Senior Legal Counsel

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Fintech • eCommerce

dLocal is a payment solutions platform that connects global merchants with consumers in emerging markets. The company offers a variety of services including payins, payouts, and real-time fraud management to enhance payment processes for businesses. As a Nasdaq-listed company, dLocal supports transactions in over 40 countries, enabling local payment methods and currencies for billions of emerging market consumers. dLocal’s platform simplifies cross-border payments, providing a comprehensive solution for eCommerce, shared economy, digital media, financial services, and more, with an emphasis on high-growth markets such as Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

201 - 500 employees

Founded 2016

💳 Fintech

🛍️ eCommerce

💰 $150M Venture Round on 2021-04

📋 Description

• Lead and manage a portfolio of disputes across Europe, Africa and selected global matters (pre‑action through resolution), including commercial litigation, arbitration/mediation, and cross‑border matters. • Coordinate responses to governmental and regulatory requests (e.g., information requests, subpoenas, investigatory inquiries) end‑to‑end: intake, scoping, privilege, data collection/production, and remediation planning in partnership with Compliance, Privacy, Data Protection, InfoSec, and Finance. • Drive “enforcement and special projects” workstreams, including demand strategies, cure/termination notices, recovery of fees/expenses where applicable, and structured settlement frameworks and playbooks. • Oversee outside counsel: strategy, selection, budgeting/AFAs, matter management, and performance metrics; ensure advice is actionable, timely, and risk‑weighted. • Implement and maintain litigation operations: legal hold and preservation, eDiscovery coordination, document management, and privilege/waiver controls across jurisdictions. • Advise senior stakeholders on dispute risk, strategy, and settlement options; prepare concise, decision‑ready briefings and status updates. • Partner with Legal colleagues on regulatory, compliance and strategic projects, including remediation programmes, and process/tooling improvements. • Create and refine policies, playbooks, and training (e.g., dispute escalation paths, regulator‑request response SOPs, dawn‑raid readiness, negotiation guides). • Identify and deliver productivity improvements (automation, CLM/e‑signature workflows, templates, SLAs, dashboards) to scale the function.

🎯 Requirements

• Qualified lawyer (EU or UK), typically 5–7+ years’ PQE at a leading law firm and/or in‑house in financial services/fintech/tech‑enabled environments. Candidates with deeper experience may be considered for the Senior title. • Demonstrated experience running complex litigation/arbitration and regulatory‑facing matters, including cross‑border elements, from strategy through resolution. • Familiarity with payments/financial services/fintech frameworks is desirable; experience with platform/online businesses is advantageous. • Confidence handling governmental/regulatory interactions and coordinating multi‑disciplinary responses (Compliance, Privacy/GDPR, InfoSec, Finance). • Working knowledge of litigation operations (legal holds, preservation, discovery/eDiscovery, privilege) and cross‑border data considerations. • Excellent written and verbal communication; strong stakeholder management and negotiation skills; calm under pressure and outcome‑oriented. • A proactive self‑starter who exercises sound judgment and thrives on international, cross‑functional projects across multiple time zones. • Fluency in English (required). Spanish or another European language is a plus. • Experience with European/UK regulatory regimes relevant to disputes and enforcement (e.g., payments regulation, consumer protection, AML/sanctions interfaces) is a nice-to-have. • Building track records through playbooks/SOPs, dashboards, and KPIs for dispute portfolios; experience with alternative fee arrangements and budget control is considered a plus. • Exposure to listed or high‑growth, multi‑jurisdiction organisations is also desirable.

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote work: work from anywhere or one of our offices around the globe!* • Flexibility: we have flexible schedules and we are driven by performance. • Fintech industry: work in a dynamic and ever-evolving environment, with plenty to build and boost your creativity. • Referral bonus program: our internal talents are the best recruiters - refer someone ideal for a role and get rewarded. • Learning & development: get access to a Premium Coursera subscription. • Language classes: we provide free English, Spanish, or Portuguese classes. • Social budget: you'll get a monthly budget to chill out with your team (in person or remotely) and deepen your connections! • dLocal Houses: want to rent a house to spend one week anywhere in the world coworking with your team? We’ve got your back!