Senior Legal Counsel London, England
Job description
At PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL), we believe that every person has the right to participate fully in the global economy. Our mission is to democratize financial services to ensure that everyone, regardless of background or economic standing, has access to affordable, convenient, and secure products and services to take control of their financial lives.
Job Description Summary: You can be based in London, Stockholm, Dreilinden, Paris, Madrid, Dublin, Luxembourg or one of our other European offices. It will report to the Head of EU & UK Consumer Product Legal Team. To succeed in this challenging role, you should be self-motivated, independent and well-organised with excellent interpersonal, communication and problem solving skills. You should have an interest in innovative products and the ability to provide creative and efficient legal advice.
Job Description:
Job Responsibilities:
You will be responsible for providing advice to PayPal Europe’s product and business teams with a particular focus on PayPal’s shopping experiences. The primary responsibilities are:
- Advising on the legal implications of new products, services and experiences being developed for and launched in the UK and the EU. This includes for example providing legal advice in relation to Honey, Happy Returns (reverse logistics), in-store payments and other PayPal services.
- Acting as a trusted advisor to our product teams, management, business teams (including senior management) and other cross-functional stakeholders on legal issues impacting PayPal’s products, services and features.
- Advising on, identifying opportunities from and driving regulatory product change.
- Updating PayPal’s terms and conditions with regards to new products, services and regulation.
- Maintaining and creating repeatable, efficient legal advice processes.
- Providing training on relevant topics.
- Helping to manage legal budget and cost controls where required.
Job Requirements:
- Fully qualified lawyer with excellent academic credentials (qualified in the UK or another EU country). At least six or more years of post-admission experience practicing as an attorney at a regulatory agency, in-house, or at a reputable law firm, ideally with a focus on e-commerce laws, transportation/logistics or payment laws.
- Good expertise in UK or EU e-commerce and transaction/logistic regulation or payment and financial services regulation (such as the Payment Services Directive). Willingness to learn about payment laws or about e-commerce/transportation law over time (assuming that the successfully candidate is likely to possess the expertise/experience in one of these areas only).
- Ability to identify relevant business and legal issues proactively, evaluate the risks and find creative solutions particularly to novel situations.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, to handle multiple assignments simultaneously, tolerate change and ambiguity, and to take ownership of projects and tasks.
- Collaborative team player, adept at working with cross-functional teams across multiple countries.
- Flexibility to work with colleagues in Europe, the United States and Asia and to accommodate calls and deadlines aligned to their time zones
- Strong communication skills. Ability to explain complex legal concepts and requirements to a range of audiences.
- Excellent English language skills. Other European languages are a plus.
Our Benefits:
At PayPal, we’re committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. And we can’t do this without our most important asset—you. That’s why we offer benefits to help you thrive in every stage of life. We champion your financial, physical, and mental health by offering valuable benefits and resources to help you care for the whole you.
We have great benefits including a flexible work environment, employee shares options, health and life insurance and more. To learn more about our benefits please visit https://www.paypalbenefits.com
Who We Are:
To learn more about our culture and community visit https://about.pypl.com/who-we-are/default.aspx
PayPal has remained at the forefront of the digital payment revolution for more than 20 years. By leveraging technology to make financial services and commerce more convenient, affordable, and secure, the PayPal platform is empowering more than 400 million consumers and merchants in more than 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy. For more information, visit paypal.com.
PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, PayPal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at [email protected].
As part of PayPal’s commitment to employees’ health and safety, we have established in-office Covid-19 protocols and requirements, based on expert guidance. Depending on location, this might include a Covid-19 vaccination requirement for any employee whose role requires them to work onsite. Employees may request reasonable accommodation based on a medical condition or religious belief that prevents them from being vaccinated.
