In-House General Counsel, Payments

4 weeks ago


Canada Netcents Systems Full time

NetCents Technology is a leading player in the cryptocurrency payment space. We are currently looking for in-house legal counsel to join our team in Europe. Qualified candidates must be detail-oriented, flexible, have strong multi-tasking, organizational and problem-solving skills, work well in a team atmosphere and thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

As our in-house legal counsel, you will serve as the primary lawyer responsible for counselling the business on a broad range of commercial and regulatory matters, including structuring, drafting, and negotiating commercial transactions. You will work directly with the business serving as lead counsel on strategic deals, providing day-to-day advice, resolving issues that arise in existing commercial relationships, and handling pre-litigation legal disputes and inquiries.

This is a senior-level role within NetCents and is responsible for structuring, drafting, and negotiating complicated payments, licensing, and other commercial agreements and providing ongoing legal counselling in a wide range of legal areas, including regulatory compliance and intellectual property. The successful candidate will have a strong transactional background and be hard-working, proactive, entrepreneurial and able to apply sound, pragmatic judgement in ambiguous situations.

Responsibilities

Key job functions include, but are not limited to:

  • Provide legal advice and support to the business while keeping in mind NetCents’ strategic and business objectives
  • Provide direction and guidance to facilitate NetCents’ compliance with all applicable international and domestic laws, rules, and regulations
  • Establish, disseminate, and implement NetCents’ legal policies
  • Support NetCents’ subsidiaries by providing general legal oversight on legal risks associated with payment products and services
  • Supervises and is responsible for the management of litigation or disputes between NetCents and external parties in Canada and abroad
  • Represent NetCents to resolve matters in the best interest of NetCents
  • Drafts, reviews, and negotiates contracts and other legal documents to maximize NetCents’ legal protections while minimizing legal risk
  • Produces and regularly updates standardized legal agreements, contracts, and standard terms for NetCents in compliance with international best practices and applicable legal requirements
  • Managing all outside legal counsel
Experience and Qualifications
  • JD degree or foreign equivalent and membership in at least one of the following regions UAE, EU, UK, Canada
  • Significant years of post-qualification legal experience preferably gathered in-house as well as in an international law firm
  • Experience in payments and financial services industry and in-depth knowledge of associated regulatory requirements
  • Strong transactional background dealing with commercial contracts
  • A high degree of independence, initiative, and decisiveness but also a desire to be challenged and think outside the box
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to act as a business partner to senior management
  • Great business judgement in ambiguous situations
Bonus Experience and Qualifications
  • Experience with alternative payments, emerging payments technology, and the payments/fintech industries
  • In-house experience at a fintech company
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