Legal Counsel
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About Paidy Inc. |
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Paidy is Japan's pioneer and leading BNPL service company. At Paidy we believe in creating simple, instant experiences to take the hassle out of shopping with a touch of magic. Paidy offers instant, monthly-consolidated credit to consumers by removing hassles from payment and purchase experiences. Paidy uses proprietary models and machine learning to underwrite transactions in seconds and guarantee payments to merchants. Paidy increases revenue for merchants by reducing the number of incomplete transactions, increasing conversion rates, boosting average order values, and facilitating repeat purchases from consumers. Paidy is a subsidiary of PayPal, the global payments company. Paidy continues to operate its existing business, maintain its brand and support a wide variety of consumer wallets and marketplaces by providing convenient and innovative services with support from PayPal. Paidy continues to innovate to make shopping easier and more fun both online and offline. For more information, please visit http://www.paidy.com. |
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About Position |
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Paidy is looking for an experienced and dedicated Senior Legal Counsel / Legal Counsel. The successful candidate will be expected to provide solutions, drive business, and contribute to business judgments by handling legal issues in corporate, commercial, product, and regulatory areas. The candidate should be ready and enthusiastic to understand and help solve complex and cutting edge problems within Paidy. This position will be expected to collaborate with cross-functional departments, such as Compliance, Privacy, Product, Sales, Operations and HR . Communication skills in English will be a must. The candidate will also participate in discussions with a wider PayPal legal community regarding any group integration tasks. In addition to the above responsibilities for Paidy, Inc., the candidate may also be assigned tasks for PayPal Japan. |
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Key Role & Responsibilities |
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Corporate Legal ● Administrate Board of Directors and Shareholders Meeting. ● Review and draft internal rules and regulations ● Collaborate with HR to handle employment matters
Commercial Legal ● Review and draft commercial contracts with large merchants ● Provide advice on marketing activities
Product Legal ● Work with Product to define the specifications for new services ● Review new product design
Regulatory Legal ● Represent the company for communications with the regulator and regulatory inspections (if any) ● Monitor regulatory developments and work with Compliance and Privacy to update the company wide operations
Group Integration ● Participate in discussions with a wider PayPal Legal community regarding any legal integration tasks ● A portion of the position’s workload may be dedicated to PayPal Japan, depending on the needs of the business. |
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Skills & Requirements |
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Must ● Attorney at law qualified in Japan ● 4-9 years of work experience for Legal Counsel role, and 7-12 years of work experience for Senior Legal Counsel role ● Ability to communicate and collaborate cross-functionally, manage stakeholders, lead projects ● Strong educational and/or occupational background in legal ● Native-level Japanese ● Business-level English Nice to have ● Work experience in government relations and/or in-house legal. ● Work experience in a legal role at financial institutions or IT company is a plus. Paidy team will ask about your user experiences with Paidy Apps during the interview. Please download Paidy App and try it out! - iOS: https://apps.apple.com/jp/app/paidy/id1220373112 - Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.paidy.paidy&hl=en&gl=US
For those who are not able to download Paidy App, due to the regional restrictions, please be advised that you download the similar App, such as Klarna, Afterpay, Affirm and so forth, and come up with your opinions on these applications and services.
Please note that you must be eligible to work in Japan. |