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# Senior Legal Counsel, Credit
**Dreilinden-Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany** | **Full time**
**Job Summary:**
Meet our team
You will join a team of seasoned legal counsels and report to the Director, Legal of the EU Credit Legal team. We are a highly professional and ambitious team with a strong team spirit. In this role, you will partner with many internal and external stakeholders globally, including the German and broader European credit business, Credit Risk, Product, Marketing, and Sales, PayPal Europe's authorized managers, and PayPal's team in Luxembourg. Success in this role means becoming the business's trusted advisor and subject matter expert on regulatory and product advice for the credit space.
**Job Description:**
**Your way to impact**
As a Senior Legal Counsel, you will directly influence the development and success of PayPal's credit products in Germany and other European markets. Your expertise will ensure that PayPal's credit products in Germany comply with evolving regulatory requirements. By providing strategic legal guidance and embedding a solid business understanding, you will help shape product features and drive PayPal's growth in the credit market, ultimately enhancing our customer experience.
**Your day-to-day**
In your day-to-day role, you will:
* Perform legal analysis of new product features of German European consumer and merchant credit and other financial services products.
* Conduct due diligence on complex regulatory topics and support decision-making processes within PayPal.
* Analyse new European credit laws and their impact on PayPal's German and European credit products.
* Collaborate with teams of other PayPal in-house attorneys, personnel, and outside advisors (including outside counsel).
* Advise and work closely with key stakeholders, including senior executives, Product, Credit Risk, Compliance, Privacy, Treasury, Tax, Accounting, and business functions.
* Handle ad-hoc requests and projects as required.
**What do you need to bring**
* A recognized German law degree and at least 5-7 years experience practicing either in-house (or in an equivalent setting) or at a reputable law firm, ideally focusing on consumer credit law and payments laws. Expertise in structured finance is a plus.
* Maturity, self-motivation, independence, and strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
* Ability to work effectively in a matrixed environment with multiple stakeholders.
* Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
* Ability to thrive in a fast-paced work environment and manage numerous projects simultaneously under deadline pressure.
* Team-oriented with the ability to work collaboratively and effectively with business clients and other legal department members.
* Fluency in English and German is required. Other language skills are welcome.
***\*\*We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates. Please don't hesitate to apply.***
**Preferred Qualification:**
**Subsidiary:**
PayPal
**Travel Percent:**
0
For the majority of employees, PayPal's balanced hybrid work model offers 3 days in the office for effective in-person collaboration and 2 days at your choice of either the PayPal office or your home workspace, ensuring that you equally have the benefits and conveniences of both locations.
**Our Benefits:**
At PayPal, we’re committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. And we can’t do this without our most important asset—you. That’s why we offer benefits to help you thrive in every stage of life. We champion your financial, physical, and mental health by offering valuable benefits and resources to help you care for the whole you.
We have great benefits including a flexible work environment, employee shares options, health and life insurance and more.
**Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion**
PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. In addition, PayPal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.