Amazon
Associate Corporate Counsel, Payments Legal
Job ID: Amazon UK Services Ltd.
Amazon is a leader in global e-commerce. We strive to be the most customer-centric company on earth. Our innovative technologies change the way people find, discover and buy products and services. Lawyers at Amazon are trusted members of the business. Our work is intellectually challenging, exciting and fast-paced. Developing innovative solutions to novel legal questions is part of our daily business. Like everyone at Amazon, we are passionate about our customers.
We are looking for a talented Associate Corporate Counsel to support our rapidly growing business.
Key job responsibilities
We are looking for a talented lawyer to support our rapidly growing and evolving payments businesses. You will work closely with business, compliance and legal partners on a broad range of commercial and regulatory matters, including to advise on payment services regulation to support our payments entities in the UK and Luxembourg. In this role you will work directly with the business, counseling the business on a broad range of commercial and regulatory matters, providing day-to-day advice, resolving issues that arise in existing commercial relationships and handling pre-litigation legal disputes and inquiries.
The role is based in London, UK. Some travel may be required.
We are looking for candidates who are innovative, progressive, extremely hands-on, and highly customer-obsessed professionals. Developing innovative solutions to novel legal questions is part of our daily business.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
London, GBR
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Qualified lawyer with outstanding academic qualifications
2+ years of post-qualification legal experience (including experience at an international law firm)
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Experience in payments and financial services regulation and compliance
Strong analytical, written and verbal communication skills
Sound legal and business judgment even in ambiguous situations
Ability to work independently and also contribute successfully to cross-functional teams
Excellent organizational skills, ability to manage multiple projects at once and meet deadlines
Common sense and a good sense of humour
Proficiency in European languages
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