Corporate Counsel III

About This Role

The Corporate Counsel III provides high-quality legal advice, policy, and direction to the EMEA Enterprise business, focusing on commercial contract and regulatory work. This role requires seamless collaboration across time zones with global commercial, legal, and compliance teams, dedicating significant time to merchant risk analysis, contract drafting, negotiations, and legal advice.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality, business-focused legal support directly to a growing and developing global business through a strong understanding of both legal requirements and commercial implications
• Draft and negotiate commercial contracts, liaising with customers, suppliers, and senior management in respect of negotiations, transaction structuring, and contributing to debates and implementing solutions outside of the legal remit
• Review and advise on the legal status of prospective merchants, to the extent the prospective merchant is in a regulated industry
• Ensure continual improvements to the capabilities of the in-house legal function, including in the field of legal technologies
• Drive a consistency of approach across Worldpay in respect of appetite, policy standards, and governance
• Provide legal education for the business through bespoke training
• Manage and engage with external counsel (primarily regarding regulatory matters)

Requirements

• Proven ability to understand and provide incisive, reliable, and commercial legal advice and solutions on complex business issues, as well as excellent drafting and negotiation skills and professionalism
• Proven ability to build and maintain business relationships and to perform stakeholder management
• Interest in payments services regulation and ability to apply new or adapting laws to complex commercial structures and products
• Proven ability to understand and apply various laws and regulations across the globe in order to perform a merchant risk analysis
• Interest in payments and financial services industry
• Broad-ranging corporate and commercial experience
• Demonstrates a solid understanding of core legal concepts, particularly in contract law, with strong drafting skills

About the Company

Worldpay is one of the biggest names in payments. The Legal, Risk, Compliance and Audit teams ensure the company operates correctly, balancing a healthy risk appetite to enable expansion. The Enterprise Legal Team consists of nine lawyers, growing to ten with this role. By its nature, the team supports the business with the onboarding of new merchants across various verticals, including high-risk verticals, and to grow the existing merchant portfolio, while always ensuring the company is adequately protected from a legal perspective.