Debt Capital Markets- Assistant General Counsel

Join the Legal team advising one of the world’s most innovative syndicated and leveraged lending businesses. You’ll be a trusted partner to Debt Capital Markets (DCM) bankers and Credit Risk leaders, helping maintain market leadership while upholding the highest standards of safety and soundness. This role offers hands-on transactional work, influence over business initiatives, and exposure to complex, high-profile deals. If you’re intellectually curious and enjoy delivering practical, compliant solutions in a fast-moving environment, this is the opportunity to make an impact.one

As an Attorney within the Debt Capital Markets (DCM) Lending Legal team in the Commercial & Investment Bank, you will provide comprehensive general and transactional legal advice to the North America DCM lending business across leveraged, investment grade, direct lending, and club-deal facilities, including both domestic and cross-border transactions. You will advise on deal structuring and documentation, collaborate closely with bankers, Credit Risk, Operations, and Compliance, and coordinate the Legal department’s role in key business, control, and compliance initiatives. You will also help establish and refine standard forms and procedures, oversee and manage relationships with outside counsel, and deliver clear escalation, guidance, and risk assessments on legal and regulatory issues affecting financial institutions operating in multi-state and international environments.

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 about 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 the North America DCM lending business on commercial lending transactions, including large syndicated credit facilities (leveraged and investment grade), direct lending, and club-deal facilities.

   

• Advise on how transactions are structured and work with outside counsel on loan and syndication documentation and related transaction materials. 
• Escalate and communicate potential concerns to Legal, Compliance, and control functions, ensuring appropriate risk identification and mitigation.
• Advise on new product development and assess marketing, regulatory, and related issues impacting financial institutions in multi-state and international environments.
• Partner with Credit Risk, Operations, and Compliance to address transactional, operational, and regulatory risk and control issues.
• Analyze and apply applicable federal and state laws and regulations to transaction structures and business practices.
• Prepare and maintain standard forms, and procedures to improve quality, consistency, and speed of execution.
• Deliver training and guidance to the business on legal developments, documentation standards, and risk topics as needed.
• Support significant business, controls, and compliance initiatives and cross-line-of-business projects requiring coordinated Legal engagement.

 

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• 5+ years of relevant lending/finance transactional experience at a law firm and/or in-house legal department at a large bank or financial services company.

• Licensed attorney and member in good standing in the jurisdiction where the role is located, or otherwise compliant with applicable in-house counsel registration rules prior to start date.

   

• Strong background in secured lending and syndicated leveraged finance transactions, including up-to-date working knowledge of UCC Articles 8 and 9 and their application to secured lending structures and collateral packages.
• Proven ability to prioritize effectively, manage high volumes of issues, complex matters and multiple concurrent workstreams in a fast-moving environment.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to spot issues early, propose solutions, and exercise sound judgment.
• Collaborative approach and ability to partner with DCM bankers, Credit Risk executives, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Clear and confident communicator, able to interact with senior and executive management.
• Self-starter mindset with adaptability and the ability to apply core legal skills to unfamiliar subject matter.
• Ability to operate with integrity and discretion, including appropriate escalation of issues and risk-sensitive decisioning.

 

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Practical experience using legal technology and AI tools to improve transaction execution, risk management, and/or workflow optimization.
• Familiarity with legal, regulatory, and ethical considerations for AI and data analytics in financial services.
• Experience with U.S. bankruptcy/debtor-creditor law, securities laws and major bank regulatory provisions, including Regulation W, Regulation U, and bank anti-tying rules. 
• Demonstrated project management capability (e.g., coordinating cross-functional initiatives, driving standardization, managing counsel).
• Track record of sound judgment, strong risk instincts, and the ability to deliver practical, compliant business solutions.

 

All candidates for roles in the Legal department must successfully complete a conflicts of interest clearance review prior to commencing employment.