Corporate Counsel III | Legal | London
We are looking for a Corporate Counsel III to join our ever evolving Legal team to help us unleash the potential of every business.
About The Team
In a Corporate Counsel role, you will be part of the Commercial and Regulatory Legal Team. Reporting into the VP, Global Head of Legal – Expansion and GTM, you will manage legal business matters to protect the enterprise’s rights in regulatory matters, contract negotiations, settlements, and business practices. As part of a legal team with 200 attorneys and paraprofessionals, your focus will be on payments law, corporate compliance, contracts law, financial crime and transaction support.
What You’ll Own
* Act as a legal advisor to Worldpay businesses focused on new markets/products and services, and global card network partnerships.
* Provide advice and guidance to the sales and product teams in addressing regulatory compliance, licensing, business and reporting matters.
* Coordinate, manage and validate advice from external counsel within a budget.
* Support global and product expansion roadmap to accelerate speed to market.
* Provide legal and regulatory guidance on design, modification and geographical expansion of products.
* Translate legal and regulatory requirements into functional specifications and standard operational procedures and provide ongoing regulatory advice and guidance on internal policies and changing regulations.
* Prepare and negotiate contracts relating to global card networks, while providing legal advice and counsel to relevant business units in areas that include data security, privacy and regulatory matters.
* Engage with stakeholder regulators for timely response to regulatory requests.
Where you’ll own it
You'll own it in our vibrant London hub.
What You Bring
* Licensed to practice law in the UK or at least one other European country.
* Minimum 6 years PQE.
* Global compliance and regulatory experience in LATAM, APAC, EMEA and North America.
* Commercial acumen, decision making skills, be an all‑round team player and possess excellent communications skills with a proven ability to manage complex legal issues.
* Experience in payments or e‑money regulations, regulatory licensing applications and cross‑border transactions.
* Fluent in a second language.
Worldpay Perks
* A competitive salary and benefits.
* Time to support charities and give back to your community.
* Parental leave policy.
* Global recognition platform.
* Virgin Pulse access.
* Global employee assistance program.
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