Corporate Counsel at PayJoy

This role

• The corporate counsel is responsible for providing legal advice to the company, ensuring its legality and the protection of its interests in a wide range of legal matters, such as contract negotiation, regulatory compliance, mergers and acquisitions, and litigation.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the company's legal strategy to support expansion in a country(ies), participating in the company’s international expansion and ensuring alignment with the global legal and compliance program.
• Provide legal services and guidance to the organization, including in matters related to product advisory, Intellectual Property protection, managing and negotiating a wide range of business contracts, labour law, company law and corporate governance, privacy, KYC/AML/Sanctions, amongst others.
• Oversee compliance with regulatory requirements, including data protection, local legislation and corporate governance. Develop and implement legal and compliance frameworks harmonized with the company’s global compliance infrastructure.
• Provide strategic advice, legal risk assessments and mitigation strategies to the business leadership and the management team.  In collaboration with the executive management, manage various complex legal projects.
• Liaise with and manage relationships with external law firms across multiple jurisdictions.
• Lead dispute resolution, litigation management, and regulatory investigations when necessary.
• Support corporate structuring and any M&A activities as the company scales.
• Develop and review legal and compliance policies and procedures.
• As the business expands, hire, lead and train an effective internal L&C team.
• Contribute to the global legal department’s knowledge-sharing, policy development, and strategic initiatives, acting as a regional leader aligned with a global mandate.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Laws degree and Master ’s degree in commerce, Business Administration, Management, Law or related field.
• Admitted Legal Practitioner, minimum of 10 years of experience, with strong preference for in-house legal experience building a legal team and partnering with the business through hypergrowth or business transformation periods.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant senior management experience, leading a function, interacting with and providing advisory to executive management.
• Strong financial services industry experience.
• Exposure to working with or within fast-growing startups and international business environments. Prior experience in a startup / tech environment is preferred.
• Excellent leadership and management skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with both legal and non-legal stakeholders.
• Proven ability to operate in a cross-border, matrixed reporting environment.
• Proven ability to analyse and solve complex legal issues.
• Strong negotiation skills.
• Strong writing skills and high attention to detail.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and meet timelines.

Benefits

• Health Insurance 
• Pension Fund
• Vacations 20 days
• Phone finance, Headphone, home office equipment and fitness perks.
• $2,000 USD annual Co-working Travel perk
• $2,000 USD annual Professional Development perk