Corporate Counsel, Payments & Privacy, Brazil

Corporate Counsel, Payments & Privacy, Brazil

Are you looking for a new challenge in a fast-paced, innovative company? Come make history with Amazon Brazil legal department.

We are looking for a talented attorney to support primarily our rapidly growing and evolving Payment businesses in Brazil. This professional will also be the point of contact for Privacy related matters in-country. You will serve as the primary attorney responsible for counseling the business on a broad range of commercial and regulatory matters, and structuring, drafting and negotiating commercial transactions.

You will work directly with the business, serving as lead counsel on strategic deals, providing day-to-day advice, resolving issues that arise in existing commercial relationships.

A successful candidate will have a strong transactional background and be hard-working, proactive, entrepreneurial and able to apply sound, pragmatic judgment in ambiguous situations. Some travel, domestic and international, may be required.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of legal experience
• Experience in Payments segment
• Experience in Privacy
• J.D. and membership in good standing in a Brazilian state bar
• Fluency in Portuguese and English with strong written and oral communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing multiple projects and priorities across teams in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Ability to work independently while being able to contribute successfully to cross-functional teams
• Strong analytical skills
• In-house experience is a plus

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Key skills/competency

• Legal counsel
• Payments regulation
• Privacy law
• Commercial transactions
• Regulatory compliance
• Contract negotiation
• Brazilian law
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Strategic deals
• Risk management