Commercial Counsel

Adyen is seeking a driven and enthusiastic Commercial Counsel based in New York to join the global Deal Desk within the Commercial Legal team. As Commercial Counsel, you will be responsible for negotiating customer-facing contract negotiations, primarily focused on platform and franchise customers. You will also be responsible for drafting comprehensive negotiation playbooks, training commercial colleagues on how to sell agreements, advising on contract interpretation, early-stage customer disputes, and other general commercial matters.

Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic legal advice across various commercial functions, advising stakeholders in sales, account management, product, and regulatory teams globally.
• Draft, review, and negotiate complex, multi-jurisdictional commercial agreements for payment, data, and financial services products.
• Proactively problem solve for emerging legal and operational risks, providing risk-based decisions on complex legal issues.
• Advise on early-stage customer disputes, managing initial phases of legal conflicts, and providing counsel on complex legal interpretations.
• Drive legal automation efforts to help scale the team and bring greater efficiency to the contracting process.
• Work autonomously in a cross-functional manner.
• Build strong relationships with colleagues, leaders, and stakeholders across the company.
• Participate in training commercial colleagues across the globe.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of legal experience, in-house or at a law firm.
• Strong commercial contracting and/or other transactional experience.
• Ability to collaborate with other legal counsels based in jurisdictions across the US, LATAM, EMEA, and APAC.
• Solid people skills and ability to work well with internal and external stakeholders and customers from varying disciplines and cultures.
• Ability to work autonomously and run things like your own business.
• Curious, ask questions, and take ownership over learning and professional growth.
• Self-motivated, driven, reliable, adaptable, and detail-oriented.
• Experience educating others on complex ideas, communicating them clearly, and providing additional training when necessary.
• Ability to structure and prioritize work in a high-volume, fast-paced environment.
• Available to work from the New York office and travel to other offices periodically.
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken. Any additional language is a plus.

The base salary range for this role is $160,000.00 - $212,500.00. This role has an additional equity component.