Legal Counsel - Payments Division

Candidate responsible for counseling the business on a broad range of payment and regulatory matters including co-branded credit card programs, gift card

Products, pay with Company, points, currency conversion, and merchant services. Principal duties include providing day-to-day advice, resolving issues that arise in existing commercial relationships, drafting and negotiating complicated payments, co brand and other commercial agreements and providing ongoing legal counseling in a wide range of legal areas, including regulatory compliance.

A successful candidate should have a strong transaction background and be hard working, proactive, entrepreneurial, and able to apply sound, pragmatic judgement in ambiguous situations. Familiarity with a broad range of laws and commercial practices in the financial services industry will be helpful in this role. In-house experience at a technology or financial service company is a plus.

Throughout all the above tasks the Attorney will closely coordinate with the global legal teams and outside counsel.

Basic Qualifications:

- LL.B. (undergraduate law degree) from a recognized university in India.

- Additional CS qualification is desirable.

- A minimum of 3+ years of legal experience in financial sector (with several years of experience at a leading law firm and/or in-house at a major multinational corporation).

- Extensive experience and strong skills in drafting and negotiating contracts.

- Extensive experience in analyzing and responding to regulatory and compliance matters

- Ability to function autonomously yet communicates laterally and upwardly with ease.

- Strong legal and business judgement.

- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.

- Excellent interpersonal skills to effectively communicate and coordinate complex issues and projects with diverse levels of management and employees

Preferred Qualifications:

- In-house experience at a technology or financial service company.

- Familiar with the electronic financial services sector to counsel and assist with payments-related matters to support Company's payments businesses (such as merchant processing arrangements, co-branded and private label credit offerings, payment association rules, gift or stored value cards, banking and credit laws, and financial privacy).

- Familiarity with money service business compliance requirements, antimony laundering rules, know-your-customer requirements, and open loop stored value systems.