Counsel - VAS

Whats it all about

This role is a position within a fun supportive and hard-working Commercial Legal Team who manage a wide range of commercial technology intellectual property and product legal matters. This Team is part of a larger Legal Ethics and Compliance Department which also includes specialists advising on competition regulatory corporate sourcing and data privacy matters. We pride ourselves on a creative can-do approach.   

The Counsel role will sit within the Europe Product IP & Services part of the Commercial Legal Team.  It will be responsible for providing efficient effective and high quality legal support for the Value Added Services (VAS) function with a particular focus on VAS deals including complex arrangements combining multiple services and those with strategic clients.  The role works closely with the wider EPIPS team and with legal colleagues based in cluster offices across Europe in affiliates and in Global Legal.

What we expect of you day to day

• Lead negotiations of multi-faceted service agreements with clients including strategic arrangements.

• Provide commercial/IP legal advice and support relating to VAS matters such as client agreements pilot agreements reseller agreements the development of template contracts and other general commercial matters.

• Draft review negotiate and advise on a wide range of contracts and legal issues relating to the matters above including supervision of other lawyers.

• Build a thorough understanding of the payments industry and Visas products and services while seamlessly incorporating them into decisions and advice.  

• Identify competition/anti-trust data protection and other regulatory issues and liaise with internal specialist members of the Legal Ethics & Compliance Department and/or external counsel.

• Identify the need for external legal advice and engage appropriate outside counsel on a range of legal issues across Visas European region. 

• Strong collaboration and relationship building with legal and business partners (including the VAS team) working closely with them to ensure advice and contracts accurately reflect business needs and policies as they develop.

• Responsible for management of day-to-day legal queries.

• Provide training to identified business areas on law processes and policies.

• Proactively contribute to the Legal Ethics & Compliance Departments planning cohesion consistency in advice and the general efficiency and effectiveness of the department as a whole.

Desirable Skills:

• Previous experience of leading negotiations of complex multi-jurisdictional contracts.

• In-house experience

• Knowledge of the fintech and payments industry (and applicable regulation)

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.

Qualifications :

Preferred Qualifications

• Qualified lawyer in England & Wales with ideally 6 PQE. We will consider candidates who have qualified in other common law jurisdictions
• Substantial commercial legal experience at a recognized law firm and/or in-house environment including leading on significant matters and working for technology and digital-focused businesses
• Strong academics and training including legal drafting and negotiating and relationship management
• Excellent written and oral communication skills along with a demonstrated ability to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders
• Strong ability to partner communicate and navigate through multiple disciplines and organizational groups.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team context to facilitate achievement of shared goals in an inclusive and open manner
• Positive attitude high level of integrity and intellectual curiosity
• Ability to prioritise and manage a varied busy workload in a dynamic and deadline-oriented environment.
• Intrinsically motivated and navigates challenges and failure with growth mindset
• Willingness to approach thorny issues to identify resolutions
• Fluent in English

Additional Information :

Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin sexual orientation gender identity disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time