Lawyer

Lawyer – Buenos Aires, Argentina

Does playing a critical role in driving an ethical company culture sound exciting to you?  How about working for a global fintech company that is passionate about developing a best-in-class ethics program? Are you interested in joining a globally diverse organization where our unique contributions are recognized and celebrated, allowing each of us to thrive? Then it's time to join Western Union as a Lawyer. 

Western Union powers your pursuit.

This role is responsible for drafting and negotiating agreements with local vendors and subagents, as well as managing corporate governance obligations for local legal entities, including the preparation of board meetings and the registration of corporate resolutions with local authorities.

Role Responsibilities

• Leads defense strategies, prepares responses, and gathers evidence for consumer protection claims.
• Coordinate with external law firms to develop responses to lawsuits and define effective defense strategies and follow-up.
• Follow-up of litigation (pre-judicial, judicial and/or transaction stage); oversees the coordination and leadership of expert evidence processes in local litigation, working closely with accounting, compliance, risk, and business teams.
• Provide legal support across multiple departments such as risk, collections and procurement , ensures timely coordination of responses to audits, and contributes legal input to local projects related to the owned operation in Argentina. 
• Responsible for preparing and negotiating different agreements, accelerating financial growth and expanding the agent network within the region.
• Assure from a legal perspective the correct implementation of any new product, understanding the market and their challenges, identifying risks and opportunities.
• Close follow-up of any regulatory requirement, or any risk that could affect the business. Achieve targets and deadlines aligned with the business team.
• Relationship with the local regulators. Actively participate in meetings with other WU teams, clients, agents, and vendors.
• Review, draft, revise and negotiate a wide range of legal documents, including contracts with agents, vendors, partners, WU entities and other third parties.
• Coordinate with Outside Counsel the corporate matters, such as powers of attorney, minutes of shareholders/Board of Directors' meetings and mandatory registration of legal entities.
• Follow up legislative and regulatory developments. You research and analyze the law on basic to moderately complex issues.

Role Requirements

• 5+ years of legal experience with top law firms with international clients or corporate legal department or corporate legal environment mostly in litigation and administrative proceedings.
• License to practice law, a qualified lawyer.
• Solid drafting, research and organizational skills, with the ability to provide analytical and consultative direction.
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of management
• Capable of routinely working with highly confidential and sensitive information
•  Demonstrated experience with review of complex legal documents and/or preparation of complex legal responses/documents at a professional level.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills, demonstrated negotiation skills
• Advanced English language is a must for this role.

We make financial services accessible to humans everywhere. Join us for what's next.

Western Union is positioned to become the world's most accessible financial services company —transforming lives and communities. We're a diverse and passionate customer-centric team of over 8,000 employees serving 200 countries and territories, reaching customers and receivers around the globe. More than moving money, we design easy-to-use products and services for our digital and physical financial ecosystem that help our customers move forward.

Just as we help our global customers prosper, we support our employees in achieving their professional aspirations. You'll have plenty of opportunities to learn new skills and build a career, as well as receive a great compensation package. If you're ready to help drive the future of financial services, it's time for Western Union. Learn more about our purpose and people at:

Benefits

You will also have access to short-term incentives, multiple health insurance options, accident and life insurance, and access to best-in-class development platforms, to name a few
). Please see the location-specific benefits below and note that your Recruiter may share additional role-specific benefits during your interview process or in an offer of employment.

Your Argentina-specific benefits include:

• Gift vouchers for marriage, for birth, others.
• Discounts at universities. 
• Discounts at gyms and shops. 
• Discounts at the language center.
• 10 days off for non-pregnant mother/father.

Western Union values in-person collaboration, learning, and ideation whenever possible. We believe this creates value through common ways of working and supports the execution of enterprise objectives which will ultimately help us achieve our strategic goals. By connecting face-to-face, we are better able to learn from our peers, problem-solve together, and innovate. 

Our Hybrid Work Model categorizes each role into one of three categories. Western Union has determined the category of this role to be Hybrid. This is defined as a flexible working arrangement that enables employees to divide their time between working from home and working from an office location. The expectation is to work from the office a minimum of three days a week.

We are passionate about diversity. Our commitment is to provide an inclusive culture that celebrates the unique backgrounds and perspectives of our global teams while reflecting the communities we serve. We do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, religion, political affiliation, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, or veteran status. The company will provide accommodation to applicants, including those with disabilities, during the recruitment process, following applicable laws.

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