Senior Lead - Legal Counsel

About the Team

The Legal and Compliance team at PayU plays a staretgic role in enabling business growth while ensuring adherence to regulatory and legal frameworks.

About the Role

To support PayU’s growth plans in India for payments and fintech opportunities, PayU is looking for a legal counsel with strong background of banking, financing, fintech, capital markets, general corporate or technology (and vendor contracts) related legal work together with a possible background in payments, credit and/or other financial services.

The role will be responsible for handling a variety of work involving legal and regulatory aspects of domestic and cross boarder payments business, banking alliances, new fintech products, drafting and streamlining of documentation and negotiations with regard to different types of agreements related to the payments business.

Responsibilities:

• Ability to work in a highly dynamic environment and collaboration with various internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to think through original new products, expansion into new market verticals and areas relating to innovative fintech and financial solutions.
• The ability to provide time-sensitive support on a wide array of legal and regulatory issues in connection with all aspects of PayU's operations in India, along with the ability to conduct research and form views across different legislations and regulations governing various sectors in India.
• Drafting and reviewing data processing agreements, updating policies and processes, and assisting in overall implementation of the organizations data privacy framework.
• Liaising with international consultants/ advisors to advise the organization on global data protection laws and its requirements.
• Assist the organization by keeping abreast of new legislation and regulatory developments that may impact the business.
• Strong drafting and communication (both written and oral) skills in English.
• Key personalities: Efficient, punctual, responsible, transparent, reliable and accountable.

Requirements:

• The ideal candidate will be an independent, result oriented, self-motivated individual who enjoys working in a fast paced, international, dynamic, and diverse environment.

• Bachelor’s degree in law from a recognised Indian institute
• 5 to 7 years’ professional experience with a reputed law firm and/or reputable corporate entity or financial institution. Initial background of working with a law firm on M&A, general corporate, banking, capital markets, technology, intellectual property, privacy or financing legal work will be a definite plus.
• Experience in working with B2B and B2C fintech companies, investment firms or other financial services will be viewed favourably.
• Experience in Indian laws and regulations concerning one or more of banking, NBFCs, digital payments, financial services, fintech businesses, payment aggregation, prepaid payment instruments, bill payments, capital markets, intellectual property and technology.
• Experience in developing and implementing processes for efficient and streamlined operations surrounding contract negotiations and processes.
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What we offer?

• A positive, get-things-done workplace
• A dynamic, constantly evolving space (change is par for the course – important you are comfortable with this).
• An inclusive environment that ensures we listen to a diverse range of voices when making decisions.
• Ability to learn cutting edge concepts and innovation in an agile start-up environment with a global scale.
• Access to 5000+ training courses accessible anytime/anywhere to support your growth and development (Corporate with top learning partners like Harvard, Coursera, Udacity).

About us:

PayU, one of India's leading digital financial services providers with Prosus as an investor, operates businesses that are regulated by the Reserve Bank of India and offers advanced solutions to meet the digital payment requirements of the Indian market. PayU India companies aim to create a full-stack digital financial services platform to serve all (tapped and untapped) financial needs of customers through technology solutions.

PayU provide payment gateway solutions to online businesses through its cutting-edge and award-winning technology and has empowered 5 lakhs+ businesses, including India’s leading enterprises, e-commerce giants and SMBs. It enables businesses to collect digital payments across 150+ online payment methods such as Credit Cards, Debit Cards, Net Banking, EMIs, pay-later, QR, UPI, Wallets, and more. It’s a preferred partner in the affordability ecosystem, offering the maximum coverage of issuers and easy-to-implement integrations across card-based EMIs, pay-later options and new-age cardless EMIs. PayU offers e-commerce brands best-in-industry success rates while ensuring a seamless checkout experience.

Our Commitment to Building A Diverse and Inclusive Workforce

As a global and multi-cultural organization with varied ethnicities thriving across locations, we realize that our responsibility towards fulfilling the D&I commitment is huge. Therefore, we continuously strive to create a diverse, inclusive, and safe environment, for all our people, communities, and customers. Our leaders are committed to create an inclusive work culture which enables transparency, flexibility, and unbiased attention to every PayUneer so they can succeed, irrespective of gender, color, or personal faith. An environment where every person feels they belong, that they are listened to, and where they are empowered to speak up. At PayU we have zero tolerance towards any form of prejudice whether a specific race, ethnicity, or of persons with disabilities, or the LGBTQ communities.