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About the Role
We are seeking a commercially minded Corporate Counsel with 0-3 years of post-qualification experience to join our Dublin-based legal team, primarily supporting the UK and Ireland markets. This role offers an excellent opportunity for a junior lawyer to gain broad in-house experience within a fast-paced global payments business, supporting commercial, corporate, litigation, projects, and operational matters.
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.
- Strong academic background and training from a reputable law firm, in-house legal team, or equivalent legal environment.
- 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
- Technology
- Fintech
- Payments
- Regulated industries
Location
- Dublin
Work Type
- Hybrid
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.
- 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
- Globalpayers think like a client, act like an owner and win as one team.
- We’re curious and innovative – always finding better ways to deliver impact.
- We empower each other to make decisions, and it’s our passion that drives excellence in everything we set out to do.