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Job DescriptionThe Senior Corporate Counsel role is to act as a legal adviser with a focus on fintech/payments products. The core part of the role will be advising on contract negotiations, new product creation and engaging with other teams across U.S. Bank Europe DAC and its parent U.S. Bank National Association.
Principal Accountabilities: U.S. Bank both develops proprietary payment solutions and partners with industry-leading companies to offer their products to our customers. This role will support both internal product development and partner relationships providing end to end legal guidance throughout the product development lifecycle, including concept development, design, build, launch readiness, commercialization, and ongoing operations. This includes:
Leading negotiation and drafting of complex technology, commercial, and reseller agreements.
Evaluating and mitigating legal and business risks associated with products, contracts, and third party engagements.
Ensuring global product initiatives comply with regulatory, contractual, and enterprise risk frameworks across Europe by partnering with others within the Bank, Law Division and outside counsel as appropriate.
Providing pragmatic legal solutions aligned with business objectives and enterprise risk posture.
The Senior Corporate Counsel will build deep product expertise, influence product strategy, and play a key role in ensuring compliant, well structured, and business ready product delivery.
1. Contract Drafting & Negotiation
Draft, review, and negotiate complex technology, commercial, and reseller agreements.
Ensure contract terms align with business objectives, industry standards, U.S. Bank policies, and applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
Lead negotiations using legal expertise and playbooks.
Document contract decisions, exceptions, escalations, and next steps.
Drive efficiencies in the negotiation process.
Calibrate legal guidance based on deal criticality, revenue impact, and strategic importance.
2. Risk Assessment & Mitigation
Identify and evaluate legal, commercial, and operational risks in product design, development, deployment, and contracting and contribute to risk-mitigation planning.
Ensure alignment with applicable contracts, U.S. Bank’s enterprise risk frameworks, third party risk management and regulatory expectations.
Escalate elevated risks appropriately and support leadership decision making.
3. Cross Functional Collaboration
Partner with product, compliance, risk partners, operations teams and others to embed legal considerations into product development.
Collaborate with compliance, risk, and other legal teams to evaluate regulatory, contractual, and operational readiness of new or modified products.
Support go to market preparation, compliance reviews, and launch readiness activities.
Partner with and manage outside counsel as needed.
4. Monitoring & Thought Leadership
Monitor emerging laws, regulations, and industry standards impacting technology products, data usage, licensing, intellectual property, and payment solutions.
Track advancements in emerging technologies and associated legal frameworks.
Advise product and business leaders on legal implications of new trends, innovations, and evolving regulatory expectations.
5. Additional Responsibilities
Assist senior legal leadership with special projects and other legal matters as requested.
Develop and refine templates, playbooks, contracting standards, and legal guidance to improve consistency and efficiency.
Knowledge and Experience
Legal qualification in the UK with a minimum of 7 years PQE; and
Practical experience within Europe; and
Experience as corporate counsel with a focus on:
technology product development and launch
complex technology and commercial agreements
reseller or distribution agreements
intellectual property, privacy, data usage, and information security
third party/vendor contracting.
Preferred Experience
Familiarity with payment services, global merchant acquiring, alternative payment types, mobile wallets, fraud and security products, financial services regulation, and AI (including agentic AI).
Experience supporting product teams in a regulated financial services or fintech environment.
Skills/Disposition
Strong ability to identify legal issues and provide practical, business oriented solutions.
Significant experience drafting and negotiating strategic and complex technology agreements, including reseller arrangements.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to distill complex concepts for non lawyers.
Strong client management, diplomacy, and cross functional collaboration skills.
Ability to lead projects, drive change, and influence decision making.
Strong background in technology, intellectual property, information security, and privacy.
Accessibility
We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment experience. If you need adjustments at any stage of the application or hiring process, please contact your recruiter for guidance and support.
Total Rewards
U.S. Bank is committed to fair, equitable, and transparent compensation practices in line with local regulatory and legal requirements. Our total rewards approach is designed to attract, retain, and support top talent while ensuring equal pay for work of equal value.
We offer a market-competitive compensation package that includes:
Clearly defined salary ranges aligned with industry benchmarks and internal equity standards.
Performance-based incentives for eligible employees (as defined by relevant plan rules), awarded through transparent, objective criteria that recognize both individual and company performance.
Inclusive equitable benefits that are accessible to all employees and focused around our 3 main pillars of financial wellbeing, health & wellness).
Continuous development opportunities including training, education support, and career progression pathways based on inclusive and transparent criteria.
Employee recognition programs that celebrate achievements and milestones for all.
We regularly review our compensation and benefits to ensure they remain competitive, inclusive, and responsive to employee needs and market trends. Further details of the compensation package will be provided upon application.
We encourage candidates to explore the full value of our offer, including monetary and non-monetary benefits, at Employee benefits and development | U.S. Bank | Elavon.
Closing Date
Posting may be closed earlier due to high volume of applicants.
We aim to provide timely updates throughout the process and encourage early applications to ensure consideration.
Elavon, Inc. London, England Office
London, United Kingdom
