Commercial Counsel, Deal Desk

Adyen; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

Adyen is seeking a Commercial Counsel based in New York to join the global Deal Desk within the Commercial Legal team. You will negotiate customer-facing contracts, draft comprehensive negotiation playbooks, and train commercial colleagues on how to sell our agreements.

You will advise across sales, account management, product, and regulatory teams, fostering scalable contracting processes and strong stakeholder relationships in a fast-moving environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of legal experience, in house or at a law firm.
• Strong commercial contracting and/or other transactional experience.
• Ability to collaborate with counsel across jurisdictions (US, LATAM, EMEA, APAC).
• Team player with strong people skills and stakeholder management.
• Capacity to work autonomously and drive initiatives like a business.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic legal advice across commercial functions globally.
• Draft, review, and negotiate multi-jurisdictional commercial agreements for payment, data, and financial services products.
• Identify and mitigate legal and operational risks; improve processes for efficiency.
• Advise on early-stage disputes and complex legal interpretations.
• Drive contract automation to scale the team and contracting processes.
• Work cross-functionally with sales, product, and regulatory teams.

Skills

Commercial contracting

Negotiation

Cross-functional collaboration

Autonomy

Training others

Job description

Adyen provides payments, data, and financial products in a single solution for customers like Meta, Uber, H&M, and Microsoft - making us the financial technology platform of choice. At Adyen, everything we do is engineered for ambition.

For our teams, we create an environment with opportunities for our people to succeed, backed by the culture and support to ensure they are enabled to truly own their careers. We are motivated individuals who tackle unique technical challenges at scale and solve them as a team. Together, we deliver innovative and ethical solutions that help businesses achieve their ambitions faster.

Commercial Counsel

We are looking for a driven and enthusiastic Commercial Counsel based in New York to join the global Deal Desk within the Commercial Legal team at Adyen. As Commercial Counsel, you will be responsible for negotiating customer-facing contract negotiations, primarily focused on enterprise customers. You will also be responsible for drafting comprehensive negotiation playbooks, training our commercial colleagues on how to sell our agreements, advising on contract interpretation, early-stage customer disputes, and other general commercial matters. This is a role for a counsel who thrives in a fast-moving, complex environment, who is commercially-minded, and who can leverage their sophisticated legal expertise and strong communication skills into tangible, scalable value that accelerates Adyen’s global growth.

What you'll do:

• Provide strategic legal advice across various commercial functions, advising stakeholders in our sales, account management, product, and regulatory teams globally.


• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide variety of complex, multi-jurisdictional commercial agreements for our payment, data and financial services products.


• Proactively problem solve for emerging legal and operational risks, providing risk-based decisions on complex legal issues and proposing improvements and efficiencies to mitigate future exposure.


• Advise on early-stage customer disputes, managing initial phases of legal conflicts, and providing counsel on complex legal interpretations.


• Drive legal automation efforts to help scale our team and bring greater efficiency to the contracting process.


• Work autonomously in a cross-functional manner.


• Build strong relationships with colleagues, leaders, and stakeholders across the company.


• Participate in training our commercial colleagues across the globe.

Who you are:

• You have 5+ years of legal experience, in house or at a law firm.


• You have strong commercial contracting and/or other transactional experience.


• You can collaborate with other legal counsels based in jurisdictions across the US, LATAM, EMEA, and APAC.


• You are a team player who likes to collaborate and include different people to sharpen your ideas.


• You have solid people skills and will work well with a variety of internal and external stakeholders and customers from varying disciplines and cultures.


• You can work autonomously and run things like your own business.


• You are curious, ask questions, and take ownership over your learning and professional growth.


• You are self‑motivated, driven, reliable, adaptable and detail‑oriented.


• You have experience educating others on complex ideas, communicating them clearly, and providing additional training when necessary.


• You have the ability to structure and prioritize your work in a high volume, fast-paced environment and build and drive processes to completion.


• You are available to work from our New York office and travel to other offices periodically.


• You are fluent in English, both written and spoken. Any additional language is a plus.

The base salary range for this role is $160,000.00 - $212,500.00. This role has an additional equity component. This range is based on the candidate's experience, qualifications, and geographic location; to learn more about our compensation philosophy, please click here .

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Adyen

We actively seek different perspectives to sharpen our ideas. Our unique culture is a product of our diverse backgrounds and experiences. No matter who you are or where you’re from, you’re welcome to be your true self at Adyen.

If you need accommodations or support during the recruitment process to perform at your best, you’ll have the opportunity to let our team know in your application. We encourage people from all backgrounds and abilities to apply.

What’s next?

Ensuring a smooth and enjoyable candidate experience is critical for us. We aim to get back to you regarding your application within 5 business days. Our interview process tends to take about 4 weeks to complete, but may fluctuate depending on the role. Learn more about our hiring process here . Don’t be afraid to let us know if you need more flexibility.

Adyen is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any legally protected status.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

The way we work is guided by the eight principles of the Adyen Formula. Learn more here.

To build the world's most customer-focused financial technology platform, we need as many different perspectives as possible. We’re looking for people from all sorts of backgrounds to contribute.