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Senior Corporate Counsel-Payments at Amazon, Bengaluru [12+ Years PQE]
About Amazon
Amazon.com is an American multinational technology company focusing on e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. It has been often referred to as “one of the most influential economic and cultural forces in the world”, and is often regarded as one of the world’s most valuable brands.
About the Role
Amazon Pay is looking for a talented attorney to support its rapidly growing and evolving payments businesses.
Responsibilities
- You will serve as the lawyer responsible for counseling the business on a broad range of payment and regulatory matters, with a particular focus on payment aggregation businesses, consumer lending solutions, co-branded credit card programs, and merchant services.
- You will also work with business and tech partners to structure complex transactions with third parties, ensuring adherence to legal and regulatory compliances and also offering advisory on information security-related aspects.
- You will also work with business teams to explore and evaluate new business opportunities in the payments space, to help the teams understand the regulatory compliances and to facilitate launch of any new products/ services.
- Principal duties will include providing day-to-day advice, resolving issues that arise in existing commercial relationships, drafting and negotiating complicated payment, cobrand, and other commercial agreements, and providing ongoing legal counseling on a wide range of legal areas including payment aggregation business.
- The duties will also include engagement with bank and network partners, managing customer disputes, and assisting in responding to regulatory complaints.
- You will be responsible for regulatory engagement and to work with industry bodies to drive policy change initiatives, and to represent Amazon Pay in regulatory forums; you will work closely with various teams including the public policy team for such matters.
- You will also be responsible to monitor and publish regulatory changes and work with various internal teams to drive compliance.
- A successful candidate should have a strong transactional background and be hard-working, proactive, entrepreneurial, and able to apply sound, pragmatic judgment in ambiguous situations. In-house experience at a technology or financial service company is a plus.
- Throughout all the above tasks the Attorney will closely coordinate with the global legal teams and outside counsel.
Eligibility Criteria
- L.L.B. (undergraduate law degree) from a recognized university in India.
- Additional CS qualification is desirable.
Basic Qualifications
- A minimum of 12+ years of legal experience in the financial sector (with several years of experience at a leading law firm and/or in-house.
- Extensive experience and strong skills in drafting and negotiating contracts.
- Extensive experience in analyzing and responding to regulatory and compliance matters.
- Ability to function autonomously yet communicates laterally and upwardly with ease.
- Strong legal and business judgment.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.
- Excellent interpersonal skills to effectively communicate and coordinate complex issues and projects with diverse levels of management and employees.
Preferred Qualifications
- In-house experience at a financial service company.
- Familiar with the electronic financial services sector to counsel and assist with payments-related matters to support Amazon’s payments businesses (such as merchant processing arrangements, payment association rules, banking and credit laws, and financial privacy).
- Familiarity with money service business compliance requirements, anti-money laundering rules, know-your-customer requirements, and payment aggregation regulations.
How to Apply?
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Location
Bengaluru
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Compliance Manager at Tata AIA Life Insurance, Mumbai [7-12 years PQE]
About Tata AIA Life
Tata AIA Life Insurance Company Limited (Tata AIA Life) is a joint venture company, formed by Tata Sons Pvt. Ltd. and AIA Group Ltd. (AIA) and Tata AIA Life has written retail new business weighted premium of Rs. 2,692 crore for the financial year 2019-20.
Tata AIA Life combines Tata’s pre-eminent leadership position in India and AIA’s presence as the largest, independent listed pan-Asian life insurance group in the world spanning 18 markets in the Asia Pacific region.
About the Role
Tata AIA Life Insurance is inviting applications for the post under Compliance Manager from the eligible candidates based out in Mumbai.
Responsibilities
- Provide well researched opinion to facilitate business propositions.
- Align/vet business process changes.
- Provide Innovative business solutions and models co-created to enable business growth.
- Liaise with law firms for opinions.
Eligibility Criteria
- Graduate in Law.
- Company Secretary would be preferable.
How to Apply?
Interested applicants can apply through the link given at the end of the post.
Location
Mumbai.
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Associate Corporate Counsel – APMEA Compliance at Wipro, Bengaluru [8 Years PQE]
About Wipro
Wipro is an Indian multinational corporation that provides information technology, consulting, and business process services. It is one of the leading Big Tech companies. Wipro’s capabilities range across cloud computing, computer security, digital transformation, artificial intelligence, robotics, data analytics, and other technology consulting services for customers in 167 countries. The company was incorporated on December 29, 1945, in Amalner, India, by Mohamed Premji. In 1966, after Mohamed Premji’s death, his son Azim Premji took over Wipro as its chairperson at the age of 21.
