Corporate Counsel

Global Payments; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Payments is seeking a Corporate Counsel to join our legal team in Atlanta. You will provide strategic legal guidance to business leaders on complex regulatory, transactional, and operational matters affecting our platforms and embedded payments offerings.

You will draft and negotiate platform and software agreements, lead negotiations with customers and partners, and advise on product design, commercial models, and risk allocation.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of legal experience in complex commercial, regulatory, fintech, or financial services matters.
• Strong ability to draft, review, and negotiate sophisticated commercial agreements.
• Experience advising on payment services and software-enabled commerce.
• Excellent communication, relationship-building, and problem-solving skills with senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic legal guidance to business leaders on complex matters affecting Platforms & Integrated business, including embedded payments.
• Draft, review, negotiate, and execute platform, software, and referral agreements.
• Lead or support negotiations with customers, vendors, and partners to enable business growth.
• Advise on product design, transaction models, and commercial risk allocation.
• Manage disputes and oversee outside counsel as needed.
• Advise on IP, data privacy, procurement, and regulatory issues impacting Global Payments’ products.
• Identify and mitigate legal risk for new and existing products and partnerships.
• Monitor changes in applicable laws and provide proactive recommendations.

Skills

Legal experience

Drafting & negotiation

Regulatory/compliance

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Juris Doctor (J.D.)

Job description

Every day, Global Payments makes it possible for millions of people to move money between buyers and sellers using our payments solutions for credit, debit, prepaid and merchant services. Our worldwide team helps over 3 million companies, more than 1,300 financial institutions and over 600 million cardholders grow with confidence and achieve amazing results. We are driven by our passion for success and we are proud to deliver best-in-class payment technology and software solutions. Join our dynamic team and make your mark on the payments technology landscape of tomorrow.

Ready to take your career global?

Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. We're looking for aCorporate Counselto join our ever-evolving Legal team and help shape the future of global commerce.

What you'll own

• Provide strategic legal guidance to business leaders and stakeholders on complex legal, regulatory, risk, compliance, commercial, product, and operational matters impacting our Platforms & Integrated business, including embedded payments and payment facilitator offerings.
• Draft, review, negotiate, and execute complex commercial agreements and legal documents while balancing legal risk with business objectives, including platform agreements, software and technology agreements, referral and reseller agreements, partner agreements, processing agreements, and other strategic commercial arrangements.
• Lead or support negotiations with customers, vendors, software partners, independent software vendors (ISVs), payment facilitators, platforms, referral channels, and other third parties, providing practical legal solutions that enable business growth.
• Advise cross-functional stakeholders on product design, partner and customer structures, transaction and fee models, go-to-market initiatives, operational processes, and commercial risk allocation across payment services and software-enabled commerce solutions.
• Manage claims, disputes, litigation, and pre-litigation matters, including directing and overseeing outside counsel when appropriate.
• Advise on legal issues affecting integrated and embedded payments, payment facilitator programs, financial services, software licensing, intellectual property, data privacy, procurement, and other legal matters impacting Global Payments' products, services, and operations.
• Support the business in identifying and mitigating legal risk associated with new and existing products, partnerships, commercial arrangements, and distribution models while helping the business scale in a pragmatic and commercially sound manner.
• Monitor changes in applicable laws and regulations, assess potential business impacts, and provide proactive recommendations to stakeholders.

What you'll bring

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an accredited law school and active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar.
• 8+ years of legal experience providing counsel on complex commercial, corporate, regulatory, transactional, fintech, payments, or financial services matters.
• Strong experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating sophisticated commercial agreements and managing legal risk in a business environment.
• Experience advising on payment services, fintech, software-enabled commerce, financial services, or another highly regulated industry.
• Demonstrated ability to provide sound legal advice while exercising strong business judgment and working effectively with senior leadership.
• Exceptional communication, relationship-building, and problem-solving skills with the ability to influence stakeholders and manage competing priorities.

It's a bonus if you have

• Experience supporting embedded payments, integrated payments, platform business models, payment facilitator arrangements, merchant services, software partnerships, or related payment services offerings.
• Familiarity with legal and regulatory frameworks affecting payment services, partner-enabled distribution models, merchant-facing products, and software-enabled commerce.
• Working knowledge of intellectual property, privacy and data protection, software licensing, insurance, and vendor management matters.
• In-house experience supporting payments, fintech, software, or financial services businesses.
• A collaborative leadership style with a passion for mentoring others, driving cross-functional alignment, and delivering innovative legal solutions.
• A client-focused mindset that demonstrates curiosity, accountability, and a commitment to helping the business achieve successful outcomes.

About the team

Our inclusive and global teams win together every day. We're proud to have the best minds in the industry, who you can learn from as you grow your career. The people, the energy, the connections - it's unmatched. Come and be part of an ever-evolving company and get dynamic opportunities that go beyond borders.

What makes a Globalpayer?

Globalpayers think like a client, act like an owner and win as one team. We're curious and innovative - always finding better ways to deliver impact. We empower each other to make decisions, and it's our passion that drives excellence in everything we set out to do.

Does this sound like you? Then you sound like a Globalpayer. Apply now to take your career global.

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