Legal Counsel - Digital Wallets and Acquiring

Paysafe Limited (“Paysafe”) (NYSE: PSFE) (PSFE.WS) is a leading payments platform with an extensive track record of serving merchants and consumers in the global entertainment sectors. Its core purpose is to enable businesses and consumers to connect and transact seamlessly through industry-leading capabilities in payment processing, digital wallet, and online cash solutions. With over 25 years of online payment experience, an annualized transactional volume of $140 billion in 2023, and approximately 3,200 employees located in 12+ countries, Paysafe connects businesses and consumers across 260 payment types in over 40 currencies around the world. Delivered through an integrated platform, Paysafe solutions are geared toward mobile-initiated transactions, real-time analytics and the convergence between brick-and-mortar and online payments.

Further information is available at www.paysafe.com.

What to Expect:

• Focused primarily on servicing Paysafe’s Digital Wallets and Acquiring products, ensuring they meet all relevant legal and regulatory requirements. Paysafe’s Digital Wallets offer consumers a secure, fast, and easy way to store and use their funds online. These wallets support multiple currencies, enabling global transactions and providing users with a seamless payment experience across different platforms. Paysafe’s Acquiring solutions provide businesses with the ability to accept payments from a variety of methods, including card payments, bank transfers, and alternative payment methods.
• Acting as primary point of contact and providing comprehensive legal advice with a focus on contract, commercial, corporate and payment services law to both internal and external stakeholders servicing the Digital Wallets and Acquiring products.
• Provide advice to the business teams on the applicable legal and regulatory framework in the relevant territories (with focus on e-money, digital wallets, payment gateways, payment processing and acquring).
• Active management, drafting, negotiation, review and revision of contracts and terms & conditions
• Creation, review and revision of template legal agreements and documents to best adapt them to business needs, to mitigate risks, to reflect fair and appropriate limitations on legal liability and to assure compliance with Paysafe policies and applicable legal requirements
• Assisting internal departments and project teams in achieving corporate objectives effectively and in compliance with applicable laws, procedures and policies (e.g., product initiatives, marketing and sponsorships)
• Collaborating on and leading projects with other departments and functions to ensure compliance due to changes in applicable legal and regulatory requirements
• Collaborating with and supervision of outside counsel in various jurisdictions
• Providing support on procurement, intercompany and corporate secretarial matters
• Active collaboration within the Paysafe legal team and assisting with the know-how, professional development and knowledge management needs of the Legal Department.

Your Profile:

• Degree in legal science or commercial law required; bar exam not required; international experience is an advantage
• 2-5 years’ specialized professional experience in commercial context and drafting
• Experience in the fields of commercial law/contractual law and e-commerce; strong preference for payment services experience
• Experience of cross-border and multi-jurisdictional contracts
• Proven experience in these areas is essential: financial services (ideally in fintech or payment processing industries), drafting and negotiating commercial agreements of different complexities, conducting legal research in emerging legal fields, and expertise in commercial and corporate law.
• Excellent written and spoken English; command of another language may also be an advantage.
• Superb drafting and communication skills. Candidate must be able to negotiate and draft in English without assistance
• Hands-on mentality & an international mind-set
• Proficiency in MS Office. Knowledge in working with legal e-libraries, contract management and repository tools such as Thomson Reuters – HighQ, Practical Law and LexisNexis will be a significant advantage
• Proactive attitude, self-motivation
• Highly developed analytical skills and a strong attention to detail
• Results-orientation with a strong sense of responsibility
• Hands-on mentality and an international mind-set
• Collaborative working style

Additional benefits:

• The opportunity to write the history of a leading and growing multinational company
• Tailor-made training and ongoing development to help you enhance your skills in the field of online payments
• Multiple career progression opportunities in a dynamic in-house business
• Environment where product expertise, professional and personal commitment are rewarded
• Competitive remuneration and social benefits package (25 days annual paid leave, health insurance, sports card,  team events, company discounts, variety of soft skills, business and technical training programs)
• Fun and collaborative working atmosphere
• Flexible working model - we encourage our employees to embrace our flexible working approach. You will be expected to work from home and spend an average of three days a week at our Sofia office as part of our hybrid work model

Are you ready to take your career to the next level? Join our team that is inspired by a unified vision and propelled by passion.

Send your CV in English.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.

Wondering how our interview process looks like now? Learn more here: https://bit.ly/paysafeinterviews

Equal Employment Opportunity

Paysafe provides equal employment opportunities to all employees, and applicants for employment, and prohibits discrimination of any type with regard to ethnicity, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other protected characteristics. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of recruitment and employment.  If you need any reasonable adjustments please let us know.  We will be happy to help and look forward to hearing from you.