About the Job
The candidate will drive the compliance program across the Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa (APMEA) and ensure that all corporate processes, procedures, and policies comply with the law.
Roles & Responsibilities
The roles and responsibilities will include understanding the compliance requirement and comparing it with current Wipro policies and processes in order to uncover any gaps and close them out in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
The candidate will have to regularly audit Wipro procedures, practices, and documents to identify possible compliance risks and suggest appropriate mitigation strategies.
The candidate will also be responsible for employment-related disputes and litigations, for which they will have to work closely with HR and external law firms across APMEA.
Eligibility
The eligibility criteria are:
- The candidate should have at least 8 years of PQE. Candidates with experience working in an in-house role will be preferred.
- The candidate should have excellent drafting and verbal communication skills.
- The candidate should be able to research well on online legal databases such as Lexology and Manupatra.
How to Apply?
Click on the link given at the end of this post to apply for this role.
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JOB POST: Legal Counsel at Visa, Mumbai [On-site; 10 years PQE]: Apply Now!
About Visa
Visa is a world leader in digital payments, facilitating more than 215 billion payment transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories each year.
Their mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive.
About the Opportunity
The position is for a seasoned business/commercial lawyer to join Visa’s growing legal team that supports Visa’s businesses responsible for our India & South Asia markets including in the areas of sales contracts, corporate matters, products, marketing agreements, and routine legal business and contract enquires.
The position will report to the Senior Managing Counsel, in India & South Asia. The applicant should ideally have experience in commercial business law and management and be able to draft robustly and to a high standard.
Roles & Responsibilities
- Work closely with cross-functional teams to properly balance potential legal, regulatory, and brand risks against competing business objectives while providing legal advice and guidance regarding strategic initiatives and growth strategies.
- Drafting and negotiating complex business transactions, including incentive, brand, and strategic alliance agreements with traditional payment system participants like issuers, merchants, processors, and new payment system participants such as fintech, neo banks, and wallets
- Drafting of standard product terms and templates for use in support of Visa’s current and new business initiatives across the India and South Asia region.
- Provide advice and guidance to business and product teams regarding deal structures and key risks and identifying and resolving legal issues.
- Be an effective representative/ stakeholder for the India & South Asia Legal team in the global legal office and Country management, and liaise with/cooperate with other members of the global and regional Visa legal team.
- Assist in regulatory and government engagements/consultations on payment regulations across the India & South Asia region and be an effective strategic advisor to the business and government engagement teams.
Eligibility
- 10+ years of legal experience, some of which must be at a top-tier law firm or MNC.
- Strong academic credentials, including a degree from a well-recognized and reputable law school.
- Must be able to work independently and interface with executive-level stakeholders with little or no supervision, but also be a good team player.
- Must be a practical and proactive problem-solver, must have strong business acumen, and be confident, mature, and calm under fire.
- Demonstrated ability to manage and drive complex commercial and technology transactions, including internationally driven deals.
- Strong understanding of complex legal issues in multi jurisdictions.
- Excellent legal analytical skills with the ability to integrate legal advice and business knowledge, while providing balanced advice regarding risks and benefits.
- Admission to a recognized legal body is preferred and can work in India.
How to Apply?
Interested candidates may apply through the link provided at the end of the post.
Location
Mumbai, India
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JOB POST: Legal Manager at Jio, Mumbai [On-site; 8-10 Years PQE]: Apply Now!
About Jio
Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, doing business as Jio, is an Indian telecommunications company and a subsidiary of Jio Platforms, headquartered in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It operates a national LTE network with coverage across all 22 telecom circles.
Jio soft-launched on 27 December 2015 with a beta for partners and employees and became publicly available on 5 September 2016. It is the largest mobile network operator in India and the third largest mobile network operator in the world with over 42.62 crore (426.2 million) subscribers.
About the Opportunity
This is an on-site job opportunity that requires litigation and other related work. This job role is based in Mumbai.
Roles & Responsibilities
- Develop & monitor the legal validation process as per local & central requirements.
- Issuance of Permit for Business, Real Estate, Construction, O&M, Marcomm, Repair & Return Movements.
- Function to avoid any kind of litigation cropping up in the future.
Eligibility
- PGDM+Graduate
- Applicant must have 8-10 years of post-qualification experience in the required field.
- Should be proficient in using system (Preferably SAP).
- Strong negotiation skills.
- Through knowledge of legal modalities.
- Sound experience in handling large legal projects
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks under tight timelines
- Effective communicator and team player, with excellent problem-solving, and conflict-resolution skills.
- Strong written and verbal skills.
How to Apply?
Interested candidates may apply through the link provided at the end of the post.
Location
Mumbai, Maharashtra
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