The Legal Counsel will document legal obligations, monitor regulatory changes, conduct legal research, and collaborate with various teams to ensure compliance in Taiwan.
Job Description
Join a global team where your legal expertise will help shape the future of compliance and regulatory excellence. As part of our Legal Department, you'll play a key role in ensuring our business operates with integrity and in line with evolving legal requirements. This is your opportunity to make a meaningful impact, collaborate with talented professionals, and grow your career in a dynamic, inclusive environment.
As a Legal Counsel in the Office of Legal Obligations, you will help us document our material legal obligations and monitor for related legal and regulatory changes, ensuring our business in Taiwan remains compliant and well-informed. You will work closely with colleagues across Legal, Compliance, and business functions, using your legal research and analytical skills to support our commitment to regulatory excellence. You will be part of a collaborative, high-performing team that values diverse perspectives and continuous learning.
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.
Join a global team where your legal expertise will help shape the future of compliance and regulatory excellence. As part of our Legal Department, you'll play a key role in ensuring our business operates with integrity and in line with evolving legal requirements. This is your opportunity to make a meaningful impact, collaborate with talented professionals, and grow your career in a dynamic, inclusive environment.
As a Legal Counsel in the Office of Legal Obligations, you will help us document our material legal obligations and monitor for related legal and regulatory changes, ensuring our business in Taiwan remains compliant and well-informed. You will work closely with colleagues across Legal, Compliance, and business functions, using your legal research and analytical skills to support our commitment to regulatory excellence. You will be part of a collaborative, high-performing team that values diverse perspectives and continuous learning.
Job Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain an inventory of legal obligations for the business in Taiwan, collaborating with Legal and business partners.
- Monitor, identify, and document changes in legal and regulatory developments in Taiwan, providing clear written summaries to relevant stakeholders.
- Research and analyze laws, regulations, and rules to assess applicability and impact to the business.
- Promote ongoing quality assurance, consistency, and accuracy of the legal obligations inventory.
- Develop subject matter expertise on products and services offered by the firm as required.
- Work closely with technology partners to develop and enhance technology solutions for legal obligations management.
- Build effective relationships with business, corporate functions, and legal colleagues.
- Support evergreen efforts to ensure the legal obligations inventory remains current and comprehensive.
Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills
- Qualified lawyer with a minimum of 4 years post-qualification experience (PQE) in private practice or in-house.
- Proficient in reading and writing Chinese.
- Excellent legal research and writing skills, with the ability to clearly and concisely summarize legal and regulatory developments for non-legal audiences.
- Strong relationship-building skills with business, corporate functions, and legal/support professionals.
- Detail-oriented with strong organizational and project management skills.
- Self-starter with the ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and coordinate among a wide range of internal stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills
- Background in financial services regulation or experience supporting highly regulated businesses.
- Familiarity with regulation of financial products and services.
- Experience with regulatory change monitoring.
- Experience managing legal matters for institutional clients.
- Successful completion of conflicts of interest clearance review.
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.
JPMorganChase Singapore Office
One@Changi City, Changi Business Park Central 1, Singapore, 486036
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