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About the Role

Global Payments is seeking a commercially minded Corporate Counsel with 0-3 years of post-qualification experience to join their Dublin-based legal team. This role offers an excellent opportunity for a junior lawyer to gain broad in-house experience in a fast-paced global payments business, supporting various legal matters across Ireland and the UK.

Responsibilities

• Support the drafting, review, and negotiation of commercial agreements, including customer, supplier, partner, technology, and intra-group arrangements.
• Support dispute, claims, debt recovery, insolvency, or enforcement-related matters.
• Provide practical legal support to internal stakeholders on day-to-day business queries, escalating complex or high-risk matters.
• Support legal input on product, regulatory, operational, and strategic projects.
• Work with compliance, risk, data privacy, and regulatory colleagues to ensure legal advice aligns with applicable laws, internal policies, and business requirements.
• Assist with legal research, horizon scanning, and preparation of briefings on relevant legal and regulatory developments.
• Help maintain and improve legal templates, playbooks, trackers, and processes.
• Assist with tax and corporate governance matters, including board and committee support, entity management, approvals, filings, and maintenance of corporate records.

Requirements

• Qualified solicitor or barrister in Ireland, England and Wales, or another relevant common law jurisdiction, with 0–3 years’ PQE.
• Strong academic background and training from a reputable law firm, in-house legal team, or equivalent legal environment.
• Exposure to commercial contracts, corporate, financial services, technology, fintech, payments, or regulated industries is advantageous.
• Clear, concise, and practical communication style, with the ability to explain legal issues to non-legal stakeholders.
• Good judgement, attention to detail, and the ability to balance legal risk with commercial objectives.
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and work to deadlines.
• Collaborative with a proactive and commercial approach to problem solving.
• Comfortable working in an international business with cross-border stakeholders and matrixed teams.

Skills

• Commercial contracts
• Corporate law
• Financial services law
• Technology law
• Fintech
• Payments industry
• Regulatory compliance
• Litigation support
• Data privacy
• Legal research
• Stakeholder management
• Problem solving

Location

• Dublin

Work Type

• Hybrid
• Full-time

Experience Level

• 0-3 years PQE

Education Level

• Qualified solicitor or barrister

Benefits

• Exposure to a broad range of legal, commercial, and regulatory matters within a global fintech payments business.
• Opportunity to work closely with experienced in-house counsel and senior business stakeholders.
• A collaborative, supportive, and fast-paced environment for legal, commercial, and stakeholder management skill development.
• Meaningful involvement in projects supporting innovation, customer growth, and operational excellence.
• Hybrid working model

About the Company

• Global Payments makes it possible for millions of people to move money between buyers and sellers using payments solutions for credit, debit, prepaid, and merchant services.
• The worldwide team helps over 3 million companies, over 1,300 financial institutions, and over 600 million cardholders grow with confidence.
• Driven by a passion for success, delivering best-in-class payment technology and software solutions.
• An inclusive and global team environment with opportunities for career growth.

Equal Opportunity

• Global Payments Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.
• Global Payments provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis protected by law.
• Provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis protected by law.