Legal Counsel, dLocal
Emerging markets payments platform
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Emerging markets payments platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
1001+ employees
Company mission
To enable global merchants to connect seamlessly with billions of emerging market users.
Role
Who you are
- We are builders, we never run from a challenge, we are customer-centric, and if this sounds like you, we know you will thrive in our team
- Qualified lawyer with a law degree is required
- Minimum of 5 years of post-qualification experience, ideally gained at a major law firm and/or in-house in the Financial Services industry or M&A
- General legal background with solid experience in commercial, contractual, and corporate law matters
- Knowledge and understanding of payments, financial services, or fintech is highly desirable
- Fluent in English, with excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Proficiency in Spanish is a plus
- Strong business-oriented mindset with the ability to effectively collaborate with commercial and operations teams
- Tech-savvy and comfortable working with digital tools, platforms, and legal technology solutions
- Ability to proactively identify relevant business and legal issues
- Skilled at applying the law to novel situations and finding pragmatic, creative solutions to business challenges
- Highly analytical with strong attention to detail
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to quickly assimilate information and work under pressure
- Creative thinker with solid problem-solving skills and the ability to remain calm in challenging circumstances
- Team player with the ability to contribute effectively to international and cross-functional teams and projects
- Self-motivated, intelligent, and enthusiastic, with the ability to work independently
- Flexibility to work with colleagues across South America, Europe, the United States, Africa, and Asia, including accommodating time zone differences for calls and deadlines
What the job involves
- By joining us you will be a part of an amazing global team that makes it all happen, in a flexible, remote-first dynamic culture with travel, health and learning benefits, among others
- Being a part of dLocal means working with 1000+ teammates from 30+ different nationalities and developing an international career that impacts millions of people’s daily lives
- The position is for a commercial legal counsel who will work with the contracts teal while also supporting the wider business in a range of commercial and legal matters
- The successful candidate will be responsible for providing legal advice on contractual matters of the Group entities located around the world
- This is a business-facing role in a dynamic and fast-paced environment with regular exposure to senior stakeholders. The primary role responsibilities are:
- Drafting, analysis, and negotiation of commercial agreements, engagement letters, services agreements, NDAs, novation agreements, guarantees, loans, derivatives agreements, shareholders agreements, and any other document necessary to improve the operations of the Company
- Partnering with legal team members across our global organization and working with senior colleagues and functional leaders on a variety of strategic projects, regulatory issues, product development, business development opportunities, and legal department operational matters
- Creating and advising on templates, policies, and procedures to address new requirements
- Drafting, reviewing, completing, and filing legal paperwork related to business operations
Application process
- Our Talent Acquisition team is invested in creating the best candidate experience possible, so don’t worry, you will definitely hear from us
- We will review your CV and keep you posted by email at every step of the process!
Our take
It is clearly evident that there is a massive payments gap between developed countries and emerging economies, with consumers in many countries having little or no access to modern payment options. dLocal was established in Uruguay to address this gap, which it aims to close not only for its neighbouring countries but across the globe.
Through its unique "One dLocal" concept (one direct API, one platform, and one contract), global companies can accept payments, send pay-outs and settle funds globally without separately managing pay-in and pay-out processors. The company also supplies a defense suite and local issuing for virtual and physical pre-paid cards in Latin America, as well as tools for building payments infrastructure for platforms and marketplaces.
Since founding, the company has expanded across Uruguay, the USA, Israel, Brazil and Europe. The company has seen significant growth while remaining confident and committed to its original mission. A notable achievement is dLocal becoming a certified Payment Initiation Service Provider in Brazil, which means it can eliminate unnecessary steps for users in the region.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
25% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Apr 2021
$150m
LATE VC
Sep 2020
$200m
SERIES A
Total funding: $357m
Company HQ
Tres Cruces, Montevideo, Montevideo Department
Leadership
Sergio Fogel
(Co-Founder & CSO)Co-founded multiple companies, such as AstroPay, and is an Official Member of the Forbes Finance Council.
Pedro Arnt
(CEO)Member of the Board of Directors at Allegro who advises at several firms. Previously EVP and CFO at MercadoLibre.com.
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