Legal Counsel

PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. PayPal empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets by providing secure, personal, and innovative payment experiences. PayPal operates a global two-sided network that connects millions of merchants and consumers, offering proprietary payment solutions, funding flexibility, and cross‑border capabilities.

Job Summary

Negotiate partner and marketplace transactions with the European Partner Sales organisation, focusing on Europe and the United Kingdom. Manage escalations, work across teams, and deliver pragmatic solutions to help partners close deals. Collaborate with the Commercial Legal team to improve contracting processes, drive consistency and efficiency, and support standardisation and templates. Provide strategic legal advice on regulatory, contractual and commercial issues affecting partnerships, product launches and growth initiatives, and advise on EU, UK and international requirements relating to payments, fintech, data protection, AML, consumer protection and artificial intelligence.

Essential Responsibilities

• Provide specialized legal advice and support to enable business strategy while identifying and managing legal risk.
• Ensure awareness of and advise on compliance with relevant laws and regulations.
• Build strong partnerships with business counterparts across the enterprise to proactively identify potential legal risks and provide strategic legal guidance.
• Identify, analyse, and advise on potential legal risks, presenting mitigation options and recommendations to protect the company and enable business objectives.
• Escalate complex legal issues and significant risks to senior legal leadership where appropriate.
• Research and analyse new laws, regulations, and regulatory guidance affecting the company's global operations, assessing potential business impact and recommended actions.
• Manage assigned legal matters through resolution, coordinating with internal stakeholders and external counsel as needed.
• Maintain current knowledge of legal developments relevant to assigned business areas and communicate implications.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years relevant experience and a Juris Doctorate degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Benefits

PayPal offers comprehensive, choice‑based programs to support personal wellbeing—physical, emotional, and financial—along with generous paid time off, healthcare coverage for employees and their families, and resources to create financial security and mental‑health support.

Equal Employment Opportunity

PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. PayPal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at