The opportunity
Adyen provides payments, data, and financial products in a single solution for customers like Meta, Uber, H&M, and Microsoft - making us the financial technology platform of choice. At Adyen, everything we do is engineered for ambition.
What you'll do
Manage, mentor, and develop a team of high-caliber, pragmatic commercial: lawyers who draft, review, and negotiate complex, multi-jurisdictional commercial agreements with our vendors and commercial partners.
Provide strategic, business-oriented legal advice to senior stakeholders: across procurement, partnerships, product, and regulatory teams globally, including on our contracting principles, commercial projects, and legal and regulatory compliance within our vendor and partner contracts.
Serve as the primary escalation point for your team, guiding strategic,: risk-based decisions on complex legal issues and proposing improvements to mitigate future exposure.
Drive legal automation efforts and process improvements to scale the team and: bring greater efficiency to the negotiation process.
Advise on contract interpretation, early-stage disputes, and other general commercial matters.
Ensure a global voice and consistent standards across the Deal Desk, creating: and advancing global initiatives across the team’s pillars, including drafting comprehensive negotiation playbooks and training internal teams on how to navigate and negotiate vendor and partnership relationships.
What they're looking for
- Foster strong collaboration and feedback loops within the Legal Team.
- Keep up to date with developments in commercial law and relevant industry: regulations, strategically advising the business of developments in the field.
- Have 8+ years of legal experience, in house or at a law firm including strong: experience in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide range of complex commercial contracts, with a solid understanding of contract law principles.
- Have demonstrated experience managing, mentoring, and developing lawyers or other legal professionals.
