What you will do. A glimpse in your role:
As a Senior Legal Counselwithin the General Blue Shift4 Legal Services Team, Europe, you will act as a trusted legal partner to the business, supporting Shift4’s continued growth across its expanding European operations. You will provide practical, risk‑aware and commercially focused legal advice, ensuring compliance with company policies and relevant regulations in a dynamic fintech environment.

You will work closely with sales, product, security, compliance and other cross‑functional teams, contributing directly to complex commercial negotiations across Shift4’s international operations.

Your responsibilities include:
- Strategic commercial advisory: Act as a trusted adviser to Shift4’s commercial businesses, providing proactive, business‑focused legal guidance to drive growth and innovation across European operations - including tax free shopping (TFS), acquiring, payment gateway, and dynamic currency conversion.
- Business support & daily legal operations: Support the Deputy General Counsels, Europe,



in handling day‑to‑day legal enquiries from all European business units, delivering timely and practical solutions that enable commercial success.
- Commercial contracts & negotiations: Negotiate and draft a wide range of complex commercial contracts, including partnership and client agreements, ensuring effective risk management while advancing business objectives.
- Contract governance & external counsel management: Advise on contract management and oversee the efficient and cost‑effective use of external counsel to deliver high‑quality legal outcomes.
- Provide expert legal counsel on relevant regulatory frameworks, including financial services regulation, data protection and privacy, and other applicable frameworks relevant to TFS activities, safeguarding Shift4’s commercial and legal interests.
- Cross‑functional collaboration: Partner closely with commercial teams and internal stakeholders to support deal structuring

📌 Senior Legal Counsel (Madrid)
🏢 GlobalBlue_IT
📍 Madrid