10 JPMorgan Chase legal leaders
Bank regulatory, government investigations, broker-dealer, real estate, card, marketing and debt work are all covered by these JPMorgan Chase legal leaders: six managing directors and associate general counsels, the Chief Legal Officer of JPMS LLC, two other general counsels, and a former financial crimes general counsel now in compliance. They suit in-house lawyers and compliance leaders deciding how to organize legal coverage across business lines and regulators.
Professionals to explore
Catherine Henderson
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director and Associate General Counsel · JPMorgan Chase
Two Office of Regulations titles appear in Catherine Henderson's background: Counsel, Office of Regulations at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (2011–2012) and Attorney, Office of Regulations at the Federal Reserve Board (2010–2011). Henderson has been Managing Director and Associate General Counsel at JPMorgan Chase since 2012 and describes serving as Special Counsel for Corporate Legal, assisting the Corporate Legal General Counsel with coverage and coordination of cross-Corporate Function/Line of Business matters.
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Daniel Thacker
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director & Associate General Counsel · JPMorganChase
As Managing Director & Associate General Counsel at JPMorganChase since May 2023, Daniel Thacker leads a team of attorneys responsible for internal reviews and government investigations across lines of business. Thacker held Executive Director & Assistant General Counsel titles in Government Investigations & Regulatory Enforcement (2017–2023) and APAC Litigation (2013–2017), and was Corporate Counsel, Litigation at Pfizer (2011–2013), so investigations and enforcement questions fit.
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Debra Roberts
LinkedInExperience: Former Managing Director, General Counsel for Global Financial Crimes And Political Law · JPMorganChase
Financial crimes runs through Debra Roberts's titles: Managing Director, General Counsel for Global Financial Crimes And Political Law at JPMorganChase (2013–2022), and Managing Director, Global Head of Financial Crimes Compliance at JPMorgan Chase & Co since December 2024, after Deputy Head (2023–2024). Roberts also held Managing Director, Global Head of Financial Crimes Compliance at BNY (2022–2023) and Senior Manager, Global Anti-Money Laundering Compliance at TD (2011–2013).
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Felipe Krause
LinkedInExperience: General Counsel, Managing Director, EMEA Corporate Legal · JPMorganChase
Felipe Krause, based in the United Kingdom, holds three current JPMorganChase titles: General Counsel, Managing Director, International Consumer & Strategic Growth Initiatives (since 2018), General Counsel, Managing Director, EMEA Corporate Legal (since 2025) and Co-head Office of the Secretary (OTS) International, Managing Director (since 2026). Krause was Executive Director - Assistant General Counsel (2015–2018) and Vice President Legal Department (2013–2015) there, a fit for international consumer and corporate secretary questions.
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James Qualls
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director, Associate General Counsel · JPMorganChase
James Qualls has been Managing Director, Associate General Counsel at JPMorganChase since May 2024, and describes the role as Marketing General Counsel at JPMorgan Chase & Co while also teaching as an adjunct law professor at The Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law. Qualls was Executive Director, Assistant General Counsel (2021–2024) and Vice President, Assistant General Counsel (2015–2021) there, a fit for marketing and advertising law questions.
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Jillian Eng
LinkedInExperience: General Counsel, Managing Director, Bank Regulatory Group · JPMorganChase
Bank regulatory law is the topic to bring to Jillian Eng, General Counsel, Managing Director, Bank Regulatory Group at JPMorganChase since July 2020, after General Counsel, Executive Director (2019–2020) and Deputy General Counsel, Executive Director (2017–2019) in the same group. Eng was Executive Director, Legal and Compliance Division at Morgan Stanley (2013–2017) and an Associate at Linklaters (2011–2013).
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Katherine Lipton
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director & Associate General Counsel · JPMorganChase
For questions on how a bank's in-house team handles real estate matters worldwide, Katherine Lipton fits: Managing Director & Associate General Counsel at JPMorganChase since 2013, serving as Head of Legal for Global Real Estate. Lipton was Senior Real Estate Counsel at LXP Industrial Trust (2010–2012), and Partner (2001–2008) and Associate (1993–2001) at Paul Hastings.
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Kimberly McVey
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director & Associate General Counsel · JPMorganChase
General Counsel for Card Regulatory & Strategic Transactions at JPMorgan Chase & Co is how Kimberly McVey describes the current job, where the formal title has been Managing Director & Associate General Counsel since May 2023. McVey was Executive Director & Assistant General Counsel (2016–2023) and Vice President & Assistant General Counsel (2007–2016) at JPMorganChase, and an Associate at Crain Caton & James, P.C. (2005–2007), the right person for card regulation and deal questions.
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Stuart D. Fishman
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director and Associate General Counsel · JPMorganChase
Three decades of JPMorganChase titles make Stuart D. Fishman a fit for questions on legal support for debt financing: Managing Director and Associate General Counsel since 2009, Executive Director and Assistant General Counsel (2007–2009) and Vice President and Assistant General Counsel (1992–2007). Fishman describes leading legal coverage for JPMorgan Chase's North American debt work.
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William Freilich
LinkedInExperience: Chief Legal Officer-JPMS LLC · JPMorganChase
Chief Legal Officer-JPMS LLC at JPMorganChase since 2013, William Freilich also holds the title Chief Legal Officer--JPMCC head of prime brokerage legal(2008-2013). Freilich managed the legal and compliance group supporting the prime brokerage and broker dealer businesses of Bear Stearns and describes being chief legal officer of the JPM US broker dealers, so broker-dealer and prime brokerage legal questions fit best.
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Choose the right perspective
Regulatory questions go to Jillian Eng (bank regulatory), Kimberly McVey (card regulatory) or Catherine Henderson, who has worked at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Federal Reserve Board; investigations questions to Daniel Thacker, or to Debra Roberts for financial crimes. William Freilich covers broker-dealer law, Felipe Krause international and EMEA corporate legal, and Katherine Lipton, Stuart D. Fishman and James Qualls the real estate, debt and marketing legal work.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How should a large bank split legal coverage between lines of business and a corporate legal group without gaps or overlap?
- 02When a regulator opens an inquiry that touches several businesses, who in legal owns it and how is the internal review run?
- 03What changes in a lawyer's job when moving from general counsel for financial crimes to a compliance leadership role?
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