Commercial Counsel, EMEA

Join Stripe as a Commercial Counsel in EMEA, supporting the sales team and advising on legal issues in a fast-growing fintech environment.

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world's largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career.

Stripe is looking for an outstanding transactional lawyer to join our commercial legal team supporting our fast-growing business in EMEA. We are committed to building an inclusive work environment where all Stripes feel welcomed as their authentic selves—inclusive of all genders, sexual orientations, ethnicities, races, education, ages, and other personal characteristics. We work on broadening our internal diversity because we want to be culturally equipped to build products and solutions for our diverse user base.

• •Support the EMEA sales team, leading negotiations and advising on a wide range of commercial and legal issues
• •Be an integral part of the build out of Stripe's commercial legal infrastructure so that we can scale and operate efficiently at pace with Stripe's exponential growth—this work includes drafting and maintaining Stripe's agreements and playbooks, leading and contributing to projects to improve internal processes and operational efficiencies
• •Work with teams across Stripe, including sales, privacy, operations, product, tax, and risk groups
• •Develop and deliver training and other resources to help the Sales team sell our products
• •Be a point of escalation for outside counsel

• •7+ years of relevant experience as a lawyer in-house or in a technology practice group in a top law firm
• •Intellectually curious and a creative problem solver—Stripe's products and our industry are complex and ever evolving—you relish learning new things and finding creative solutions to challenging problems
• •A self-starter with a bias for action—you're proactive and have a strong sense of ownership
• •A clear and concise communicator (in written and verbal forms), who distills the key risks and explains complex, nuanced issues in plain and simple terms
• •A natural collaborator, able to guide cross-functional teams and drive to a win-win solution
• •Familiar with the range of legal issues and commercial risks that arise in connection with hosted data and technology services
• •A team player who is willing to do what it takes to contribute to the collective success

• •Experience working in payment or fintech industries and knowledge of associated regulatory issues
• •In-house experience advising high-growth technology companies
• •A working knowledge of relevant data protection and AI regulations