Senior Counsel, Ap

Company Description

Visa 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.**

**Job Description**:
**Team Summary**

The Visa Asia Pacific Legal team manages Visa's legal affairs in the Asia Pacific region. Our team provides advice and services to ensure business goals are successfully met and that Visa's brand and reputation are protected while minimizing legal liability and regulatory risk. Our vision entails each legal professional living the guiding principles to be a proactive partner who never loses sight of his/her responsibility to protect the company.

**What a Senior Counsel (Products and Regulatory) Asia Pacific in Legal does at Visa**:
The position is for a seasoned regulatory attorney to join Visa's growing legal team at the Director level. You will be a key regulatory legal lead supporting the Visa business teams as they expand their service offerings to enhance value for traditional bank/FI clients as well as develop new clients/partners/business streams in the evolving payment ecosystem. These new service offerings/initiatives will include areas such as consumer-focused enhancements, new financial/technology products and data products, as well as strategic acquisitions of businesses and entities that can add to the Visa value chain.

You will report to the Vice President, Legal (Asia Pacific) and will be expected to work closely and in collaboration with Visa lawyers across geographies and functional support areas, including the Visa lawyers in from the US headquarters and other international offices.

In this role, you are expected to:

- Be a trusted and reliable advisor in reviewing and advising on regulatory implications/impact in relation to Visa’s current business and new product initiatives across the Asia Pacific region.
- Effectively partner with the business and government engagements teams on regulatory consultations/compliance with regulations across the region as applicable to existing or new Visa products/initiatives (including FI licensing, outsourcing, payments and open data regulations)
- Be a dedicated resource/go to lawyer for regulatory issues relating to products services or functions, and Visa’s acquired business/entities
- Draft, negotiate and drive to completion complex commercial, technology, or strategic partnership agreements in support of business objectives.
- Provide advice and guidance to business and product teams regarding deal structures and key risks and proactively identify and resolve legal issues/risks.
- Travel internationally as needed, approximately once or twice per year.
- Possess strong inter-personal skills including the ability to communicate complex legal issues (and relevant solutions/recommendations), clearly and practically to the business.

**Why this is important to Visa**

The Senior Counsel will play a key role as a trusted advisor to businesses that represent some of the most important pillars of Visa’s future growth and strategy. This role is critical in ensuring that legal risks are identified and managed efficiently with relevant stakeholders while enabling our business to innovate and push across new frontiers (particularly in the fast-evolving technology, innovation, and data space).

The Senior Counsel can look forward to being a key representative of a high performing Legal team in advising and managing projects that drive innovation and development within the payments industry.

**Projects you will be a part of**:
You will be a member of a regional legal team that works at the cutting edge of new payment technologies, innovation and the fintech industry in an increasingly regulated environment, which brings unique and novel challenges in the commercial/technology law space.

**Qualifications**:
**What you will need**:

- **Have a minimum of 10/11+ years in regulatory transactions experience (including bank/FI licensing and outsourcing regimes), some of which must be at a top tier law firm or MNC**:

- Have strong academic credentials, including a degree from a well-recognized and reputable law school
- Be able to work independently and interface with executive level stakeholders with little or no supervision, but also be a good team player
- Be a