Description
The Senior Associate Counsel, Products and Solutions, Asia Pacific in Visa's Legal team will support Visa's core business as well as new and evolving products and solutions. The successful candidate should have strong knowledge of the laws and regulations applicable to payment products and solutions and be able to apply this knowledge to Visa's business initiatives.
Responsibilities:
- Designing, structuring and developing contracts for Visa's current and new products, offerings and business initiatives.
- Drafting, negotiating and completing complex commercial, technology and strategic partnership agreements.
- Providing regulatory advice in relation to Visa's products and solutions.
- Advising business and product teams on commercial structures, key legal risks and practical risk-mitigation approaches.
- Supporting business initiatives involving wallet partnerships, tokenization, agentic commerce and new or emerging AI and digital assets.
- Developing innovative contracting models to support product expansion, product enhancements and changing business requirements.
- Reviewing legal documents with meticulous attention to technical drafting accuracy, ambiguity and structural or logical defects.
- Communicating complex legal matters and recommendations clearly, concisely and practically to business stakeholders and counterparties.
- Working closely with Visa lawyers and business stakeholders across Asia Pacific and other regions, including Visa's US headquarters.
- Managing multiple priorities effectively in a fast-paced and evolving environment.
- Travelling internationally when required.
Qualifications:
- Six to eight years of post-qualification experience in payments and/or technology-related transactions.
- Strong knowledge and experience in intellectual property matters, particularly technology-related and/or marketing contracts.
- Excellent academic credentials, including a law degree from a well-recognized and reputable law school.
- Admission to practise law in a Commonwealth jurisdiction.
- Good working knowledge of laws and regulations applicable to financial, digital and payment services across multiple Asian jurisdictions.
- Demonstrated ability to manage and drive complex commercial and technology transactions, including international and regional agreements.
- Strong legal drafting skills, with meticulous attention to accuracy, clarity, contractual structure and the identification of ambiguity or legal risk.
- The ability to work independently and engage confidently with executive-level stakeholders with limited supervision, while being an effective team player.
- A practical and proactive approach to problem-solving, supported by strong business judgment and commercial awareness.
- The ability to communicate complex legal issues clearly and concisely to multiple stakeholders, including senior executives.
- Excellent legal and analytical skills, with the ability to integrate legal advice and business knowledge and provide balanced recommendations regarding risks and benefits.
- The ability to manage multiple priorities effectively and remain confident, mature and calm in a fast-paced and challenging environment.
- The ability to live and work in Singapore.