Legal Counsel

Checkout.com is seeking a talented Legal Counsel with a strong commercial background to join our Legal team in San Francisco. As Legal Counsel you will work closely with all areas of the business and take a collaborative approach to solving complex legal challenges.

The successful candidate will be able to handle a busy workload with minimal supervision demonstrating excellent critical judgment quick thinking and agility. This is a great opportunity to work on a broad range of projects across multiple jurisdictions and play a key role in supporting the companys rapid growth.

You will be joining an expanding team in one of Europes most valuable fintechs. Our mission is to be a legal team that exceeds expectations across the board providing pragmatic and commercially focused advice finding creative solutions to manage risk and becoming trusted advisers to our colleagues in the business.

What you will be doing

This role is based in San Francisco and sits within the commercial vertical of our Legal department

You will draft review and negotiate a wide variety of commercial agreements including customised customer contracts strategic partnerships and supplier contracts

Resolve legal issues and contract interpretation matters that arise during negotiations

Produce and / or maintain various standard agreements (e.g. NDA supplier and customer agreements etc.)

Advise on special projects as needed including new product developments while taking into consideration their legal and regulatory impact

Advise on commercial legal issues and risks

Conduct research on various multijurisdictional legal issues

Support the companys strategic projects and initiatives by providing creative proactive and resultsorientated advice

Qualifications :

• Admitted to practice in California or New York with 3 7 years experience as a practising attorney.
• Previous FinTech payments software ecommerce and / or bank experience is desirable but not essential
• Experience working in a start up or other fastpaced and dynamic environment is desirable but not essential
• Experience working internationally and on a variety of crossborder matters
• Excellent time management skills and experience managing a diverse workload and competing stakeholder demands
• Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively as needed flexing the approach as the matter requires
• Strong communication skills and the ability to articulate and explain complex legal issues clearly and concisely
• Enthusiasm for new challenges and skilling up in different areas of law

Additional Information :

California law requires Checkout.com to include in job postings a reasonable estimated salary range for this position. However exact compensation may vary subject to several factors such as a candidates level relevant experience qualifications skills and proficiency for the role.

For regular fulltime employees in San Francisco the estimated base salary for this role is $190000.00 $220000.00 per year.

Our competitive salaries are just one component of Checkout.coms total compensation package. Additional benefits include : health vision dental insurance 401k vacation and sick and safe time learning days and volunteer days.

To view more details of what you can look forward to visit our careers page :

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Checkout.com is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age sex disability sexual orientation race religion or belief. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience skills and personality. We believe that employing a diverse workforce is the right thing to do and is central to our success.

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If you dont meet all the requirements but think you might still be right for the role please apply anyway. Were always keen to speak to people who connect with our mission and values.

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Our clients come from all over the world and so do we. Hiring hardworking people and giving them a community to thrive in is critical to our success.

When you join our team well empower you to unlock your potential so you can do your best work. Wed love to hear how you think you could make a difference here with us.

We want to set you up for success and make our process as accessible as possible. So let us know in your application or tell your recruiter directly if you need anything to make your experience or working environment more comfortable. Well be happy to support you.

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Salary : $190,000 - $220,000