Senior Counsel - Commercial and New Payment Flows - Acceptance

• Acting as a day-to-day advisor for our sales clients by partnering with the business and legal specialists to deliver on strategy, including expanding commercial card acceptance
• and securing Mastercard’s share with merchants, acquirers, prepaid program managers, issuers and digital partners
• Advising business on a wide range of commercial and contractual matters including legal and business risk assessment
• and analysis on diverse matters from new product constructs to commercial agreements
• Collaborating with internal subject matter experts to better understand and be able to advise holistically on our products and relevant regulatory, compliance, privacy and antitrust issues
• Providing support to the Commercial Solutions business development teams to support product sales initiatives
• Autonomously structuring, drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex customer agreements, including identifying legal and business risks and recommending solutions
• Engaging on strategic relationships and partnership agreements with our digital partners
• Training and educating clients on processes, risks, changes in laws and regulations and the regulatory landscape of different regions on an ongoing basis
• Partnering with regional compliance leads to ensure products and services comply with corporate policies, such as gifts and hospitality, anti-bribery and anti-corruption and third party on-boarding
• Identifying needed process improvements and efficiencies
• owning and executing solutions to support our transformation strategy and driving towards streamlining processes to increase ease of doing business

• Qualified lawyer with a solid academic and training background
• in-house work experience
• familiarity of law / regulation in the banking, remittance and payments space
• licensed to practice in the relevant jurisdiction
• Experience reviewing and advising on the development of external facing marketing, user content, and user experiences
• Able to work independently and collaboratively, spot issues, prioritize and multi-task effectively in a fast-paced sales environment
• Keen business insight and strong communication skills to interact confidently and effectively with internal clients, Mastercard customers and law and policy colleagues, including senior management and Mastercard executives
• Complex transactional legal experience at a reputable law firm or as an in-house counsel
• Strong drafting and negotiating skills with the ability to understand and simplify complex concepts, issues, technologies, and deal structures
• A team player, willing to take on responsibilities and roles that support the team, department, region and the company
• JD or equivalent from an accredited law school
• admitted to and in good standing with the NY bar

Candidates with in-house work experience, those with familiarity of law/regulations in the banking and payments space