Legal Counsel, Payments & Fintech

3 weeks ago
Full-time
Senior
Legal
Xsolla

Xsolla

Xsolla is an international payment solution provider for online games, offering tools to launch, monetize, and scale games worldwide with local payment methods and fraud prevention.

Internet Software & Services
251-1K
Founded 2005

Description

  • Draft, review, and negotiate agreements with payment providers, banks, card networks, financial partners, vendors, and business partners.
  • Advise on payment operations, including payment methods, providers, global money flows, settlement, chargebacks, refunds, reserves, and holdbacks.
  • Advise on KYC/KYB, AML/CFT, sanctions screening, and customer due diligence requirements across markets.
  • Support market expansion through licensing analysis, entity structuring, and legal-entity incorporation and maintenance.
  • Provide practical legal guidance on business initiatives, payment strategies, product offerings, and general legal matters.
  • Monitor and analyze laws and regulations affecting payments, money movement, cryptocurrencies, blockchain, NFTs, and DeFi.
  • Collaborate with business and technology teams to develop compliant payment products and services.
  • Identify legal risks early, recommend practical solutions, manage multiple priorities, and meet tight deadlines.

Requirements

  • Admission to practice law in the United States and membership in good standing.
  • At least 5 years of legal experience in fintech, banking, and/or payments.
  • Expertise in payments and familiarity with U.S. and international regulations, including money transmission, BSA/AML, PSD2, MiCA, and card network rules.
  • Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex commercial, payment processing, financial services, technology, licensing, vendor, and partnership agreements.
  • Ability to provide practical legal advice in a fast-paced business environment.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to collaborate with product, technology, business operations, and management teams.
  • Availability to work remotely anywhere in the U.S. and travel to the Sherman Oaks, California headquarters approximately twice per year; Los Angeles-area candidates preferred.
  • Successful completion of applicable criminal history, employment, and education verification checks.

Benefits

  • 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Unlimited Flexible Time Off.
  • Personalized career roadmap.
  • Training and educational opportunities for professional development.
  • Remote work arrangement for U.S.-based employees.
  • Inclusive workplace committed to equal employment opportunity.

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