Senior Legal Counsel - LatAm

At PPRO, our mission is to simplify access to local payment methods and our vision is to enable the sale of goods and services to anyone in the world using their preferred way to pay. We empower partners such as Ant Group, PayPal and Stripe to access new markets, connect with more customers, and accelerate their growth.

Our strength comes from our diverse global team, spread across multiple nationalities and international locations. We're united by a shared passion for building trusted relationships with our customers and creating next-generation products that make payments simpler, faster, and more accessible to everyone.

Everything we do is driven by our PPRO Principles: putting the customer-first, getting things done, acting with trust and integrity, continuous improvement, and teamwork. Join us on our journey to become a global digital payments leader.

The Purpose:

PPRO is growing rapidly and to support that growth we are looking for a candidate with law firm or in-house expertise in the payments, financial and technology sector and experience in commercial, corporate and regulatory law.

As the lead lawyer of the PPRO legal team in LatAm, you will collaborate with internal stakeholders in particular the product development, finance, sales and business development teams as well as executive management.

What will be your main mission?

You will support our growing payments business with a key focus on payments regulatory law, commercial, information technology, privacy, digital issues in the LatAm region (Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru). As the Legal LatAm team leader, you will proactively assess legal risks and advise on products that will move information and payments law forward.

• Manage the regional LatAm legal team (currently 1 in Brazil, 1 in Mexico).
• Provide proactive advice to stakeholders with regards to relevant payment laws and regulations in the LatAm region that may impact PPRO’s business.
• Develop regulatory strategy with regulators in LatAm in connection with new product features and initiatives and maintain PPRO’s ongoing legal-by-design processes and coordinate with external lawyers projects and regulatory issues involving different jurisdictions. Experience with regional acquirers and brands (e.g. Visa and Mastercard) highly desirable.
• Work closely with product teams to guide product development.
• Advise on a variety of commercial arrangements including customer, partner, supplier and software contracts.
• Work with the global legal team to embed best practice across the function and to ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations, e.g. data protection.
• Drive high-profile and high-impact projects involving regulatory analysis and compliance with cross-functional stakeholders across PPRO's business, policy, legal, risk, communications, security, and other departments.
• Support a variety of legal and regulatory matters, including partnerships, acquisitions, integrations and other business development opportunities

• Manage and oversee legal spend in the LatAm region.
• Help to develop and conduct general and role-specific trainings across PPRO’s different teams to implement standards and practices.
• Manage internal compliance programs and processes in LatAm region to ensure PPRO meets its obligations under those programs, e.g. privacy, ESG.
• Advise on / coordinate legal advice on responses to data and security incidents, employment matters, tax law, financial arrangements, anti-trust law, corporate matters, intellectual property rights.
• Oversee corporate governance for the LatAm region, liaising with global teams as appropriate.

• At least 10 years’ experience practising as a lawyer with at least 5 years’ experience in payments regulation and product development, information technology, in-house or at a large or specialised firm, including advisory and commercial transactions with excellent knowledge of relevant e-money and payment institution business models.
• Experience in cross-border business, especially legal frameworks in Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile and/or other jurisdictions within the LatAm region.
• Full legal qualification obtained in Brazil (or another LatAm country with significant exposure to and experience of Brazilian legal frameworks).
• Experience with international privacy, online business and other digital legal issues desirable, particularly experience with GDPR and LatAm data protection frameworks.
• Excellent oral and written English and Portuguese language skills (Spanish also desirable)Highly effective communicator, who builds relationships and influences stakeholders at all levels.
• You are able to travel within the LatAm region.

What we offer:

Hybrid working - We offer flexible working, so you can strike the right balance between office and home working. In addition to our 30-day holiday allowance, we also provide a work from abroad policy, enabling employees to work remotely for up to another 30 days per year.

Insurance - Because better safe than sorry - we want our employees to benefit from various insurances including life insurance, health insurance + dental plan and travel insurance.

Meal vouchers - BRL 40/ day - Enjoy a moment of conviviality and a good and balanced meal thanks to your meal vouchers. You will also have the choice between meal allowance, supermarket voucher or both (splitting the total value in two)

Transportation Voucher - we will cover your costs of commute!

Gym membership- PPRO helpscontribute towardsthe costs of your gym membership, supporting your physical fitness journey while easing the burden on your wallet

New Value (Deals & Coupon Platform) - Get attractive discounts to restaurants, stores and events

Professional and personal development - We provide leadership cafes, on-the-job

training, and access to LinkedIn learning to help you gain knowledge beyond your role.

We also offer language incentives and cover the costs of your classes!

Mental Health Platform - We’ve teamed up with a top well-being platform to provide one-on-one therapy, chat therapy, therapist-led courses, guided meditations, and more.

SESC - private institution that makes available Education, Health, Culture and Recreational programs and events and provides Social Assistance to our employees and their dependents.

Our Principles:

We get things done: We are courageous; we take ownership, make decisions and get things done.

We act with trust and integrity: We listen first and challenge respectfully. We seek out and leverage diverse perspectives. We welcome and offer honest and open feedback, always assuming positive intent

We put the customer first: We are laser focused on delivering outstanding outcomes for our customers. We put the customer at the heart of what we do.

We make things better: We boldly explore new ideas and have an unwavering commitment to continuous improvement.

We work as a team: We collaborate closely and value team success over individual achievement.