+ years of post-qualification legal experience Strong drafting, negotiation and legal analytical skills Ability to communicate well and work in a cross-functional, cross-jurisdiction, team to achieve common goals and Ability to work under pressure, prioritize and respond to business needs and goals. Experience in cash management, liquidity, e-commerce, financial market infrastructure, credit transactions, supply chain finance, factoring, receivables purchase, ICC Uniform Practices and/or merchant acquiring will be an advantage.

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