Senior Counsel

• Commercial: Putting in place and managing the full lifecycle of commercial relationships/contracts with customers, suppliers and partners which allow conversations to take place, ensures the business has what it needs from those relationships and supports the business to manage ongoing lifecycle of the contract (change, understanding, disputes)
• General: Identifying and, where appropriate, working with appropriate legal and business teams within the wider MA Group/external counsel to manage a wide range of other legal issues including privacy, regulatory, employment, litigation, property and corporate matters
• Representing Legal: Ability to represent legal both on a day-to-day basis and as key contributor (as both the primary and deputy) at governance forums (e.g. Exco, Exco forums and committees, Board and its committees such as risk, audit, etc.)
• Collaboration with Internal Legal SMEs: Working effectively with other subject matter experts across the broader legal team (e.g. regulatory, privacy, intellectual property, etc) as necessary
• Stakeholder Management and Collaboration: Building and maintaining strong relationships with internal stakeholders across the business, including commercial, account management, finance, strategy, operations, risk, compliance, Treasury and product teams
• External Counsel Coordination: Instructing and managing external legal advisors within agreed policy and budget

• Qualified Lawyer with a strong academic background and experience
• Ability to identify key legal issues, put these into the context of the business you support and articulate those issues clearly with potential solutions/options
• Ability to quickly understand and maintain knowledge of complex products, services, and regulatory/legal frameworks
• Ability to identify regulatory, competition law, data privacy and intellectual property issues and work with other teams to resolve them
• Ability to apply experience to new situations/areas of law
• Strong drafting, writing, oral communication, and negotiating skills
• Strong experience in relationship building, stakeholder management and partnering
• Can-do attitude, self-motivated and able to drive delivery against objectives
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
• Prior experience with commercial contracting, technology and/or working in a regulated industry or the payments sector generally is critical
• Prior experience of working in a regulated environment is considered a strong asset
• Experience as an in-house lawyer in a multinational company is desirable but not essential

Experience as an in-house lawyer in a multinational company is desirable but not essential