What's the opportunity?
As our Legal Counsel, you will take a hands‐on, business‐facing role for a commercial legal counsel, partnering closely with our commercial teams while supporting the wider business on a range of legal matters. The successful candidate will be a flexible self‐starter with a general outlook, strong stakeholder management, and a collaborative working style.
Responsibilities
- Draft, review, and negotiate complex commercial agreements, including MSAs, SOWs, amendments, vendor/procurement agreements, NDAs, DPAs, novations, referral/partnership agreements, terminations, guarantees, and ancillary schedules.
- Act as a key point of contact for commercial deal work, providing clear risk‐based advice and pragmatic alternatives to accelerate safe, high‐quality outcomes.
- Create, maintain, and continuously improve templates, clause libraries, playbooks, and negotiation guidance to drive consistency and speed.
- Partner with Product, Commercial, Finance, Risk, Compliance, and InfoSec on go‐to‐market initiatives,



ensuring contract terms reflect operational realities and regulatory requirements.
- Support the team on data and privacy contracting topics (e.G., DPAs, data transfer mechanisms, sub‐processor and security schedules) in coordination with Privacy and Security.
- Embed regulatory considerations (e.G., payments/fintech frameworks, consumer protection) into commercial terms; coordinate with Compliance on AML/sanctions and other mandatory provisions.

Qualifications
- Qualified lawyer (relevant jurisdiction) with 5–7 years of professional experience at a law firm and/or in‐house within financial services, fintech, or tech‐enabled businesses.
- Strong experience drafting and negotiating cross‐border commercial contracts in fast‐paced environments.
- Solid grounding in general commercial, contractual, and compliance issues; ability to translate legal risk into actionable business guidance.
- Working familiarity with payments/financial services/fintech

📌 Legal Counsel (Chamartín)
🏢 dLocal
📍 Chamartín