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Legal Counsel

Atome

12 Apr 2024

Job Description
About The Role

This role reports into Atome Financial Regional Head of Legal and will support our Atome Buy Now Pay Later business on an APAC scale. Your day-to-day will involve commercial contracts and legal advisory work.

Responsibilities

Working closely within the Group Legal function and with stakeholders in Atome business line across the APAC region

Reviewing and negotiating merchant/partnership contracts with our Atome merchants and strategic partners

Reviewing and negotiating agreements with any payments-associated partners, outsourced vendors and service providers

Advising on market entry (establishment/M&A)

Working closely with the Compliance function on licensing and regulatory matters

Drafting any iterative changes to our template contracts necessitated by regulatory developments or new commercial or product requirements

Supporting initiatives relating to governance within the Group

Support Atome Financial Regional Head of Legal for any strategic initiatives

Liaising with external counsels where required

Staying up to date on legal developments in the APAC region and being proactive in initiating relevant action to be taken for the business

Providing practical and commercial advice in an efficient manner to business stakeholders

Prepare impact analysis impacting the organization to newly issued laws and regulations

Perform pre-litigation work to minimize risks and maximize legal rights

Requirements

Around 6+ PQE from in-house or private practice

Industry experience in payments, financial services, fintech or e-commerce is a plus

Comfortable handling commercial contract drafting and negotiation

Adept at communicating with business stakeholders in easy-to-understand layman terms, and in multi-tasking between competing demands

Collaborative approach with internal stakeholders

Excited about a start-up environment and driving positive changes in a fast-paced environment with a can-do attitude

Ready to adapt to changes and broaden work scope for personal and team development