Senior Counsel
TASC
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: London • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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Senior
About the role
- Structure, draft, and negotiate commercial contracts ranging from simple, high-volume statements of work to complex partnership and novel/strategic deals through transactional agreements, consulting agreements, technology agreements, marketing and promotional campaign agreements
- Liaison in aligning and collaborating across various business and legal teams, including with regional counsels
- Advise and support on product development and go-to-market implementation
- Strategic partner and trusted advisor to a demanding, fast-paced business unit, counseling the business on deal-specific as well as general business matters
- High level of interaction with business clients
- Manage and advise on wide-ranging legal issues including data usage/privacy, intellectual property, compliance and regulatory by partnering with subject matter experts and other stakeholder teams, and balancing these issues against reputational risk to ensure consistent alignment with corporate strategy, internal policies and procedures and applicable laws and regulations
- Provide back-up support to international colleagues, as needed
Requirements
- A UK or other jurisdiction qualified lawyer
- Solid transactional training and experience (preferably from a highly reputable law firm)
- Strong drafting and negotiations skills with the ability to manage complex issues and deal structure
- Fluency in English (any other EU languages a bonus)
- Ability to manage, perform and enjoy highly repeatable and high volume work in addition to strategic and unique issues
- Pragmatic, solutions-oriented, business-friendly, creative, thought provoker, and an advocate for the business with a “let’s make it happen” attitude
- Must have leadership skills in bringing different perspectives together and work through competing priorities
- Able to work independently and collaboratively in a truly global organization
- Must multi-task effectively in an extremely fast-paced team environment with short turnaround times
- A team player willing to take on responsibilities and roles that support the immediate team, the region, and the wider Mastercard family.
Benefits
- Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices
- Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed
- Report any suspected information security violation or breach
- Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
contract draftingcontract negotiationtransactional agreementsdata privacyintellectual propertycomplianceregulatory issuesproduct developmentgo-to-market strategylegal advisory
Soft skills
leadershipcollaborationproblem-solvingcreativitystrategic thinkingmulti-taskingteam playercommunicationadaptabilitysolutions-oriented
Certifications
qualified lawyer