Senior Legal Counsel - Wallet, Payments, and Commerce

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming great products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Working for a company that invents entire categories and industries means you’ll be challenged to creatively apply your legal expertise to cutting-edge and often unexplored aspects of the law. Apple is looking for an expert technology transactions attorney to join our Product & Commercial Legal group. This is a chance to be part of a hands-on team, dedicated to supporting the Wallet, Payments, and Commerce team across Europe and the Emerging Markets region.

Do you enjoy fast-paced transactional work and helping others find solutions to big challenges? Does new technology, and the legal issues it can present, excite you? Do you like building strong client relationships and working with teams? Your key responsibilities will include structuring, drafting and negotiating agreements and advising the Wallet, Payments, and Commerce business team on complex and often new legal issues. You will need to have demonstrable working experience in structuring, drafting and negotiating services, development and other technology and commercial agreements, as well as counseling clients on day-to-day legal matters in a technology environment, including data privacy aspects.

You Will Be Expected To:

• Advise on the legal and regulatory aspects of Apple’s products and services across payments, rewards, installments, e-commerce, AI, identity, access and transit.
• Structure, draft, and negotiate complex commercial contracts with Apple’s partners and customers.
• Advise on the expansion of certain Apple services across Europe and the Emerging Markets.

You will be part of a close-knit local team and a global team spanning across the US, Europe, Asia and around the world. This role is based in London, UK.

Minimum Qualifications

• Significant experience structuring, drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements, with strong intellectual property law and technology transactions background preferred.
• Familiarity with digital wallets, e-commerce, contactless payments, digital identity, and other related platforms and services, including familiarity with applicable laws and regulations.
• Demonstrated ability to manage high contract volumes while maintaining quality and commercial focus.
• Experience advising on laws and regulations applicable to collecting, storing, and using personal information preferred.
• Excellent client relationship and interpersonal skills.
• Experience working in a regulated environment or with governmental entities a plus.
• Experience working in an international team a plus.
• Strong work ethic and collaboration skills essential.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in an international team a plus.
• Excellent client development and interpersonal skills.

At Apple, we're not all the same. And that's our greatest strength. We draw on the differences in who we are, what we've experienced and how we think. Because to create products that serve everyone, we believe in including everyone. Therefore, we are committed to treating all applicants fairly and equally. As a registered Disability Confident employer, we will work with applicants to make any reasonable accommodations. Apple will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal backgrounds in a manner consistent with applicable law.

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