About this role
This is Adyen
Adyen provides payments, data, and financial products in a single solution for customers like Meta, Uber, H&M, and Microsoft - making us the financial technology platform of choice. At Adyen, everything we do is engineered for ambition.
For our teams, we create an environment with opportunities for our people to succeed, backed by the culture and support to ensure they are enabled to truly own their careers. We are motivated individuals who tackle unique technical challenges at scale and solve them as a team. Together, we deliver innovative and ethical solutions that help businesses achieve their ambitions faster.
Associate Commercial Counsel We are looking for a driven and enthusiastic Associate Commercial Counsel based in Amsterdam to join the global Deal Desk within the Commercial Legal team at Adyen. As Associate Commercial Counsel, you will be responsible for negotiating complex contract negotiations with our vendors and commercial partners. You will also be responsible for drafting comprehensive negotiation playbooks, training internal teams on how to navigate and negotiate vendor and partnership relationships, advising on contract interpretation, and other general commercial matters. This is a role for a counsel who thrives in a fast-moving, complex environment, who is commercially-minded, and who can leverage their sophisticated legal expertise and strong communication skills into tangible, scalable value that accelerates Adyen’s global growth.
What you will do:
• Provide strategic, business-oriented legal advice across procurement, partnerships, product, and regulatory teams globally, including on our contracting principles, commercial projects, and legal and regulatory compliance within our vendor and partner contracts.
• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide variety of complex, multi-jurisdictional commercial agreements.
• Proactively problem solve for emerging legal and operational risks, providing risk-based decisions on complex legal issues and proposing improvements to mitigate future exposure.
• Advising on early-stage disputes, managing initial phases of legal conflicts, and providing counsel on complex legal interpretations.
• Drive legal automation efforts and process improvements to help scale our team and bring greater efficiency to the negotiation process.
• Work autonomously in a cross-functional manner.
• Build strong relationships with colleagues, leaders, and stakeholders across the company.
Who you are:
• 3+ years of legal experience, in house or at a law firm including strong commercial contracting and/or other transactional experience to compliment your solid understanding of contract law principles.
• Clear communicator who ensures your stakeholders understand the purpose and reasoning behind decisions.
• Solid people skills and work well with a variety of internal and external stakeholders from varying disciplines and cultures.
• Curious, ask questions, and tak