Legal Counsel (Advanced Portuguese) - Governance LATAM

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Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, ARG
Hybrid
Mid level
Financial Services
We’re one of the world’s biggest technology-driven companies
The Role
Provide legal counsel on corporate governance for Brazilian financial institution subsidiaries. Responsibilities include advising on Brazilian corporate law, preparing board and shareholder materials, managing regulatory filings, maintaining legal entity records, supporting signing authority and powers of attorney processes, and coordinating entity restructuring initiatives. The role also identifies governance risks and ensures compliance with internal controls and regulatory requirements.
Summary Generated by Built In

The Office of the Secretary (“OTS”) promotes effective governance across JPMorganChase’s branches, subsidiaries, and affiliates, and works closely with the Board of Directors and senior stakeholders. OTS manages key governance-related processes and filings and interfaces with shareholders on governance matters.

OTS is seeking an attorney to join the Subsidiary Corporate Governance Team (Americas), based in Buenos Aires (Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), Argentina, supporting corporate governance legal, regulatory, and internal policy requirements for Brazilian subsidiaries. This role covers key governance activities including regulatory filings, legal entity records, signing authorities, and legal entity simplification/restructuring initiatives, in close partnership with local and regional stakeholders.

Job Responsibilities

  • Advise on subsidiary corporate governance matters and conduct legal research on corporate laws and regulations, primarily related to financial institutions in Brazil.
  • Prepare and manage Board, Board committee, and shareholder agendas, materials, resolutions, and minutes.
  • Manage periodic and event-driven regulatory filings, including updates to regulators’ online systems.
  • Maintain key legal entity records and documentation, following established procedures and checklists to ensure governance controls are met.
  • Support signing authority processes, including appointment of executive officers/legal representatives and drafting/reviewing powers of attorney and related instruments.
  • Support legal entity simplification and restructuring initiatives, coordinating with internal stakeholders and ensuring appropriate documentation and approvals.
  • Proactively identify governance risks/issues, escalate as needed, and help drive timely resolution.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities and Skills

  • 3+ years of professional experience in a similar corporate governance/legal entity management role.
  • Law degree 
  • Advanced English (written and spoken) — required.
  • Advanced Portuguese (written and spoken) — required.
  • Corporate governance and regulatory experience, with knowledge of Brazilian corporate law, especially closely held (non-public) corporations and financial institutions.
  • Strong attention to detail, sound judgment, and ability to operate in a controlled, process-driven environment.
  • All candidates must successfully complete a conflict-of-interest clearance review prior to starting employment.
About UsJ.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world’s most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.
  
We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.
About the Team
Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we’re setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.

With large, global operations, the Legal team tackles complex issues and helps shape the regulations that affect the businesses. The group is organized into practice groups that align with the lines of business and corporate staff areas, which encourages collaboration on legal, regulatory and business developments as they arise.

Skills Required

  • 3+ years of professional experience in a similar corporate governance or legal entity management role
  • Law degree
  • Advanced English, written and spoken
  • Advanced Portuguese, written and spoken
  • Corporate governance and regulatory experience
  • Knowledge of Brazilian corporate law, especially closely held corporations and financial institutions
  • Strong attention to detail and sound judgment
  • Ability to operate in a controlled, process-driven environment
  • Successful completion of a conflict-of-interest clearance review before employment

JPMorganChase Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about JPMorganChase and has not been reviewed or approved by JPMorganChase.

  • Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is considered comprehensive, including medical, dental, and vision, alongside wellness and mental health resources. Some locations add onsite health centers and related wellbeing support.
  • Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a 401(k)-type savings plan and related financial benefits, with options such as employee stock purchase participation. Financial planning resources are also highlighted to support long-term savings.
  • Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave of 16 weeks for birth or adoption is available for all parents. Child care and back-up child care resources further reinforce family support.

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The Company
HQ: New York, NY
289,097 Employees
Year Founded: 1799

What We Do

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is a leading global financial services firm with assets of $3.7 trillion and operations worldwide. The firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers and small businesses, commercial banking, financial transaction processing, and asset management. A component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, JPMorgan Chase & Co. serves millions of consumers in the United States and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under its J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Technology fuels every aspect of our company and is at the heart of everything we do. With over 50,000 technologists globally and an annual tech spend of $12 billion, we are dedicated to improving the design, analytics, development, coding, testing and application programming that goes into creating high quality software and new products. Learn more about technology at our firm, explore resources from our Distinguished Engineers, AI & ML researchers, and other experts; access the latest episode of our TechTrends podcast, and more at www.jpmorgan.com/technology. Information about JPMorgan Chase & Co. is available at www.jpmorganchase.com. ©2023 JPMorgan Chase & Co. All rights reserved. JPMorgan Chase is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans.

Why Work With Us

Our technologists work on a diverse range of solutions that include strategic technology initiatives, big data, mobile, electronic payments, machine learning, cybersecurity, enterprise cloud development, and other state-of-the-art technologies.

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