Commercial Counsel, Deal Desk

Adyen; New York (NY); Sur place; USD 160 000 - 213 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

the company, based in New York, is seeking a Commercial Counsel to join the global Deal Desk within the Commercial Legal team. You will negotiate enterprise customer contracts and draft comprehensive negotiation playbooks while advising on contract interpretation and disputes.

This role requires 5+ years of legal experience, strong commercial contracting skills, and the ability to work across US, LATAM, EMEA, and APAC. You will travel to other offices and work from the New York office as needed.

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 counsels across jurisdictions in US, LATAM, EMEA, APAC.

Responsabilités

• Provide strategic legal advice across commercial functions globally.
• Draft, review, and negotiate complex, multi-jurisdictional commercial agreements.
• Advise on early-stage disputes and interpret complex legal terms.
• Drive automation to scale contracting processes.
• Build and maintain relationships with stakeholders across the company.

Connaissances

Commercial contracting

Contract negotiations

Legal research

Cross-border experience

Communication skills

Formation

Juris Doctor (JD)

Bar admission

Outils

MS Word

DocuSign

Description du poste

This is the company

the company 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 the company, 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 jointhe global Deal Desk within the Commercial Legal team at the company. As Commercial Counsel,you will be responsible for negotiating customer-facing contract negotiations, primarilyfocused on enterprise customers. You will also be responsible for drafting comprehensivenegotiation playbooks, training our commercial colleagues on how to sell our agreements,advising on contract interpretation, early-stage customer disputes, and other generalcommercial matters.This is a role for a counsel who thrives in a fast-moving, complex environment, who iscommercially-minded, and who can leverage their sophisticated legal expertise and strongcommunication skills into tangible, scalable value that accelerates the company’s global growth.

What you'll do:

• Provide strategic legal advice across various commercial functions, advisingstakeholders in our sales, account management, product, and regulatory teamsglobally.
• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide variety of complex, multi-jurisdictional commercialagreements 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 efficienciesto 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 tothe contracting process.
• Work autonomously in a cross-functional manner.
• Build strong relationships with colleagues, leaders, and stakeholders across thecompany.
• 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 sharpenyour ideas.
• You have solid people skills and will work well with a variety of internal and externalstakeholders 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 professionalgrowth.
• 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-pacedenvironment and build and drive processes to completion.
• You are available to work from our New York office and travel to other officesperiodically.
• 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,*

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the company

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 the company.

*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. Don’t be afraid to let us know if you need more flexibility.

the company 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.

San Francisco

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

This role is based out of our [CITY NAME] office. We are an office-first company and value in-person collaboration; we do not offer remote-only roles.