Commercial Counsel- Payments

Legal Counsel (Payments & Fintech) – Interim Contract

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Location: London (Hybrid)
Contract Length: 3 months initially with the potential to extend to 6 months’
Salary: £500-£700 per day DOE

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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.

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The Role

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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.

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Key responsibilities will include:

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• Advising on a variety of legal and regulatory matters, including payments, banking, consumer protection, marketing compliance and commercial partnerships.

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• Supporting new product launches, market expansion projects and regulatory licensing initiatives.

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• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating complex commercial agreements with banking partners, platforms and enterprise customers.

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• Providing legal guidance on API integrations, product developments and associated regulatory considerations, MiFID etc.

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• Assessing business risk and delivering practical, commercially focused solutions.

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• Working closely with colleagues across legal, compliance, product and commercial teams.

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• Delivering training and guidance to internal stakeholders on key legal and regulatory developments.

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About You

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To be successful in this role, you will have:

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• UK legal qualification with approximately 4-7 years' PQE.

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• Experience gained within payments, fintech, banking or wider financial services.

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• Payment’s experience would be highly advantageous for this role.

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• A background in the in-house market

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• Strong commercial contracts experience, including drafting and negotiation.

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• Knowledge of financial services regulation, particularly within payments, banking, consumer protection or related areas.

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• The ability to identify legal risks and provide clear, pragmatic advice to stakeholders.

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• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

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• A collaborative, solutions-focused approach and the ability to work effectively in a fast-moving environment.

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What's on Offer

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• High-profile role within a market-leading fintech environment.

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• Exposure to complex cross-border legal and regulatory matters.

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• Hybrid working arrangement in London- 3 days per week in the office, the client would consider someone 2 days per week

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• Day rate of £500-700 per day DOE

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• Immediate opportunity to make a tangible impact within a growing business.

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Our client is seeking someone available to start within the next 4 weeks.

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Working through LAW Absolute

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As the first recruitment agency to specialise only in placing interim lawyers, LAW Absolute has a long history in supporting lawyers who want to work flexibly and in control of their career.

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We are able to offer our contractors a range of challenging opportunities across private practice, corporates, financial services and within the not-for-profit sector. With over 20 years of placing contract lawyers in these markets, we have built excellent networks and many of the lawyers that we work with are contract lawyers that we have successfully placed on multiple assignments, allowing them to work with autonomy and build their career in the way they choose to. For our clients, we have worked closely with legal teams to help them plan and manage delivery of their services in a more efficient way in terms of resources, costs and timescales.

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Please note our advertisements use PQE/salary levels purely as a guide. However we are happy to consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfil the role.

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At LAW Absolute we endeavour to respond to all applications within 48 hours. However due to the volume of applications we receive we may not be able to respond to every candidate individually.

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If you have not heard from us within a 48 hour timeframe your application has not been successful and your details have not been retained. LAW Absolute acts as an employment business for temporary recruitment and as an employment agency for fixed term contract and permanent recruitment.