Legal Counsel – Commercial and Privacy
Shift4
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United Kingdom
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About the role
- Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of complex commercial agreements, including partnership and client contracts.
- Support the sales team by helping structure deals, enable innovation, and drive commercial initiatives while identifying legal risks and providing practical solutions.
- Provide data protection and privacy advice, including GDPR and other applicable frameworks.
- Collaborate with different stakeholders in the company.
- Develop templates, training materials and draft privacy related policies.
Requirements
- Law degree.
- 5+ years of experience practicing law in Europe, either at a Law Firm or as an in-house counsel, preferably in a fintech, payments, or technology environment.
- Strong experience in commercial contracts, negotiations and data protection/privacy law (e.g., GDPR, UK GDPR, CCPA).
- Excellent drafting and negotiation skills with a business-focused approach.
- Fluent in English (both written and spoken).
- Additional language proficiency (in either Spanish, Italian, German or other European language) are a significant advantage.
- Proven ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, global environment.
Benefits
- We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
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