Lead Counsel UK and Europe
Skills
About the Role
You will serve as the first international legal counsel in London, supporting product, regulatory, commercial, employment, corporate, and operational matters for UK and European operations. You will advise on payment services, negotiate commercial agreements, support product launches and expansion, build scalable legal processes, and coordinate with external counsel.
Requirements
- Be a qualified attorney authorized to practice in the United Kingdom
- Have substantial in-house or law-firm experience supporting regulated financial-services businesses
- Possess working knowledge of United Kingdom and European Union payments, e-money, financial-services, and technology requirements
- Advise cross-functionally on product, commercial, corporate, employment, and operational matters
- Demonstrate drafting, negotiation, stakeholder-management, and project-management skills
Responsibilities
- Advise on legal and regulatory matters across UK and EU financial technology operations
- Negotiate and draft commercial agreements, bank-partner arrangements, and customer-facing terms
- Partner with Product, Compliance, Risk, Finance, and Marketing to structure and launch products, payment flows, and market expansions
- Build scalable legal processes, templates, training, and issue-escalation frameworks
- Support entity formation, governance, local hiring, employment matters, and external-counsel coordination
Benefits
- Flexible PTO
- Centralized home-office equipment ordering
- Health and wellness stipend
- Budget for intra-office travel
- Weekly coffee stipend
- Private medical insurance through Freedom Elite
- Virtual GP and at-home care via eMed x Livi
- Workplace pension through Penfold with salary sacrifice option
- Parental leave of up to 16 weeks for birthing and bonding or 8 weeks for bonding only at full pay, with additional reduced-pay time available
