PPRO is growing rapidly and to support that growth we are looking for a candidate with law firm or in-house expertise in the payments, financial and technology sector and experience in commercial, corporate and regulatory law.
As the lead lawyer of the PPRO legal team in LatAm, you will collaborate with internal stakeholders in particular the product development, finance, sales and business development teams as well as executive management.
What will be your main mission?
You will support our growing payments business with a key focus on payments regulatory law, commercial, information technology, privacy, digital issues in the LatAm region (Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru). As the Legal LatAm team leader, you will proactively assess legal risks and advise on products that will move information and payments law forward.
What will you be doing:
- Manage the regional LatAm legal team (currently 1 in Brazil, 1 in Mexico).
- Provide proactive advice to stakeholders with regards to relevant payment laws and regulations in the LatAm region that may impact PPRO’s business.
- Develop regulatory strategy with regulators in LatAm in connection with new product features and initiatives and maintain PPRO’s ongoing legal-by-design processes and coordinate with external lawyers projects and regulatory issues involving different jurisdictions. Experience with regional acquirers and brands (e.g. Visa and Mastercard) highly desirable.
- Work closely with product teams to guide product development.
- Advise on a variety of commercial arrangements including customer, partner, supplier and software contracts.
- Work with the global legal team to embed best practice across the function and to ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations, e.g. data protection.
- Drive high-profile and high-impact projects involving regulatory analysis and compliance with cross-functional stakeholders across PPRO's business, policy, legal, risk, communications, security, and other departments.
- Support a variety of legal and regulatory matters, including partnerships, acquisitions, integrations and other business development opportunities
As part of the role you will also:
- Manage and oversee legal spend in the LatAm region.
- Help to develop and conduct general and role-specific trainings across PPRO’s different teams to implement standards and practices.
- Manage internal compliance programs and processes in LatAm region to ensure PPRO meets its obligations under those programs, e.g. privacy, ESG.
- Advise on / coordinate legal advice on responses to data and security incidents, employment matters, tax law, financial arrangements, anti-trust law, corporate matters, intellectual property rights.
- Oversee corporate governance for the LatAm region, liaising with global teams as appropriate.
You’ll need to have:
- At least 10 years’ experience practising as a lawyer with at least 5 years’ experience in payments regulation and product development, information technology, in-house or at a large or specialised firm, including advisory and commercial transactions with excellent knowledge of relevant e-money and payment institution business models.
- Experience in cross-border business, especially legal frameworks in Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile and/or other jurisdictions within the LatAm region.
- Full legal qualification obtained in Brazil (or another LatAm country with significant exposure to and experience of Brazilian legal frameworks).
- Experience with international privacy, online business and other digital legal issues desirable, particularly experience with GDPR and LatAm data protection frameworks.
- Excellent oral and written English and Portuguese language skills (Spanish also desirable)Highly effective communicator, who builds relationships and influences stakeholders at all levels.
- You are able to travel within the LatAm region.
