Corporate Legal Counsel

About Payoneer

Founded in 2005, Payoneer is the global financial platform that removes friction from doing business across borders, with a mission to connect the world’s underserved businesses to a rising global economy. We’re a community with over 2,500 colleagues all over the world, working to serve customers, and partners in over 190 countries and territories.

By taking the complexity out of the financial workflows–including everything from global payments and compliance to multi-currency and workforce management, to providing working capital and business intelligence–we give businesses the tools they need to work efficiently worldwide and grow with confidence.

Role Summary

The Corporate Counsel will provide governance and corporate legal advice for all subsidiaries of the global Payoneer Workforce Management Group throughout Europe. This role works closely with global Corporate Secretarial colleagues, senior stakeholders and cross functional teams across multiple jurisdictions to ensure robust legal entity management and effective board governance.

What You’ll Do

· Ensure regulatory and legal compliance throughout each entity life cycle, such as maintaining accurate statutory registers and records, as well as timely filing of financial statements, annual returns, accounts, director changes and other related corporate maintenance matters.

· Maintain and obtain corporate documents such as incorporation certificates, articles of association, by-laws, certificate of good standing and other relevant documents required by law in each jurisdiction.

· Ensure consistent oversight and prompt renewal of all business licenses, permits, and real estate/workplace related registrations with the relevant authorities.

· Support review of the group’s corporate subsidiary structure such as share capital restructuring, entity formations, and broader entity rationalization initiatives involving liquidations, dissolutions and deregistration of branches.

· Provide board and governance support by scheduling meetings, preparing notices and agendas, drafting AGMs/board minutes and resolutions. Advising directors on their duties, roles, and best practices.

· Prepare a range of supporting corporate and secretarial documents, including share capital forms, share transfer agreements, confidentiality agreements, power of attorney, legal memoranda etc.

· Draft intercompany agreements to reflect the group’s commercial, legal, and tax requirements within each relevant jurisdiction.

· Maintain the accuracy of the group’s centralized corporate entity Diligent platform for all European entities such as details of incorporation, director appointments, share ownership, authorized signatories etc.

· Manage relationships with external corporate legal counsels and secretarial service providers for each jurisdiction and partner with Procurement, AP and Finance as needed.

· Proactively liaise with internal stakeholders such as HR, Treasury, Finance, Tax, Employment and Regulatory teams to ensure that all corporate matters are consistently aligned with the organization’s overarching goals.

· Contribute to the ongoing development and improvement of the global Corporate Secretarial function.

Who you are

· Qualified Solicitor admitted to the Bar in a European jurisdiction.

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex issues clearly to senior stakeholders.

· 3+ years of post-qualification experience in a corporate secretarial or governance role working within a law firm and/or in-house within an international group.

· Proven expertise in corporate law or governance across multiple jurisdictions.

· Excellent teamwork, project management, and collaboration skills.

· Comfortable working in a fast-paced in-house environment with the ability to manage multiple priorities independently is essential.

#LI-AG3

The Payoneer Ways of Working  

Act as our customer’s partner on the inside
Learning what they need and creating what will help them go further.  

Do it. Own it.
Being fearlessly accountable in everything we do.  

Continuously improve
Always striving for a higher standard than our last.  

Build each other up  
Helping each other grow, as professionals and people.  

If this sounds like a business, a community, and a mission you want to be part of, apply today.

We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace. Payoneer is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment no matter your race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you require reasonable accommodation at any stage of the hiring process, please speak to the recruiter managing the role for any adjustments. Decisions about requests for reasonable accommodation are made on a case-by-case basis.