Prime Finance Lawyer, Vice President
JPMorgan Chase
- Hong Kong
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Advising on issues related to the prime brokerage, securities lending, and equity finance businesses
- Negotiating prime brokerage client agreements and ancillary documentation for both cash and synthetic products
- Working on bespoke lending and funding structures
- Instructing and liaising with external counsel
- Working collaboratively with legal colleagues and members of the business and other core functions (e.g., tax, credit, risk, operations, compliance, etc.) to deliver timely results
- A qualified lawyer with a minimum of 6 years PQE and experience gained at an international law firm and/or bank/financial institution/buy-side firm
- Ability to communicate complex factual matters and present clear and concise legal advice clearly and succinctly
- Effective negotiation skills or the desire to develop such skills
- A willingness and aptitude to learn new areas of the law and to take on new types of tasks
- Highly motivated self-starter, with the ability to work independently as well as part of a team
- A proven background in equity derivatives and the ISDA equity derivatives definitions is preferred
- Law firm associates and in-house candidates coming out of a corporate, securities, lending, or financial regulatory practice