You are an Associate Counsel within In-House Legal Services (ILS), based in Argentina, supporting the US Filings team (USFT) and the Client Services Legal Support team (CST). You serve as a day-to-day legal support point for bankers and client service teams on U.S.-based bank products and services, applying attorney-approved guidance, playbooks, precedent, and templates, and escalating novel, material, or higher-risk matters to designated counsel under established protocols. In parallel, you provide legal analysis and advisory support for U.S. state qualification, franchise tax, corporate governance, and other entity-level matters, helping ensure timely, accurate filings execution across U.S. jurisdictions and effective coordination with internal stakeholders (including Corporate Secretaries / Corporate Governance Contacts (CGC), Corporate Tax, OTS, and the filings vendor), with attention to risks, controls, and operational documentation.
- Client Services Legal Support (CST)
- You will advise bankers, client service associates, and internal stakeholders on CIB products and processes, including process-exception matters and questions with potential legal impact, using attorney-approved guidance, playbooks, and precedent.
- You will prepare, review, and issue client-facing letters and responses using attorney-approved templates, exercising independent legal judgment within approved guidance.
- You will escalate novel, material, or higher-risk questions to designated counsel in line with established protocols.
- U.S. Filings & Governance Execution (USFT)
- You will support governance and state filings execution, providing legal analysis and advice where state qualification, corporate governance, or entity-level questions require legal judgment.
- You will prepare and submit annual reports and event-based filings across U.S. jurisdictions to support compliance with state qualification, franchise tax, and related corporate governance requirements.
- You will perform corporate filings with the 50 U.S. state secretaries of state for JPMorganChase subsidiaries and handle related inquiries from teams inside and outside OTS.
- Projects, Process, Risks & Controls
- You will manage assigned projects related to legal entities, data analysis, process updates, and risks and controls, coordinating with internal teams (e.g., Corporate Tax) and the filings vendor.
- You will maintain and update operational documentation, tools, and workflows, including using AI-driven tools and insights to interpret data, identify trends, and drive process improvements.
Required Qualifications, Capabilities and Skills.
- Licensed lawyer with 2+ years of practice.
- Experience providing legal support within attorney-approved guidance and templates, with appropriate escalation of novel, material, or higher-risk matters.
- Strong attention to detail and quality, with ability to prioritize, organize work, and meet deadlines.
- Ability to follow defined processes and identify issues requiring escalation or special attention.
- Excellent English written and verbal communication skills.
- End-to-end ownership mindset with strong follow-up and results orientation.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Ability to leverage AI-driven tools and insights to interpret data, identify trends, and drive process improvements.
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.
Skills Required
- Licensed lawyer with at least 2 years of legal practice
- Experience providing legal support within attorney-approved guidance and templates
- Ability to appropriately escalate novel, material, or higher-risk matters
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality
- Ability to prioritize, organize work, and meet deadlines
- Ability to follow defined processes and identify issues requiring escalation or special attention
- Excellent English written and verbal communication skills
- End-to-end ownership mindset with strong follow-up and results orientation
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Ability to leverage AI-driven tools and insights to interpret data, identify trends, and drive process improvements
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.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, vision, and mental-health coverage are broad, with wellness incentives, on-site or virtual care, and an EAP offering coaching and counseling. Plan materials emphasize accessible options, including multiple medical choices and tools to manage costs.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave extends up to 16 weeks for all parents, supplemented by paid Critical Caregiver Leave. Family resources include backup childcare via Bright Horizons, lactation support and milk-shipping, family-building assistance, and even a free five-month SNOO rental for newborns.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a 401(k) with an annual company match and automatic pay credits for most employees, with a legacy pension available to earlier hires. An Employee Stock Purchase Plan at a 5% discount further supports long-term savings.
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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.
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