Senior Legal Counsel

2022-07-26 | po-021106

Company description

Multinational Leading Digital Payments company. The firm manages a two-sided proprietary global technology platform that links customers, which consist of both merchants and consumers, to facilitate the processing of payment transactions.

Responsibilities

The new hire will be based in Japan and provides legal and regulatory advice associated with online payments, interbank money transfers and settlements, credit & debit card fund settlements, foreign exchange, money remittance, e-money/stored value, digital wallets, payment gateways, holding and reuse of balances, merchant acquiring, bank withdrawals and ACH & payments processing.

Requirements

Candidates should have a minimum of 8 years post qualification experience and be from an established in-house legal team or established private practice law firm with international legal and regulatory experience.
Preference for candidates with solid experience and expertise in regional laws and regulations relating to mergers and acquisitions, payments both offline and online, fund settlement, credit card acquiring, credit card services and settlements, e-money, money remittances, fund settlements, foreign exchange and e-commerce, AML and CFT regulations.
We would consider candidates with solid and broad legal and regulatory experience and expertise in financial services including consumer and retail banking, securities brokerage, Wealth Management, consumer credit and finance.
Broad and solid experience in dealing with regulators in the region with substantial experience and expertise in regulatory advocacy (both written and oral)
Board experience in advising senior regional and local business management teams