Legal Counsel

Job Description
- Legal Counsel (LATAM)

Legal Counsel
Sao Paulo

**This** is**Worldline**

We are the innovators at the heart of the payments technology industry, shaping how the world pays and gets paid. The solutions our people build today power the growth of millions of businesses tomorrow. From your local coffee shop to unicorns and international banks. From San Francisco to Auckland. We are in every corner of the world, in every part of commerce. And just as we help our customers accelerate their business, we are committed to helping our people accelerate their careers. Together, we shape the evolution.

**The O**pportunity**

**Legal Counsel at Worldline Global Collect in Brazil (belonging to the Worldline Group)**

**Reports to Legal Manager for Americas**

**Worldline Global Collect**

Provides one single integration with our global payment platform and connects merchants to markets around the world. Over 150 payment methods and currencies deliver a fully localized payment experience to customers anywhere, on any device. With our Full-Service model merchants are able to collect those payments from around the world without the need for a local bank account or legal entity. The merchants of Worldline Global Collect are large global enterprises.

At Worldline, our technology addresses persistent challenges of the payment world. We design and operate leading digital payment and transactional solutions that enable sustainable economic growth and reinforce trust and security in our societies. If you are a highly skilled and solution driven Legal Counsel, then get ready to join our company In this role you will provide guidance, advice, and oversight for legal as well as business decisions and contract negotiations. You will be part of a legal team. You will report directly to the Legal Manager Americas.

We are always looking for new and innovative ways to improve quality, reduce costs, build excellent solutions, and grow customer happiness. We would like to welcome an organized, innovative and process driven colleague to our team.

**Day-to-Day Responsibilities**

Drafting, structuring, review and legal analysis of wide range of contracts (Project and framework agreements with our Merchants, SLAs, NDAs, intercompany agreements, outsourcing agreements, lease agreements, etc) with customers (merchants and financial institutions), payment schemes, payment industry partners, acquirers, banks, suppliers in relation to payment services, IT services, regulated fintech services, etc.

Legal support and advice to all internal divisions for all legal topics with focus on payment related legal matters (senior management, finance, business, operations, risk and compliance, IT, audit, etc) and support with regard to Worldline Group Merchant Services, Growth and M&A projects.

Liaising and coordination with external stakeholders (external lawyers, external auditors, regulators in specific cases and for interpretation of legal and regulatory requirements) and with legal and cross functional colleagues throughout the Worldline group.
- Maintain intra-group litigation report and consumer claims in Brazil
- Legal research and interpretation of Brazilian and Latin America laws and regulations
- Follow up and updates of delegation of authorities and signatory powers and collaborate with corporate matters in Latin America entities.
- Focus on the protection and defence of the legal entities in Latin America and the Worldline group’s interests

**Who Are We Looking For**
- Degree (Brazil law degree preferred, or other LATAM countries certifications)
- At least 5 years’ experience in Brazil or in Latin America regional positions as attorney at law in an international law firm, and/or as in-house counsel in a bank or regulated Fintech/financial institution
- Capacity to identify the roles, obligations and responsibilities of each party, and more generally good understanding of the roles and responsibilities of the actors in the payment industry
- Business oriented, bearing in mind the bigger picture. Capacity to search for answers and solve problems, capacity to focus on the final objective
- Very good drafting skills. Ability to summarize in comprehensive manner (non-legal language) and provide synthesis to business
- Interpersonal skills and relationship management
- Strong team player with high self-motivation and positive attitude
- Perfect fluency (oral and written) in Portuguese and English. Spanish language skills will be highly appreciated.
- Knowledge in payment industry and payment services

**Perks & Benefits**

At Worldline you’ll get the chance to be at the heart of the global payments technology industry and shape how the world pays and gets paid. On top of that, you will also:

- Be part of a company guided by a strong purpose to do good and recognized as top 1% of the most sustainable companies in all sectors worldwide.
- Permanent Contract
- Work with inspiring colleagues and be empowered to learn, grow and a