Legal Counsel (Payments & Fintech) – Interim Contract
Location: London (Hybrid)
Contract Length: 3 months initially with the potential to extend to 6 months'
Salary: £500-£700 per day DOE
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Lawyer to join a fast-paced, global financial technology business on an initial 3-month contract. This role offers the chance to work at the heart of a highly innovative organisation operating across the payments and financial services sector.
The Role
Working as part of a collaborative legal team, you will provide commercially focused legal advice across a broad range of matters affecting the business in the UK and wider EMEA region. You will partner closely with key stakeholders, supporting both day-to-day operations and strategic business initiatives.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Advising on a variety of legal and regulatory matters, including payments, banking, consumer protection, marketing compliance and commercial partnerships.
- Supporting new product launches, market expansion projects and regulatory licensing initiatives.
- Drafting, reviewing and negotiating complex commercial agreements with banking partners, platforms and enterprise customers.
- Providing legal guidance on API integrations, product developments and associated regulatory considerations, MiFID etc.
- Assessing business risk and delivering practical, commercially focused solutions.
- Working closely with colleagues across legal, compliance, product and commercial teams.
- Delivering training and guidance to internal stakeholders on key legal and regulatory developments.
About You
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- UK legal qualification with approximately 4-7 years' PQE.
- Experience gained within payments, fintech, banking or wider financial services.
- Payment's experience would be highly advantageous for this role.
- A background in the in-house market
- Strong commercial contracts experience, including drafting and negotiation.
- Knowledge of financial services regulation, particularly within payments, banking, consumer protection or related areas.
- The ability to identify legal risks and provide clear, pragmatic advice to stakeholders.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- A collaborative, solutions-focused approach and the ability to work effectively in a fast-moving environment.
What's on Offer
- High-profile role within a market-leading fintech environment.
- Exposure to complex cross-border legal and regulatory matters.
- Hybrid working arrangement in London- 3 days per week in the office, the client would consider someone 2 days per week
- Day rate of £500-700 per day DOE
- Immediate opportunity to make a tangible impact within a growing business.
Our client is seeking someone available to start within the next 4 weeks.
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