Head of Real Estate Banking Legal- Executive Director

JPMorgan Chase & Co.•Chicago, IL

2d•$190,000 - $300,000

About The Position

Lead legal strategy and advise on complex commercial real estate transactions for a premier global financial institution. Bring your expertise to JPMorgan Chase, where your legal insight will help shape innovative financing solutions for some of the most sophisticated commercial real estate clients in the market. As a trusted advisor to business leaders, you will play a critical role in navigating complex transactions, managing risk, and driving strategic outcomes that support client growth and long-term success. Join a collaborative legal team that sits at the center of high-impact decision making, partnering with bankers, credit professionals, risk and control teams, and senior executives across Commercial Banking (CB). You'll have the opportunity to lead meaningful work, influence business strategy, and help deliver best-in-class solutions in a dynamic and evolving real estate finance environment. As an Attorney supporting Commercial Real Estate (CRE) within CB Legal, you will provide strategic, transactional, and regulatory legal counsel across a broad range of commercial real estate financing activities. You will advise business partners on complex lending transactions, portfolio management matters, risk issues, and new business initiatives while serving as a key legal advisor to senior stakeholders. This role offers the opportunity to work on industry-leading transactions, influence business strategy, and contribute to the continued growth and success of one of the world's premier financial institutions.

Requirements

7 plus years of commercial real estate finance legal experience aligned with many of the job responsibilities described above, at a law firm and/or in-house legal department
Knowledge of the legal and regulatory requirements related to commercial real estate finance, with transferrable skills/knowledge
Ability to prioritize work in a fast-moving environment, manage a large number of issues at one time, and interact with senior and executive management
Ability to understand business needs and develop/leverage collaborative relationships with internal partners across the supported businesses, the broader legal department and external stakeholders
Ability to maintain a collaborative team culture
Excellent verbal and written communications skills
Licensed to practice law and a member in good standing in NY, IL or TX, or otherwise in compliance with the in-house counsel registration rules in such state

Nice To Haves

10 plus years of commercial real estate finance legal experience aligned with most or all of the job responsibilities described above, at a law firm and/or in-house legal department
Demonstrated strategic problem solving and project management skills, excellent judgment, and strong character
Prior experience participating in team initiatives and strategies that promote growth and continuous learning
Prior experience directly advising senior business executives

Responsibilities

Advise bankers on structuring, originating, servicing, and documenting a variety of commercial real estate financing transactions (e.g., bilateral and syndicated term loans, construction loans, and lines of credit), nationally
Lead the Real Estate Banking (REB) Legal team and collaborating across the CRE and CB Legal teams
Advise the business on client related issues – including reputational, Know Your Customer and Anti-Money Laundering issues – and support other risk identification and mitigation matters (legal and other)
Advise credit and special credit teams on workouts and Other Real Estate Owned matters
Provide legal interpretations of regulations and state and federal laws, and guidance on their applicability to the CRE businesses
Support the business on Payments solutions offered by REB to its clients
Participate in team projects on regulatory and other matters, as well as new products and services management
Prepare and update standard forms and procedures
Manage external counsel relationships
Provide training for bankers and other functional partners
Escalate issues within the legal department as appropriate and partner with risk, controls, compliance and other functions across the Firm on risk and control, and other operational, matters