The role involves providing legal advice on UK personal pension products and retail investment products, drafting documentation, and liaising with external counsel.
Job Description
We are seeking a Retail Investments Legal - Vice President to join our International Consumer Legal Team, with a primary focus on retail investment products and specifically UK personal pension products. The ideal candidate will have familiarity with UK pension regulations, and other financial services regulations such as the FCA Consumer Duty, UK MiFID 2, the UK financial promotion regime and the Individual Savings Account regulations. Strong analytical and communication skills are essential, as your contributions will play a vital role in supporting our company, clients, and business partners.
As a Retail Investments Legal - Vice President within the International Consumer Legal Team, you will provide legal advice on UK personal pension products, general retail investment products and services, and support various business initiatives. Your responsibilities will include interpreting existing laws, rules, and regulations, advising on regulatory changes, and completing legal reviews of client-facing content. Additionally, you will collaborate with business stakeholders and functional partners, while assisting in managing relationships with external counsel.
Job responsibilities
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
About Us
J.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.
We are seeking a Retail Investments Legal - Vice President to join our International Consumer Legal Team, with a primary focus on retail investment products and specifically UK personal pension products. The ideal candidate will have familiarity with UK pension regulations, and other financial services regulations such as the FCA Consumer Duty, UK MiFID 2, the UK financial promotion regime and the Individual Savings Account regulations. Strong analytical and communication skills are essential, as your contributions will play a vital role in supporting our company, clients, and business partners.
As a Retail Investments Legal - Vice President within the International Consumer Legal Team, you will provide legal advice on UK personal pension products, general retail investment products and services, and support various business initiatives. Your responsibilities will include interpreting existing laws, rules, and regulations, advising on regulatory changes, and completing legal reviews of client-facing content. Additionally, you will collaborate with business stakeholders and functional partners, while assisting in managing relationships with external counsel.
Job responsibilities
- Supporting the International Consumer Legal Team on product development and general advisory matters relating to the personal pension proposition and, more broadly, retail investment products.
- Drafting client documentation, including updates to general T&Cs and marketing materials.
- Contributing to the oversight of the contents and execution of documents, including communications with respect to complaints and internal governance materials.
- Liaising with outside counsel.
- Interpreting existing laws, rules and regulations, and advising on changes thereto as well as advising on contemplated and proposed laws, rules and regulations.
- Facilitate effective communication and collaboration among multiple stakeholders to align legal project goals and expectations.
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Qualified Solicitor of England & Wales (although candidates licensed outside the UK will be considered), familiar with UK retail financial services, especially UK personal pension products and other general retail investment products.
- UK retail financial services regulatory knowledge, including pension regulations, the FCA Consumer Duty, UK MiFID 2, CCI, Individual Savings Account regulations, PRIIPs, MAR and the UK financial promotion regime.
- Experience providing legal advice with respect to UK retail client matters, including managing client complaints, FOS investigations, Power of Attorney queries and supporting bereavement matters.
- Familiarity with FCA Handbook Rules including the safeguarding of client assets (CASS) sourcebook.
- Experience of regulatory change management programs and new product development.
- Excellent organizational skills and a team player who can collaborate across business and functional stakeholders.
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Familiarity with other retail financial service laws and general consumer regulations, including Payment Service Regulations or GDPR.
- Legal Project Management skills or experience.
About Us
J.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.
Top Skills
Fca Consumer Duty
Fca Handbook Rules
Individual Savings Account Regulations
Uk Mifid 2
Uk Pension Regulations
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