Corporate Counsel

Every day Global Payments makes it possible for millions of people to move money between buyers and sellers using our payments solutions for credit debit prepaid and merchant services. Our worldwide team helps over 3 million companies more than 1300 financial institutions and over 600 million cardholders grow with confidence and achieve amazing results. We are driven by our passion for success and we are proud to deliver best-in-class payment technology and software solutions. Join our dynamic team and make your mark on the payments technology landscape of tomorrow.

Ready to take your career global
Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. Were looking for an experienced Corporate Counsel to joinour ever evolving team and help shape the future of global commerce.

We are seeking a commercially minded Corporate Counsel with 03 years post-qualification experience to join our Dublin-based legal team mainly supporting the UK and Ireland markets. This is an excellent opportunity for a junior lawyer to build broad in-house experience within a fast-paced global payments business supporting commercial corporate litigation projects and operational matters across Ireland and the UK.

The successful candidate will work closely with senior lawyers and cross-functional stakeholders including commercial product risk compliance tax finance and operations teams. The role will suit a proactive practical and detail-oriented lawyer who is keen to develop in a supportive in-house environment and contribute to the delivery of legal advice that enables business growth while managing risk appropriately.

What Youll Own

• Support the drafting review and negotiation of a range of commercial agreements including customer supplier partner technology and intra-group arrangements.
• Support dispute claims debt recovery insolvency or enforcement-related matters as required.
• Provide practical legal support to internal stakeholders on day-to-day business queries escalating complex or high-risk matters where appropriate.
• Support legal input on product regulatory operational and strategic projects.
• Work with compliance risk data privacy and regulatory colleagues to help ensure legal advice is aligned with applicable laws internal policies and business requirements.
• Assist with legal research horizon scanning and preparation of briefings on relevant legal and regulatory developments.
• Help maintain and improve legal templates playbooks trackers and processes to support efficiency and consistency across the legal function.
• Assist with tax and corporate governance matters including board and committee support entity management approvals filings and maintenance of corporate records.

What youll bring

• Qualified solicitor or barrister in Ireland England and Wales or another relevant common law jurisdiction with 03 years PQE.
• Strong academic background and training from a reputable law firm in-house legal team or equivalent legal environment.
• Exposure to commercial contracts corporate financial services technology fintech payments or regulated industries would be advantageous.
• Clear concise and practical communication style with the ability to explain legal issues to non-legal stakeholders.
• Good judgement attention to detail and the ability to balance legal risk with commercial objectives.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and work to deadlines.
• Collaborative with a proactive and commercial approach to problem solving.
• Comfortable working in an international business with cross-border stakeholders and matrixed teams.

What we offer

• Exposure to a broad range of legal commercial and regulatory matters within a global fintech payments business.
• The opportunity to work closely with experienced in-house counsel and senior business stakeholders.
• A collaborative supportive and fast-paced environment where you can develop your legal commercial and stakeholder management skills.
• Meaningful involvement in projects that support innovation customer growth and operational excellence across the payments ecosystem.
• A hybrid working model based in Dublin with an expectation of working from the office three days per week.

About the team
Our inclusive and global teams win together every day. Were proud to have the best minds in the industrywho you can learn from as you grow your career. The people the energy the connections its unmatched. Come and be part of an ever-evolving company and get dynamic opportunities that gobeyond borders.

What makes a Globalpayer
Globalpayers think like a client act like an owner and win as one team. Were curious and innovative always finding better ways to deliver impact. We empower each other to make decisions and its our passionthat drives excellence in everything we set out to do.

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