Counsel

Company Description

Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose – to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities. Work closely with the legal teams that support country managers, local business, clients, business innovation and digital product initiatives, such as mobile payments and data products, product development and licensing arrangements. Support the wider department with the drafting, review, and negotiation of a wide range of commercial contracts and legal issues. Provide legal advice and support relating the roll out of new products and projects, client agreements, licensing arrangements, the development of template contracts, and other general commercial matters. Provides legal advice and support relating to the creation and execution of marketing campaigns, e.g., traditional advertising campaigns, digital campaigns, and influencers campaigns, branded contents and promotions, e.g., discounts promotions, prize contests and prizes operations. Provide legal support for the organization of events, management of sponsorships rights and activities with partners and, review and approve external communications documents. Identify competition/anti-trust, data protection and other regulatory issues, and liaise, when necessary, with internal members of the Legal and Compliance Department, and/or external counsels. Identify the need for external legal advice and engage appropriate outside counsel on a range of legal issues. Work with cross-functional stakeholders across the globe to ensure contracts and advice accurately reflects business needs and policies as they develop. Assist with the management of day-to-day legal queries and business deals, taking the lead on relevant legal activities with supervision. Manage, develop, and maintain relationships to facilitate the effective delivery of legal advice and assistance. Provide training, to identified business areas, on law, processes, and policies. Collaboration with relevant Global Legal colleagues to ensure that Italian market is aligned with Global strategy in relation to commercial matters. Proactively contribute to the Legal and Compliance Department’s planning, cohesion, consistency in advice, and the general efficiency and effectiveness of the division as a whole.

Qualified lawyer in Italy with ideally 5-7 years PQE. We will consider candidates who have qualified in other jurisdictions. Previous experience in a commercial legal environment. Previous commercial law subject matter expert experience. Demonstrable experience at a recognised law firm and in-house environment. Strong academics and training, including legal drafting and negotiating, and relationship management. Excellent written and oral communication skills along with a demonstrated ability to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders. Ability to work collaboratively in a team context as well as on own initiative to achieve shared goals in an inclusive and open manner. Ability to prioritise and manage a varied and busy workload. Positive attitude, high level of integrity and intellectual curiosity. Demonstrates global mindset, and the ability to work well in a dynamic and deadline-oriented environment. Intrinsically motivated and navigates challenges and failure with growth mindset. Willingness to approach difficult or complex issues to identify resolutions. Fluent in Italian and English.

Desirable Skills. Previous experience of working within the payment industry or a technology and digital legal environment. Knowledge of fintech and payments industry and applicable regulation. Previous experience of cross-border and multi-jurisdictional contracts. Additional European language.

Think you have what it takes. If you are interested in a career that will challenge and inspire you, we’d love to hear from you.

Diversity & Inclusion. Universal acceptance for everyone, everywhere, is not only our brand promise, but also it is the foundation of our company culture. We foster a feeling of connectedness in the workplace, support diversity of thought, culture and background, fight for important initiatives like Equal Pay and actively work to eliminate unconscious biases that hold us all back. By leveraging the diverse backgrounds and perspectives of our worldwide teams, Visa is a better place to work and a better business partner to our clients.

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications
8 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or at least 5 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 2 years of work experience with a PhD
Preferred Qualifications
9 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or 7 or more relevant years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 3 or more years of experience with a PhD
You’ll fit right in. As the world's leader in digital payments technology, Visa's mission is to connect the world through the most creative, reliable, and secure payment network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive. Our advanced global processing network, VisaNet, provides secure and reliable payments around the world, and is capable of handling more than 65,000 transaction messages a second. The company's dedication to innovation drives the rapid growth of connected commerce on any device and fuels the dream of a cashless future for everyone, everywhere. As the world moves from analogue to digital, Visa is applying our brand, products, people, network and scale to reshape the future of commerce. At Visa, your individuality fits right in. Working here gives you an opportunity to impact the world, invest in your career growth, and be part of an inclusive and diverse workplace. We are a global team of disruptors, trailblazers, innovators, and risk-takers who are helping drive economic growth in even the most remote parts of the world, creatively moving the industry forward, and doing meaningful work that brings financial literacy and digital commerce to millions of unbanked and underserved consumers. You're an Individual. We're the team for you. Together, let's transform the way the world pays.
What’s it all about. This role sits within a fun, supportive and hard-working Southern Europe Regional Lawyers Team who manage commercial, corporate, marketing, technology, data protection and intellectual property legal matters as well as some competition and regulatory law issues. The role is based in based in Milan, Italy and will report to the Lead Regional Counsel for Southern Europe based in Milan. This Team is part of a larger Legal and Compliance Department in Visa’s Europe region which has consistently had some of the highest engagement scores and prides itself on a creative, collaborative and can-do approach. The Regional Lawyers Team works at the cutting edge of new payment technologies, innovation and the fintech industry in an increasingly regulated environment, which brings unique and novel challenges in the commercial/technology law space.

Additional Information

Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.