JPMorgan Credit Trading Attorney – Vice President Assistant General Counsel 

United States, New York 

547168703

As a Credit Trading Attorney – Vice President, Assistant General Counsel within our Credit Trading Legal Team, you will support the Commercial & Investment Bank’s Credit Solutions business and other products within North America Credit Trading. You will partner with the Credit Trading business on structuring bespoke alternative credit solutions, receivable puts, and bankruptcy claims trades for clients; draft and negotiate transaction documentation; and advise on regulatory, bankruptcy and risk matters. You will also support the distressed trading business, advising our analysts and traders throughout the restructuring life cycle, and will have the opportunity to partner with Credit Trading on structuring its growing financing business.

Job responsibilities

• Primary legal coverage responsibility for North America Credit Trading’s Credit Solutions business
• General legal coverage for North America Credit Trading business, including providing legal advice on structuring alternative credit solutions, receivable puts, financing structures and bankruptcy claims trades
• Advise distressed trading business throughout the restructuring life cycle, such as drafting for transfers of debt and equity, and reviewing plan and restructuring support agreements
• Advice Credit Trading business on relevant regulatory matters
• Drafting and negotiating transaction documentation
• Advising on regulatory, bankruptcy and risk matters.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Six to eight years of finance and/or bankruptcy experience at a law firm or financial institution
• Knowledge of credit markets and/or trading businesses and documentation
• Excellent business sense and communication skills; ability to partner with the front office and other functions in finding legal solutions to business goals
• Proven ability to work independently and proactively, and multitask under pressure
• Proven ability to draft quickly, precisely and comprehensively
• Desire to stretch into new or unfamiliar products or asset classes in support of the business, and ability to independently leverage and navigate internal and external resources while doing so
• JD or educational equivalent required. Attorney candidates must be in compliance with all relevant licensing requirements including the requirements of the jurisdiction where the role will be located prior to commencement of employment