Company Description

Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose – to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa.

Job Description

Fascinated by the future and captivated by technology?

Smart, driven and want to make a difference in the world?

You’ll fit right in.

As the world's leader in digital payments technology, Visa's mission is to connect the world through the most creative, reliable and secure payment network - enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive. Our advanced global processing network, VisaNet, provides secure and reliable payments around the world, and is capable of handling more than 65,000 transaction messages a second. The company's dedication to innovation drives the rapid growth of connected commerce on any device and fuels the dream of a cashless future for everyone, everywhere. As the world moves from analogue to digital, Visa is applying our brand, products, people, network and scale to reshape the future of commerce.

At Visa, your individuality fits right in. Working here gives you an opportunity to impact the world, invest in your career growth, and be part of an inclusive and diverse workplace. We are a global team of disruptors, trailblazers, innovators and risk-takers who are helping drive economic growth in even the most remote parts of the world, creatively moving the industry forward, and doing meaningful work that brings financial literacy and digital commerce to millions of unbanked and underserved consumers.

You're an Individual. We're the team for you. Together, let's transform the way the world pays.

What’s it all about?

This role is a position within a fun, supportive and hard-working Commercial Law Team, who manage a wide range of commercial, technology, and product legal matters. This Team is part of a larger Legal and Compliance Department (including Competition law, Regulatory law, Corporate law, Data Privacy and Employment law and Compliance specialists), which has consistently had some of the highest engagement scores and prides itself on a creative, can-do approach.

The role works closely with Visa’s Europe Region Product team based in the Paddington Hub and Product teams in Visa’s regional offices around Europe.

The Commercial Law Team works at the cutting edge of new payment technologies, innovation and the fintech industry in an increasingly regulated environment, which brings unique and novel challenges in the commercial/technology law space.

What we expect of you day to day…

• Provide a wide range of legal support and assistance to Visa’s Europe Region Product team.

• Provide legal advice and support relating to matters such as the launch of new products, bespoke agreements for key clients, 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.

• Identify competition/anti-trust, data protection and financial regulatory issues, and when necessary contact and consult with internal members of the Legal and Compliance Department and/or external counsel on these issues.

• Identify the need for external legal advice and engage and manage appropriate external counsel on a range of legal issues across Visa’s Europe Region.

• Work with other Visa departments across the globe to ensure contracts and advice accurately reflect business needs and policies as they develop.

• Responsible for management of day-to-day legal queries and business deals, taking the lead on all commercial legal activities.

• Manage, develop and maintain internal and external relationships to facilitate the effective delivery of legal advice and assistance.

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

• Proactively contribute to the Legal and Compliance Division’s planning, cohesion, consistency in advice, and the general efficiency and effectiveness of the division as a whole.

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

Qualifications

What we’re after…

Basic qualifications:

• Qualified lawyer in England, ideally 2-4 years PQE. We will consider candidates who have qualified in other common law jurisdictions with suitable experience.
• Previous experience of working as in-house legal counsel within a regulated and/or technology business (bonus if a payments or fintech business), or equivalent in private practice.
• Strong academics and training, including demonstrable experience drafting and negotiating complex technology contracts and deftly managing stakeholder / client expectations.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills along with a demonstrated ability to collaborate with internal and external clients.
• Demonstrable experience collaborating effectively in a team environment as well as on own initiative.
• Ability to prioritise and manage a varied and busy workload.
• Positive attitude, high level of integrity and intellectual curiosity.

Preferred qualifications:

• Knowledge of the payments industry (and applicable regulation) or financial services environment.
• Knowledge of, and demonstrable experience advising on, consumer law regulations in Europe.
• Previous experience of cross-border and multi-jurisdictional contracts, and previous experience instructing and managing external counsel regarding the same.

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.