Meta
Lead Counsel, Payments Partnerships Legal
$170K–$237K
Los Angeles, CA +4 · Full-time · Posted Oct 1, 2026
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA
Menlo Park, CA
Seattle, WA
New York, NY
San Francisco, CA - Experience
- 5+ years of legal experience as a practicing attorney, including at a law firm or in-house.
- Education
- Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent law degree from an accredited institution.
About the job
Lead legal counsel for Meta’s payments partnerships, advising on and negotiating agreements and legal issues for payment and financial services products across Meta’s apps.
What you'll do
- Advise Payments and Financial Integrity teams on partner relationships, commercial strategy, and legal risks.
- Draft, negotiate, and close payments, financial services, and financial integrity agreements.
- Advise on privacy, data protection, and information sharing, and collaborate with internal teams and outside counsel.
What they ask for
- JD or equivalent law degree from an accredited institution and an active, good-standing U.S. state bar license or equivalent foreign bar license; ability to promptly obtain permission to practice for Meta where required.
- Experience advising on payments law, financial services regulation, or money transmission requirements, including federal and state frameworks.
- Experience drafting and negotiating commercial agreements with financial institutions, payment networks, or technology partners.
- Experience managing multiple deals on tight deadlines with minimal supervision and communicating complex legal concepts clearly.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with international payments regulations, agentic commerce, emerging payments technology, or fraud and financial crime vendor agreements.
- Experience in-house at a consumer technology company, fintech, or payments platform; demonstrated use of AI tools and responsible AI practices.
Pay
$170,000/year to $237,000/year (base salary)
AI focus
Use AI tools to optimize or redesign legal workflows and improve efficiency or quality; develop AI skills such as prompt/context engineering and agent orchestration, while following responsible AI practices.
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