Head of Legal (Americas)

About SEON

We deliver the fastest time to value in the market through a single API call, enabling quick and seamless onboarding and integration. By analyzing billions of transactions, we’ve prevented $200 billion in fraudulent activities, showcasing why the world’s most innovative companies choose SEON.

This role is hybrid and will work on-site in the Austin, TX office a few days a week.

This person will have a wide range of responsibilities and will focus on both general in-house legal tasks and cutting-edge legal challenges. They will draft and negotiate a wide range of contracts; advise on legal risks, business strategies, and other issues around commercial transactions and general operations; and provide assistance in other legal areas.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Manage US workload for SEON
• Streamline more efficient Legal processes to ensure deadlines are met, all stakeholders are involved and to ensure transparency in legal projects
• Handle necessary customer meetings and review significant customer/partnership contracts
• Partner closely with RevOps and Marketing teams, Product, People and the Leadership teams on issues related to all internal matters, product development, and features
• Provide guidance and legal opinion during contract negotiations
• Anticipate and identify legal and regulatory risks and propose creative and effective solutions to address those risks
• Triage ad-hoc regulatory issues and downstream effects of the same
• Develop talk tracks/explanations regarding SEON’s role as a fraud prevention platform (including AML and chargeback processes), data processor (data privacy), etc., to outside parties
• Review products, features, platforms, and initiatives to provide practical legal and regulatory guidance in the US market while advancing business interests and ensuring an excellent merchant and customer experience
• Remain up-to-date on relevant industry, consumer protection, advertising, IP, and privacy laws and regulations, including, but not limited to iGaming, AML/CTF, KYC and ID verification

WHAT YOU’ll BRING:

• JD degree from an ABA-accredited law school or international equivalent
• At least three years experience in a law firm or in-house counsel experience
• Active membership in good standing with the State Bar of California and/or Texas
• Previous experience as internal counsel for a tech start-up; preferably a FinTech
• A deep understanding of the US gaming market; state filings and gambling licenses
• Previous SaaS startup experience
• Experience working independently and cross-functionally
• Excellent collaboration skills to partner with tech and non-tech teams in providing legal advice with a creative, consultative approach
• Familiarity with legal issues associated with cloud computing and software as a service (SaaS) preferred;
• Ability to quickly learn new software applications and technologies and associated legal issues
• Highly disciplined with the ability to make independent decisions and work with limited supervision while excelling in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Ability to anticipate and mitigate friction points and take initiative to resolve challenges

AMAZING IF YOU ALSO HAVE:

• Deep understanding of legal aspects of data privacy and information security
• Experience with iGaming rules and regulations