Legal Counsel, Commercial

9 Hours ago • 4 Years + • $160,000 PA - $212,500 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

This role involves providing strategic legal advice across various commercial functions, including sales, account management, partnerships, product, and regulatory teams globally. The role includes drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial agreements, contributing to business and legal initiatives, driving legal automation efforts, and building relationships with colleagues and stakeholders. The individual will work autonomously in a cross-functional manner. Training of sales and commercial colleagues across the globe is also a part of the job.
Must have:
  • 4+ years of legal experience
  • Strong commercial contracting experience
  • Collaborate with legal counsels globally
  • Work autonomously and independently
  • Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and adaptable
  • Fluent in English, both written and spoken
  • Attorney in good standing with the California or New York Bar
Good to have:
  • Experience educating others on complex ideas
  • Proficiency in Japanese

Job Details

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.

Commercial Counsel

We are looking for a driven and enthusiastic Commercial Counsel to join our global Commercial Legal team. In this role, you will be based in San Francisco. As Commercial Counsel at Adyen, you will be primarily responsible for assisting the Commercial Legal team on a broad portfolio of topics, including contract negotiations, template drafting, and general commercial matters. The Commercial Legal team is centered in Amsterdam and the United States. However, as Adyen is a global company with offices, entities, and boards all over the world, you will be required to apply your knowledge globally. You have a passion for our business and you would like to contribute to ensure the further growth of Adyen.

What you will do:

  • Provide strategic legal advice across various commercial functions, advising stakeholders in our  sales, account management, partnerships, product, and regulatory teams globally. 
  • Draft, review, and negotiate a wide variety of commercial agreements, including complex, multi-jurisdictional service agreements, partnership agreements, and licensing agreements. 
  • Contribute to business and legal initiatives globally covering a variety of topics, including implementation of regulatory requirements in Adyen’s commercial agreements and cross-functional projects. 
  • Drive legal automation efforts to help scale our team and bring greater efficiency to the contracting process.
  • Work autonomously in a cross-functional manner.
  • Build strong relationships with colleagues, leaders, and stakeholders across the company.
  • Participate in training of sales and commercial colleagues across the globe.

Who you are: 

  • You have 4+ years of legal experience, in house or at a law firm.
  • Strong commercial contracting and/or 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 sharpen your ideas. 
  • You have solid people skills and will work well with a variety of internal and external stakeholders and clients from varying disciplines and cultures.
  • You can work autonomously, have the ability to work independently and run things like your own business.
  • You are curious, ask questions and take ownership over your learning and professional growth.
  • You are self-motivated, driven, reliable, adaptable and detail-oriented.
  • You have experience educating others on complex ideas, communicating them clearly, and providing training when necessary. 
  • You have the ability to structure and prioritize your work in a high volume, fast-paced environment and build and drive processes to completion.
  • You are available to work from our San Francisco office and travel to other offices periodically.
  • You are fluent in English, both written and spoken. Any additional language is a plus, notably a proficiency in Japanese.
  • You are an attorney in good standing with the California or New York Bar.

The annual base salary range for this role is $160,000 - $212,500; to learn more about our compensation philosophy, please click here.

Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion commitments 

Our unique approach is a product of our diverse perspectives. This diversity of backgrounds and cultures is essential in helping us maintain our momentum. Our business and technical challenges are unique, and we need as many different voices as possible to join us in solving them - voices like yours. No matter who you are or where you’re from, we welcome you to be your true self at Adyen. 

Studies show that women and members of underrepresented communities apply for jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. Does this sound like you? If so, Adyen encourages you to reconsider and apply. We look forward to your application!

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. Learn more about our hiring process here. Don’t be afraid to let us know if you need more flexibility.

Adyen 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 San Francisco office. We are an office-first company and value in-person collaboration; we do not offer remote-only roles.

 

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About The Company

Adyen is a technology company that provides a single platform to accept payments anywhere in the world through any sales channel. Driven by a vision to improve customer experience, streamline processes, and ultimately increase revenue, Adyen enables businesses to process payments across online, mobile, and Point-of-Sale (POS) with over 250 payment methods in 187 transaction currencies. Over 3,500 businesses use the Adyen payment platform, including Facebook, Airbnb, Spotify, Groupon, Evernote, Booking.com, Yelp, Vodafone, Mango, Abercrombie & Fitch, O’Neill, and KLM. Adyen is headquartered in Amsterdam, with offices in San Francisco, São Paulo, Singapore, London, Paris, Berlin, Stockholm, Madrid, and Boston.


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