What a Counsel (Visa Direct) Asia Pacific in Legal does at Visa:
The position is for a highly motivated and skilled attorney to join Visa's growing legal team. You will be a key commercial and regulatory legal lead supporting the Visa business teams as they expand and scale Visa Direct and its suite of product offerings to achieve its “network of networks” vision.
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 the US headquarters and other international offices.
You should have both solid technical knowledge as well as practical experience in payment services and money movement, including licensing and regulatory regimes in the Asia Pacific region (with a strong focus on Singapore). You must also have experience and confidence in leading complex contractual negotiations, bringing along top tier technical legal knowledge and expertise as well as commercial savviness with you. You should also be well versed in commercial, technology and IP laws, and be able to apply this experience to your role in Visa by being a sound and practical legal advisor to the business. You must have excellent risk judgment and analytical capability, and be a strong and efficient communicator, with the ability to juggle multiple priorities in a fast paced and challenging, but rewarding, environment.
In this role, you are expected to:
Be the lead counsel and “go to” lawyer for the Visa Direct business (and related products as well as services) for the Asia Pacific region
- Lead and manage (working with country lawyers as necessary) regulatory consultations as well as compliance across the Asia Pacific region as applicable to existing or new Visa products or functions (in addition to Visa Direct), particularly in relation to new payment flows or payments related commercial solutions and products
- Assist with Visa’s launch or implementation of other value-added services that may be complementary to Visa Direct and other Visa products
- Be the hub advisor, interfacing between global and regional stakeholders in regional adaptations as well as localisations of Visa Direct and other global products, helping to ensure global consistency and coordination
- Draft, negotiate and drive to completion complex commercial, technology, or strategic partnership agreements in support of business objectives for Visa Direct and other Visa products.
- Provide advice and guidance to business and product teams regarding deal structures and key risks and proactively identify and resolve legal issues/risks.
Why this is important to Visa
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).
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.
This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.
