Sobre este puesto de Litigation Counsel en FIS
Job Description
The world of finance moves fast. At FIS, we’re faster. Our teams are empowered to learn, grow, and make an impact–in their careers and communities. We deliver innovation that advances the way the world pays, banks and invests. If you want to grow personally and professionally, we’d like to know: Are you FIS?
About the role
In this position, you will be part of a team that proactively manages the company’s litigation and dispute matters and government investigations to protect and minimize risk to FIS. We are seeking an experienced litigation counsel who can strategically manage these matters, continuously improve our litigation strategies and operations, and proactively identify and mitigate risk throughout the company.
About the team
The FIS Legal team is comprised of approximately 200 attorneys and paraprofessionals worldwide who enjoy being an advisor to and partner with our businesses to help the company achieve its goals. We work collaboratively with each other and with our business colleagues to solve problems in an effective and pragmatic manner. We view our role as one of supporting our business leaders in a variety of legal matters, and we strive to assist our businesses in meeting their objectives with sound, reasonable and well-considered legal counsel.
What you will be doing
• Be responsible for a complex docket of litigation, disputes, and investigations from various government agencies including preparing case assessments, advising and executing on case strategy, coordinating investigations and discovery, and managing external counsel.
• Proactively manage collections activity, subpoenas, liens, levies, and garnishments the company to drive efficiencies and align strategy.
• Shares best practices and learnings with others in the organization, fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional growth to ensure high standards of legal service.
What you bring
A law degree, such as a Juris Doctor or other comparable degree and admission to practice law in the appropriate jurisdiction.
Eight (8) or more years of legal experience with a primary focus on litigation and government investigations in a corporate in-house or law firm environment.
Experience with litigation, disputes, and government investigations.
Experience with mergers and acquisitions, subpoenas, liens and levies, and collection matters.
Experience within fintech, information technology, technology and services outsourcing, financial services, banking, payments, and capital markets, strongly preferred.
Strong communication, research, writing, analytical, and negotiation skills.
The ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
Ability to review and evaluate multi-faceted issues and counsel business colleagues on complex legal questions relating to various issues.
Experience advising clients in a complex, diversified, matrixed, global organization.
Experience prioritizing and managing multiple projects efficiently and effectively in a fast-paced business environment and driving complex projects to completion.
What we offer you
At FIS, we hire the best. In return, you receive exceptional benefits including:
Opportunities to innovate in Fintech
Tools for personal and professional growth
Inclusive and diverse work environment
Resources to invest in your community
Competitive salary and benefits
Privacy Statement
FIS is committed to protecting the privacy and security of all personal information that we process in order to provide services to our clients. For specific information on how FIS protects personal information online, please see the Online Privacy Notice.
EEOC Statement
FIS is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, genetic information, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics. The EEO is the Law poster is available here supplement document available here
For positions located in the US, the following conditions apply. If you are made a conditional offer of employment, you will be required to undergo a drug test. ADA Disclaimer: In developing this job description care was taken to include all competencies needed to successfully perform in this position. However, for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) purposes, the essential functions of the job may or may not have been described for purposes of ADA reasonable accommodation. All reasonable accommodation requests will be reviewed and evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
Sourcing Model
Recruitment at FIS works primarily on a direct sourcing model; a relatively small portion of our hiring is through recruitment agencies. FIS does not accept resumes from recruitment agencies which are not on the preferred supplier list and is not responsible for any related fees for resumes submitted to job postings, our employees, or any other part of our company.
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