Job Description

Join a global financial services leader and make an impact in the fast-paced world of investment banking. As part of our APAC Banking Legal team, you will collaborate with talented colleagues and business partners across the region. You will help shape complex transactions, ensure regulatory compliance, and contribute to best practices. If you are motivated, intellectually curious, and eager to grow your career in a collaborative environment, this is your opportunity to excel.

As a Vice President, Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Markets Lawyer in the APAC Banking Legal team, you provide legal support for M&A and capital markets activities across Asia Pacific. You work closely with stakeholders in Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia, delivering practical legal solutions for public and private transactions. You collaborate with colleagues across the region and globally, helping us maintain a best-in-class governance framework and drive business success.

This role is posted at Vice President; however, candidates with fewer years of experience may be considered and hired at an appropriate level in line with experience.

Job Responsibilities

• Provide legal support for M&A transactions across Asia Pacific, focusing on stakeholders in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, and Southeast Asia
• Advise on legal matters where the firm acts as financial adviser to corporate, financial sponsors, and sovereign wealth fund clients
• Support internal M&A and strategic investment activities
• Assist with equity and debt capital markets transactions across the region
• Collaborate with legal colleagues in Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, Sydney, Seoul, Shanghai, and Mumbai, as well as teams in other regions
• Review, negotiate, and draft legal documentation including confidentiality agreements, mandate letters, share purchase and subscription agreements, and placing and underwriting agreements
• Manage relationships with external counsel, including reviewing and negotiating legal opinions and supervising legal due diligence
• Advise business teams on legal and reputational risk issues, coordinating with risk and control functions to support sound decision-making
• Keep abreast of legal and regulatory developments and contribute to internal trainings and process enhancements
• Promote best practices and help enhance internal processes

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Qualified lawyer from a common law or US jurisdiction with at least 7 years post-qualification experience
• Experience in M&A and/or capital markets at a major international law firm or leading financial institution
• Strong drafting, negotiation, and legal analytical skills with keen attention to detail
• Ability to balance commercial objectives with the protection of the firm’s interests
• Excellent written and spoken English, with outstanding communication skills
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage matters across time zones with regional and global stakeholders
• Proven ability to handle competing priorities, work under pressure, and meet deadlines

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Fluency in Chinese (Mandarin) is preferred for reviewing and negotiating Chinese-language documents
• Experience in Hong Kong public takeovers and Hong Kong IPOs
• Experience supporting equity and debt capital markets transactions in APAC
• Familiarity with regulatory frameworks across Asia Pacific
• Demonstrated strategic thought leadership in legal practice
• Experience managing external counsel relationships
• Ability to deliver practical, business-focused legal solutions

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.