Sr. Legal Counsel - Commercial

PayPal•Washington, DC

1d•$152,500 - $262,350•Hybrid

About The Position

PayPal is seeking a strong transactional lawyer to be responsible for providing best in class commercial support for some of PayPal’s largest merchant and partner deals. The successful candidate will partner with PayPal's global sales teams to negotiate strategic and complex transactions with PayPal's merchants, marketplaces, and partners spanning all of PayPal's product and service offerings globally.

Requirements

8+ years relevant experience and a Juris doctorate degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.
Exceptional writing skills are an absolute necessity.
At least 2 years experience managing large deal closings that involved tracking the status of interrelated agreements, triggers, and stakeholder requirements
Experience directly negotiating complex sales, marketing, or partner agreements with external parties
Experience working with multiple client-side stakeholders such as: sales, privacy, product, regional counsel, risk, and regulatory
Ability to spot issues and problems, take initiative, find solutions, make recommendations, organize internal coordination, bring about decisions, and implement change.
Demonstrated ability to effectively navigate legal, compliance, and business needs
Exceptional attention to detail and ability to generate creative original legal documents
Hands-on experience, either as outside or inside counsel, to financial services, fintech, or technology companies
Outstanding communication skills and ability to work both in teams and independently
Strong negotiation and interpersonal skills and the ability to partner with internal and external stakeholders across the globe
Experience in payments
Ability to be highly engaged and succeed in a collaborative environment

Nice To Haves

Ideally this attorney will be well-versed in technology, licensing, and payment/financial services (including payments product solutions), with a critical eye towards risk and regulatory issues.
The ideal candidate will be a confident self-starter with strong interpersonal and organizational skills and a demonstrated ability to: effectively and proactively provide sound legal advice; build credibility with business partners; exercise good business judgment; work with senior management; and implement policies and processes on a cross-functional basis in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

Provide clear, pragmatic, and solution-oriented legal advice to enable business strategy while managing legal risk.
Participate in complex problem resolution, providing expert legal advice on high-stakes issues and disputes.
Ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations.
Partner with business counterparts across the enterprise to help drive the delivery of effective legal services.
Manage legal risks and safeguard PayPal's legal interests, developing comprehensive risk management frameworks.
Escalate complex issues to senior legal leadership where appropriate.
Drafting and negotiating highly complex multinational agreements (including with large global merchant organizations) and providing sophisticated, quick, concise, and high-quality legal advice.
Coordinating cross-functionally within PayPal to effectively craft deal strategies and to provide innovative advice for PayPal (including in the area of cross border payment services).