Legal Counsel

Summary

Join dLocal, a global leader in payment processing for emerging markets, as a Legal Counsel. You will be part of a dynamic, remote-first team working with contracts and supporting the wider business on various legal matters. This role involves drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, collaborating with global legal teams, creating legal templates, and identifying process improvements. The ideal candidate possesses fluency in Portuguese and English, a law degree, and at least 5 years of post-qualification experience in a major law firm or in-house at a Fintech company. dLocal offers a flexible, remote-first culture with travel, health, and learning benefits.

Requirements

• Fluency in Portuguese and English is required including excellent written and verbal communication skills
• At least 5 years post qualification experience with a major law firm and/or in-house experience in the Fintech industry
• General legal background and experience with common issues related to commercial, contractual, and corporate law
• Ability to proactively identify relevant business and legal issues
• Ability to apply the law to novel situations and to demonstrate the ability to find pragmatic and creative solutions to business issues where appropriate
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to assimilate information quickly
• Creative thinker with strong problem-solving skills and the ability to stay calm under challenging circumstances and an aptitude for working effectively on international cross-functional teams and projects
• An intelligent and enthusiastic self-starter content to work autonomously
• Flexibility to work with colleagues in South America, Europe, the United States, Africa and Asia and accommodate calls and deadlines aligned to their time zones

Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice to Dlocal’s contracts' team
• Draft, analyze, and negotiate commercial agreements, including merchant agreements, processor agreements and amendments to these agreements, NDAs, novation agreements, and guarantees
• Partner with legal team members across our global organization and work with senior colleagues and functional leaders on a variety of strategic projects, regulatory issues, product development, business development opportunities, and legal department operational matters
• Create and advise on templates, policies, and procedures to address new requirements
• Identify productivity improvements and help to drive and direct process changes to ensure continuing efficiency

Preferred Qualifications

• Spanish is a plus
• Law degree from a top-tier university, specialization in business law, financial services regulation, or international law is a plus
• Knowledge and understanding of payments, financial services or fintech would be desirable
• Experience with online businesses would also be advantageous

Benefits

Flexible, remote-first dynamic culture with travel, health, and learning benefits