Legal Associate (Corporate Counsel)

EngineersOfAI; New York (NY); On-site; USD 135,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Adyen seeks an Associate Counsel in New York City to join our global Corporate Legal team. You will help manage disputes, governance, and various corporate matters, supporting enterprise-wide initiatives.

You will draft and negotiate service and license agreements, support regulatory initiatives, and collaborate with advisory, governance, and procurement teams to enable scalable growth across borders.

Qualifications

• Law degree required.
• 1.5+ years of relevant work experience in commercial or corporate law.
• Strong generalist legal experience in corporate matters.
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Handle disputes autonomously, advising on commercial outcomes.
• Assist Governance team with US board meetings and LATAM board guidance.
• Assist Advisory team on corporate projects, including development, capital markets, disclosures.
• Provide legal advice across corporate functions: regulatory, procurement, partnerships.
• Draft and negotiate third-party vendor agreements, including major projects like DORA and EBA.
• Contribute to regulatory implementations and cross-functional projects globally.

Skills

Generalist legal experience

Team player

Corporate law

Commercial law

English communication

Education

Law degree

Job description

This is Adyen

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.

Associate Corporate Counsel

We are looking for a driven and enthusiastic Associate Corporate Counsel to join our global Corporate Legal team. In this role, you will be based in New York City. Our Corporate Legal team is split into several pillars, Advisory, Governance and Disputes. This role assists all pillars of the Corporate Legal team.

You will assist the Corporate Legal team on a broad portfolio of topics, including disputes, procurement, corporate governance, law enforcement responses as well as general corporate matters. As Associate Corporate Counsel at Adyen you will be tasked with helping the entire team achieve success in their role - no two days will be the same.

The Corporate Legal team operates as a global team with staff in the Netherlands and the United States, however, you will be required to apply your legal knowledge to challenges globally. An ideal candidate will have a passion for our business and you would like to contribute to its mission to ensure the further growth of Adyen.

What you will do:

• You will handle disputes autonomously, advising Adyen on commercial outcomes and finding pragmatic solutions to challenges as they arise.
• Primarily assisting our Governance team in the US, you will help facilitate local board meetings in the US and Canada and help draft and guide board meetings throughout LATAM. Your work will also facilitate the global governance team.
• With our Advisory team, you will assist on large Corporate projects, such as corporate development, capital markets and disclosures.
• Together with the team you will provide legal advice across various corporate functions, assisting teams such as regulatory, procurement and partnerships.
• Contracting with third-party vendors, including review and negotiations of service agreements and licence agreements. As part of this role, you may lead re-contracting efforts of major projects such as DORA and EBA.
• You will contribute on business and legal projects globally covering a variety of topics, including, implementation of regulatory requirements, cross-functional projects, product, and procurement.
• Keep track of new legislative proposals and other legal and compliance developments relevant to Adyen across the globe.
• Provide input to the Corporate Legal teams use of AI and other efforts to achieve scalability and automation.

Who you are:

• You have a law degree and at least 1.5+ years of relevant work experience.
• Strong generalist legal experience, in commercial or corporate law.
• You are a team player who likes to collaborate and include different people to sharpen your ideas.
• You have the ability to structure and prioritize in a high volume, fast-paced environment and build, innovate and drive processes to completion.
• You are available to work from our New York City office.
• You are fluent in English, both written and spoken.

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

The annual base salary range for this role is $135,000-$175,000.