Description

You Lead the Way. We’ve Got Your Back.

With the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. When you join Team Amex, you become part of a global and diverse community of colleagues with an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities and each other. Here, you’ll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey that’s unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally.

At American Express, you’ll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact—every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company’s success. Together, we’ll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world’s best customer experience every day. And we’ll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.

Join Team Amex and let's lead the way together.

Where great legal minds influence global business strategy. Our mission is to protect and strengthen American Express through legal expertise and strategic advice that helps our business partners manage risk, identify opportunities, and deliver on the company’s promise of exceptional products and services. Given the dynamic nature of the global payments industry and the valued partnership between our team and the business, we see it as imperative to attract and develop talented people by:

• Providing rich work experiences and opportunities for professional development

• Recognizing and rewarding those who drive and deliver results

• Respecting and valuing diversity, integrity, and personal accountability

Role & Responsibilities

Help propel your team and its business partners to success

Here’s just some of what you’ll do in this role

• Provide legal support and strategic advice to business clients across multiple business units

• Draft and negotiate a wide range of international commercial agreements and communication

• Provide legal support on various strategic marketing initiatives and agreements

• Provide legal support on acquisitions, strategic alliances and other transactions, including legal due diligence and contract drafting and negotiating

• Provide legal support on new product and service development initiatives

• Help to ensure management and the organization understands and complies with legal and regulatory requirements

• Support the GCO team in identifying and effectively managing legal risks

• Support monitoring relevant legislative developments across EMEA markets

• Manage external counsel budget, with the aim to ensure that the company receives cost effective legal advice

Required skills

• A qualified lawyer, ideally with relevant professional experience at a reputable law firm or international company.

• Proven experience PQE

• Fluent in English. Additional European language a plus

• Solid drafting, research and negotiation/influencing skills

• Solid analytical skills

• Solid understanding of general principles of law applicable to commercial practice as well as experience in areas of law applicable to payments industry

• Understanding of regulatory matters generally and areas applicable to payments industry

• Ability to work under time pressure to meet tight deadlines and clients’ expectations

• Some international travel may be required

Required Attributes

• Strategic thinker with good business understanding and analytical skills

• Skilled at effective multi-tasking - able to manage and prioritize a wide variety of matters and clients to high levels of client satisfaction

• Excellent communication skills, both orally and in writing - able to communicate clearly, concisely, effectively and persuasively with internal and external clients and senior management

• Adaptability - strong team player who thrives on collaboration and understands the individual part they play in the success of a cross- functional team

• Self-sufficiency – inquisitive, takes initiative and owns their learning and development, comfortable working with minimal direct supervision

• Prepared to take the lead and make appropriate recommendations to middle and – if required – senior management. This role requires someone with credibility and presence

• Excellent relationship management and people skills – ability to adapt communication style to a broad mix of people and personalities. Ability to form and maintain strong working relationships

• Willingness to learn and grow and to leverage experience gained in this position to expand skill set for future career growth at American Express

• Ability to respond under time pressure to business issues with executable solutions clearly linked to business objectives

• Process-management skills - ability to help identify and implement improvements in work process to enhance efficiency and productivity

• Commitment to integrity

Qualifications

We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:

• Competitive base salaries

• Bonus incentives

• Support for financial-well-being and retirement

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location)

• Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need

• Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)

• Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)

• Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program

• Career development and training opportunities

Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.

Job: Legal

Primary Location: United Kingdom-London-London

Schedule Full-time

Req ID: 24016752