Sr. Managing Counsel

Company Description
Visa is a world leader in digital payments, facilitating more than 215 billion payments transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses and economies to thrive.

When you join Visa, you join a culture of purpose and belonging - where your growth is priority, your identity is embraced, and the work you do matters. We believe that economies that include everyone everywhere, uplift everyone everywhere. Your work will have a direct impact on billions of people around the world - helping unlock financial access to enable the future of money movement.
**Join Visa: A Network Working for Everyone.**

**Job Description**:
Visa is seeking a senior attorney to lead legal support for Visa’s business operations in the Sothern Cone region, comprising Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Position is based in Buenos Aries, Argentina, and reports to the SVP, Chief Counsel for LAC based in San Francisco, California and the Southern Cone Group Manager based in Buenos Aires.
**Responsibilities**
Leverage a deep knowledge of the Southern Cone geographic markets; familiarity with local electronic payment systems environment; expertise in relevant areas of the law, including commercial, antitrust, payments regulations, privacy, intellectual property, antibribery, and employment; and understanding of Visa’s business to generate practical and business-focused legal advice.
- Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements, such as client incentive agreements; sponsorship, advertising, and promotion agreements; memoranda of understanding; technology agreements; consultancy and contractor agreements; and confidentiality agreements. This also includes development of template/standard documents or adapting U.S. documents to meet local requirements.
- Determine when external legal advice is required and manage external counsel efficiently cost effectively.

**Qualifications**:

- Admitted to practice law in Argentina.
- 10+ years of commercial and international legal experience in private practice and/or in-house with multinationals.
- Experience in the payments industry.
- Experience working with financial and competition regulators would be ideal.
- Knowledge of U.S. or common law would be ideal.
- Excellent legal analytical skills with the ability to untangle and analyze complex legal issues and to integrate legal advice and business knowledge, while providing balanced, strategic advice regarding risks and benefits.
- First-class written and verbal communication skills in Spanish and English, including ability to (i) lead or participate in conference calls to negotiate agreements in both languages and (ii) interact with internal and external parties with clarity, conviction, and firmness.
- Ability to be a sounding board to the leadership team to test ideas, identify risks, and assess strategic changes that could have wide-ranging legal or business implications.
- Strong interpersonal skills and proven ability to build strong working relationships with internal clients at all levels of management and work collaboratively with LAC regional and global teams to ensure effective management within matrix organization over multiple geographical locations.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines.
- Some international travel may be required.

Additional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines