Job Summary
This role participates in complex problem resolution and leads complex projects of diverse scope requiring an understanding of current business trends. They determine methods and procedures for new or special assignments, and their initiatives often result in global process improvements.
Essential Responsibilities
- Provide clear, pragmatic, and solution-oriented legal advice to enable business strategy while managing legal risk.
- Participate in complex problem resolution, providing expert legal advice on high-stakes issues and disputes.
- Ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations.
- Partner with business counterparts across the enterprise to help drive the delivery of effective legal services.
- Manage legal risks and safeguard PayPal's legal interests, developing comprehensive risk management frameworks.
- Escalate complex issues to senior legal leadership where appropriate.
Minimum Qualifications
- 8+ years relevant experience and a Juris Doctorate degree OR any equivalent combination of education and experience.
Additional Responsibilities & Preferred Qualifications
You will join a team of seasoned credit legal counsels in Europe (EU and UK). The role involves partnering with many internal and external stakeholders globally, including the European credit business, Credit Risk, Product, Marketing, and Sales, PayPal's broader team in the European markets.
Your day-to-day
- Perform legal analysis of new products and new product features relating to merchant finance products in existing and new markets embedded in PayPal’s broader payment platform.
- Enable PayPal to launch new merchant finance products in different European markets.
- Conduct due diligence on complex regulatory topics and support decision‑making processes within PayPal.
- Analyse local European laws and their impact on PayPal's existing and future merchant lending products, weigh choice of law impact and options, assess the value of partnerships and enable PayPal to make product adjustments to meet regulations.
- Collaborate with teams of other PayPal in‑house attorneys, cross‑functional stakeholders across PayPal, and outside advisors (including outside counsel).
- Advise and work closely with key stakeholders, including senior executives, Product, Credit Risk, Compliance, Privacy, Treasury, Tax, Accounting, and business functions.
- Support the team with marketing and sales initiatives, policy reviews, credit risk and collection activities.
- Handle ad‑hoc requests and projects as required.
What Do You Need To Bring
- A recognized Luxembourg, or German or UK law degree and at least 5‑7 years’ experience practicing as a qualified solicitor/lawyer either in‑house (or in an equivalent setting) or at a reputable law firm.
- Expertise in credit law and payments laws. Expertise and experience with Open Banking is highly appreciated.
- Maturity, self‑motivation, independence, and strong organizational and problem‑solving skills.
- Ability to work effectively in a matrixed environment with multiple stakeholders.
- Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
- Ability to thrive in a fast‑paced work environment and manage numerous projects simultaneously under deadline pressure.
- Team‑oriented with the ability to work collaboratively and effectively with business clients and other legal department members.
- Fluency in English is required. Other language skills (esp. French, German, Dutch, Italian or Spanish) are very welcome.
Our Benefits
We offer comprehensive, choice‑based programs to support all aspects of personal wellbeing—physical, emotional, and financial—delivering meaningful value where it matters most. We provide generous paid time off, healthcare coverage for you and your family, and resources to create financial security and support your mental health.
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. In addition, PayPal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at paypalglobaltalentacquisition@paypal.com.
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