Counsel

Visa's Asia Pacific Legal team is seeking a high-caliber business/commercial lawyer to join our team in Shanghai or Beijing. As a Counsel at Visa, you will provide practical counseling and advice to business teams regarding deal structures and approaches to addressing legal issues.

Responsibilities:

• Provide advice and services to ensure business goals are successfully met and that Visa's brand and reputation are protected while minimizing legal liability and regulatory risk.
• Work closely with business teams to review and advise on commercial and contractual enhancements and/or new business initiatives.
• Draft, negotiate and drive to completion commercial, technology, and strategic partnership agreements.
• Collaborate effectively with the global legal office and with other members of the Greater China and regional Visa legal teams.
• Support regulatory and government engagements/consultations on payment regulations across mainland China.
• Advise on data privacy, cybersecurity and cross-border data transfer requirements in mainland China.
• Advise on labor laws and regulations in mainland China and support the local People team in resolving employment-related issues.

Qualifications:

• 6+ years of post-qualification legal experience, with commercial legal experience gained at a top-tier law firm and/or in-house with multinationals.
• Qualified to practice law in China.
• Strong academic credentials, with excellent analytical skills and good commercial sense.
• Excellent command of written and spoken English and Chinese required.

Nice to have:

• Experience in the payment, fintech or banking industry.
• Familiarity with legal practice in Greater China and the Asia Pacific region.
• International experience preferred, but a desire to expand knowledge of regional laws and legal systems can substitute.
• Good knowledge of data privacy and cybersecurity laws, AI regulation, antitrust law and anti-bribery laws preferred.