Vice President, Litigation

About the Role

Provide legal advice to the senior management of the India Corporate Center.

Key Responsibilities

• Interact and work closely with the Corporate functions including Chief Financial Office (CFO)/Legal Entity Control (LEC) and Line Of Business leaders to execute legal strategies to mitigate risks arising from the India Corporate Centre activities.
• Collaborate with the India Corporate Centre Compliance, Oversight & Control and other key control functions and the APAC Office of Legal Obligations to anticipate and respond to legal and regulatory developments.
• Partner closely with Human Resources and Employee Relations regarding internal investigations and a wide variety of employment matters across the firm's India franchise.
• Support all litigation matters impacting the India Corporate Center and manage relationships with outside counsel to ensure they deliver cost-effective and high-quality services.
• Provide legal support on mergers & acquisitions affecting the India Corporate Center and other entities in India.
• Provide advisory on corporate laws, foreign exchange laws, business continuity and support on transactional matters pertaining to vendors, outsourcing and offshoring.
• Work with regional and global legal partners on real estate matters impacting the India Corporate Center.
• Provide support as part of India Corporate Center legal on Inter-Affiliate Services (IAS) Program.
• Communicate legal and regulatory issues and risks to business partners, management and appropriate interested parties.
• Co-ordinate with counterparts in other JPMC entities on requests relating to corporate governance matters.

Qualifications

• Experience in providing legal advice to senior management.
• Experience in managing litigation matters.
• Experience in mergers & acquisitions.
• Experience in corporate laws.
• Experience in foreign exchange laws.
• Experience in business continuity.
• Experience in vendor, outsourcing and offshoring transactional matters.
• Experience in real estate matters.
• Experience with Inter-Affiliate Services (IAS) Program.
• Experience in corporate governance matters.
• Experience collaborating with Compliance, Oversight & Control, and other key control functions.
• Experience working with Human Resources and Employee Relations on employment matters.
• Experience managing relationships with outside counsel.