At a Glance
- Tasks: Advise on legal matters and support Ramp's expansion in the UK and EU.
- Company: Join Ramp, a leading fintech innovating financial infrastructure.
- Benefits: Flexible PTO, health stipends, and comprehensive insurance coverage.
- Other info: Opportunity for career growth in a high-impact role.
- Why this job: Shape the future of finance while working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
- Qualifications: Qualified attorney with experience in financial services and regulatory compliance.
The predicted salary is between 75600 - 92400 £ per year.
ABOUT RAMPRamp is building the smart infrastructure for finance teams, embedded in the transaction flow of every dollar a business spends. We automate how over $200B in annualised spend flows in and out of 70,000+ companies: authorising payments, flagging risk, categorising spend, and closing books. The problems are high-stakes, data-dense, and unforgiving. We hire people with high agency and high urgency. We look for slope over intercept. We care less about where you trained and more about what you’ve built. At Ramp, everyone is a builder who owns problems end to end and makes consequential decisions that shape the outcome. The median Ramp customer saves 5% and grows revenue 16% in their first year – far in excess of businesses operating without Ramp. We believe every ambitious company deserves the same. If you want to build systems that directly shape how companies move and manage billions, Ramp is the place to do it.
ABOUT THE ROLEThis role will serve as Ramp's first international legal counsel in London, providing day-to-day support on product, regulatory, commercial, employment, corporate, and operational issues as Ramp builds out its European presence. They will partner closely with the U.S. Legal and Compliance teams to ensure consistency across jurisdictions while adapting Ramp's approach to local law and market practice. This is a hybrid role suited to someone comfortable moving between regulatory work and broad-based business/operational counsel in a fast-moving environment.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Advise on legal and regulatory matters across Ramp’s UK and EU financial technology operations, including payment services licensing, commercial, and data protection matters.
- Negotiate and draft commercial agreements supporting European operations, including bank-partner arrangements and customer-facing terms tailored to local law requirements.
- Partner with Product, Compliance, Risk, Finance, and Marketing teams to structure and launch new products, payment flows, and international-market expansions.
- Build practical, scalable legal processes, templates, training, and issue-escalation frameworks that enable the international organisation to move quickly while managing legal and regulatory objectives.
- Support corporate expansion activities, including entity formation and governance, local hiring and employment matters, and coordination with external counsel across relevant jurisdictions.
WHAT YOU NEED
- Qualified attorney authorised to practice in the UK, with substantial in-house or law-firm experience supporting regulated financial-services businesses.
- Strong working knowledge of UK and EU payments, e-money, financial-services, and technology requirements.
- Demonstrated ability to advise cross-functionally on product, commercial, corporate, employment, and operational matters in a fast-moving, international environment.
- Practical judgment and a business-oriented approach to translating complex legal and regulatory requirements into clear, scalable guidance.
- Excellent drafting, negotiation, stakeholder-management, and project-management skills, with comfort coordinating external counsel across multiple jurisdictions.
NICE-TO-HAVES
- Experience supporting a high-growth fintech across multiple European markets.
- Additional European language skills and experience working with regulators or external counsel in multiple jurisdictions.
BENEFITS AVAILABLE TO ALL FULL-TIME RAMP EMPLOYEES (GLOBAL)
- Flexible PTO
- Centralised home-office equipment ordering
- Health and wellness stipend
- Budget for intra-office travel
- Weekly coffee stipend
UNITED STATES
- 100% medical, dental & vision insurance coverage for you, with partial coverage for dependents
- One Medical annual membership
- 401(k), including employer match on contributions made while employed by Ramp
- Fertility HRA (up to $10,000 per year)
- Parental leave: up to 16 weeks (birthing + bonding) or 8 weeks (bonding only) at 100% pay
- Pet insurance
- In-office perks: lunch, snacks, drinks, and more
- Relocation support to NYC or SF (as needed)
CANADA
- Group medical, dental, and vision coverage through Sun Life
- Life, AD&D, and disability coverage
- Fertility drug coverage (up to $4,000 lifetime)
- Group Retirement Plan with employer match (RRSP + DPSP)
- Parental leave: up to 16 weeks (birthing + bonding) or 8 weeks (bonding only) at 100% pay, with additional time available at reduced pay
- Employee Assistance Program and virtual care through Lumino Health
UNITED KINGDOM
- 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: up to 16 weeks (birthing + bonding) or 8 weeks (bonding only) at 100% pay with additional time available at reduced pay
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