SVP, Assistant General Counsel, Litigation

Our Purpose

Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.

Title and Summary

SVP, Assistant General Counsel, Litigation

Who is Mastercard?

Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential.

Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.

Overview

Mastercard is seeking a highly motivated and experienced senior litigation lawyer - SVP, Assistant General Counsel, Litigation - to lead the defence of complex, high-profile antitrust and commercial litigation in the UK and across Europe. Based in London and joining the global litigation team, the SVP will play a central role in shaping Mastercard’s litigation strategy and will work closely with business partners and internal and external legal teams. This role offers the opportunity to work on precedent-setting litigation at the intersection of commercial and competition law, payments and regulation. The SVP will provide strategic guidance to senior business executives and legal leadership and will manage a significant docket of high-profile litigation, a large external counsel network and budget. The role reports to the EVP, General Counsel, Litigation, and currently has one direct report.

Role

In this senior leadership position, you will:

Lead strategy for complex UK and European commercial and antitrust litigation matters, including class actions.

Serve as a strategic advisor to senior business executives and cross-functional stakeholders on litigation, legal and financial risk, and business decisions.

Partner with investor relations, communications and executive leadership to manage reputational risk and external messaging.

Oversee e-discovery strategy and litigation-related data governance across evolving data environments.

All About You

The ideal candidate for this position should have:

Extensive experience leading high-risk, complex commercial and antitrust litigation, including class actions in the UK and Europe. Additional exposure to leading antitrust and regulatory investigations would be a plus.

Strong leadership experience managing multiple teams, cross-functional initiatives and external counsel relationships.

A strategic mindset, with the ability to connect the dots, be proactive and challenge thinking constructively.

Proven ability to advise and influence senior executives and boards on highly sensitive and strategic issues.

A business-minded, solutions-oriented and pragmatic approach to problem solving in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.

Exceptional interpersonal skills, with proven experience building relationships and partnering effectively; must work well in both team and individual settings.

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;

Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;

Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and

Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.