Senior Counsel

Job Description

Company DescriptionVisa is a world leader in digital payments, facilitating more than 215 billion payments transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses and economies to thrive.When you join Visa, you join a culture of purpose and belonging ? where your growth is priority, your identity is embraced, and the work you do matters. We believe that economies that include everyone everywhere, uplift everyone everywhere. Your work will have a direct impact on billions of people around the world ? helping unlock financial access to enable the future of money movement.Join Visa: A Network Working for Everyone.

• Responsible for all manner of legal support for Visa operations in the Visa NALPs region
• Monitoring regulatory developmentsand advising on impact thereof on Visa and Visa partners in the subregion
• Provide advice and counsel to business line and management on transactional legal matters and proposed corporate actions and projects
• Draft, negotiate, and review a broad range of commercial contracts and other legally binding documents. This also includes development of template/standard documents or adapting U.S. and CEMEA Hub documents to local requirements
• Provide advice and counsel in the interpretation and enforcement of contracts
• Lead review of marketing materials, public relations and corporate communications
• Own regulatory support and evaluation of how shifts in regulatory landscapes may impact Visa and its partners
• Accountable for advice and counsel in the drafting, interpretation, and enforcement of Visa By-Laws and Visa Rules, including issue spotting for legal issues with respect to product risk assessments, Rules proposals and subsequent client communications
• Review externally facing documentation for compliance with securities laws, disclosure policies, data use policies and requirements, competition law issues etc.
• Manage various internal processes related to new business initiatives
• Where required, coordinate and supervise outside counsel for timeliness, cost-effectiveness, and excellence of service and work product
• Be a trusted and reliable member and partner of the CEMEA Legal team, by collaborating with team mates across the region to ensure consistently high standards of the team. A strong team player mentality is required
• Make a direct and positive contribution to Visas value equation that is clear, prompt, and commercially relevant within the framework of a detailed understanding of the companys business operations and its strategies.

Qualifications

• Law degree and qualification which allows for in house practice in the applicable jurisdiction
• 10+ years of legal experience-law firm and/or in house
• Role to be located in Cairo, Egypt, Will consider Morocco for an exceptional candidate
• Fluent Arabic speaker required, fluent French speaker preferred
• Transactional background (corporate, commercial arrangements) with significant experience drafting and negotiating a wide array of commercial agreements
• Knowledge of privacy and competition laws
• Demonstrated ability to drive execution in a team environment, integrating legal advice and business knowledge while providing balanced advice regarding risks and benefits
• Developed business acumen, with ability to understand the companys business interests and anticipate the nature and magnitude of issues that could arise in various settings
• Practical and proactive problem-solver, confident, mature, calm under fire, with a positive attitude
• Strong work ethic for a fast-paced environment
• Must be able to multitask and manage a significant workload and a number of clients with minimal supervision
• Some limited travel may be required

This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office two days a week, Tuesdays and Wednesdays with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% of the time based on business needs.Additional InformationVisa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.

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