Legal Counsel - Wallet, Payments, and Commerce

Job Description:

Imagine what you could do here! At (COMPANY NAME), new insights have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Working for a company that invents entire categories and industries means you'll be challenged to creatively apply your legal expertise to ground breaking and often unexplored aspects of the law. (COMPANY NAME) is looking for a technology transactions attorney to join our Services Product Legal group. This is a chance to be part of a hands-on team, dedicated to supporting the Wallet, Payments, and Commerce team across Europe and the Emerging Markets region.

Key Qualifications
Key Qualifications

* Significant experience drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements, with strong intellectual property law and technology transactions background preferred
* Experience advising on smart-cards, e-commerce, identity services, digital services and platforms, and other related services, including familiarity with applicable laws and regulations
* Experience advising on payments, digital wallets or payment processing and platforms, and other related services, including familiarity with applicable laws and regulations a plus
* Experience advising on laws and regulations applicable to collecting, storing, and using personal information preferred
* Excellent client relationship and interpersonal skills
* Experience working in a regulated environment or with governmental entities a plus
* Experience working in an international team a plus
* Strong work ethic and collaboration skills essential

Description
Description

Do you enjoy fast-paced transactional work and helping others find solutions to big challenges? Does new technology, and the legal issues it can present, excite you? Do you like building strong client relationships and working with teams? Your key responsibilities will include drafting and negotiating agreements and advising the Wallet, Payments, and Commerce business team on complex and often new legal issues. You will need to have validated working experience in structuring, drafting and negotiating services, development and other technology and commercial agreements, as well as counseling clients on day-to-day legal matters in a technology environment, including data privacy aspects. YOU WILL BE EXPECTED TO: - advise on the legal aspects of (COMPANY NAME)'s relationships with third parties in a number of industries such as loyalty, payments, identity, access and transit, - advise on the contract structure and commercial terms for (COMPANY NAME)'s partners and customers, understand and translate laws and regulations that apply to services provided by (COMPANY NAME) and its partners, and - advise on the expansion of certain (COMPANY NAME) services across Europe and the Emerging Markets. You will be part of a close-knit local team and a global team spanning across the US, Europe, Asia and around the world.

Education & Experience
Education & Experience

Relavent Legal qualification

Additional Requirements
Additional Requirements

* (COMPANY NAME)'s most important resource, our soul, is our people. (COMPANY NAME) benefits help further the well-being of our employees and their families in significant ways. No matter where you work at (COMPANY NAME), you can take advantage of our health and wellness resources and time-away programs. We're proud to provide stock grants to employees at all levels of the company, and we also give employees the option to buy (COMPANY NAME) stock at a discount - both offer everyone at (COMPANY NAME) the chance to share in the company's success. You'll discover many more benefits of working at (COMPANY NAME), such as programs that match your charitable contributions, reimburse you for continuing your education and give you special employee pricing on (COMPANY NAME) products.
* We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
* (COMPANY NAME) is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics