Regulatory Lawyer - Assistant Vice President

Overview

As a Regulatory Lawyer – Assistant Vice President within Corporate Legal team, you will support the firm across all lines of business and corporate activity in relation to all relevant legal and regulatory developments. You will bring your experience of the financial services regulatory regime, in the UK or other European location, advising on a changing legal and regulatory landscape to support the central corporate legal team.

You will be a solution-oriented Lawyer, able to process and synthesize large volumes of technical information for senior business stakeholders. You will be used to working in a regulated environment, ideally in financial services, and determined to deliver best-in-class legal advice and client service.

• Monitor and analyze developments in legislation and regulation in the UK and EU across all aspects of banking and investment services - including (among others) financial services, market infrastructure, payments, consumer protection, digital assets, and artificial intelligence.
• Advise business, compliance and stakeholders on regulatory change and compliance with legal, industry and regulatory requirements.
• Coordinate with business and other corporate stakeholders on impact assessment of regulatory changes and support advocacy efforts where required.
• Act as the primary point of contact with regulatory and legislative affairs functions in JPMC
• Develop and deliver training programs to educate line of business legal teams about regulatory changes and compliance obligations.
• Working collaboratively with Legal and Compliance colleagues, other business and Corporate stakeholders in multiple jurisdictions – in particular EMEA and U.S.
• Engage and instruct outside counsel when appropriate
• Provide support on other special projects, including regulatory change implementation.

• UK or other European qualified lawyer, with at least 2 years post-qualification experience in a top law firm and/or in-house financial services Legal team
• Broad knowledge of law and regulations governing the provision of banking and investment products and services
• Quality product, technical, legal and other risk awareness skills and an ability to work across a broad set of products and services
• Strong knowledge of the UK and / or European supervisory regimes for authorised credit institutions and investment firms
• Ability to quickly familiarise and advise authoritatively on new regulatory developments as they emerge.

• Relevant experience of providing banking regulatory legal advice
• Self-starter, hands-on mentality and team player
• Ability to work comfortably in a global organization