Job Description

Our Purpose

We work to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. We cultivate a for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team \xe2\x80\x93 one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better business results.

Title and Summary

Senior Counsel, Global Processing

Mastercard is a technology company in the global payments business, connecting customers, financial institutions, merchants, governments and businesses worldwide and enabling them to use secure and convenient electronic forms of payment. Mastercard Gateway is part of Mastercard\xe2\x80\x99s Acceptance Solutions division and provides omni-channel gateway processing, fraud management and ancillary value added services to merchants, acquirers and other partners.

This full-time role is based in Singapore and is primarily focused on providing regional support to the gateway business in AP However, the legal team has a global role and so the role may require some travel and ability to support other time zones. Furthermore, the successful candidate will support other business needs within the region of the Acceptance Solutions division and collaborate with other members of the privacy, regulatory affairs, IP and various product and commercial legal teams.

Responsibilities
Reporting into the Senior Managing Counsel, South East Asia who is based in Singapore, you will:
Provide high quality advice to the business on a broad range of commercial and contractual matters
Draft complex technology services agreements
Handle cross-border contractual negotiations with merchants, suppliers and financial institutions, and contribute to commercial tender responses.
Help to identify and protect intellectual property and confidential data.
Provide legal and business risk assessment and analysis
Take responsibility for special projects while continuing to handle a steady stream of day-to-day matters
Ensure compliance with current company policies and procedures and identify areas for improvement
Understand and advise on local regulatory requirements
Manage external advisors within agreed policy and budget
Develop strong relationships with sales, professional services and senior management within the company, particularly for the AP region
Assist the resolution of customer issues
Review and approve product constructs
Provide training to sales and product teams.
Work with other functions within the gateway division for example HR, Real estate, sourcing.
Support other business needs within the region of the Acceptance division as needed and collaborate with other members of the legal and compliance teams.

Requirements
A qualified lawyer with a solid academic and training background.
Strong English language skills necessary. Other languages an advantage.
Typically 8 or more years of PQE experience, including some time working in-house, preferably at a multinational company.
Strong drafting and negotiating skills across a range of commercial contracts and the ability to analyze complex situations and identify the core issues.
A self\xe2\x80\x94starting fast learner able to gain rapid familiarity with our products and services and maintain knowledge of those changing products and services
Exposure to a broad range of commercial law issues.
A working knowledge of data privacy issues
Interest in gaining experience working with other product, legal and compliance teams.
Experience of working on cross-border agreements, and with multiple jurisdictions and time zones.
Solutions orientated and able to work flexibly under pressure and to tight deadlines
A lively interest in the business of the Company and an enjoyment of working in a fast-paced environment.
A proven ability to work independently and as team player coordinating and communicating with Mastercard teams, where necessary.
Experience in managing local counsel to ensure compliance in foreign jurisdictions.

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

Abide by Mastercard\xe2\x80\x99s security policies and practices;

Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;

Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and

Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard\xe2\x80\x99s guidelines.

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