FinTech Lawyer (In-House)

JR United Kingdom; England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A legal talent provider is seeking qualified FinTech lawyers to join their innovative team. The role offers the opportunity to work with top-tier clients on complex digital asset regulations while enjoying a predominantly remote or hybrid work schedule. With competitive compensation and extensive benefits, this role is ideal for legal professionals looking to advance their careers in a flexible, supportive environment.

Benefits

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Pension

Comprehensive healthcare

Qualifications

• Understand and advise on regulatory matters related to digital assets.
• Experience with drafting and reviewing digital asset contracts.
• Interest in alternative legal service models.

Responsibilities

• Advise on transactional matters concerning digital assets.
• Draft and negotiate contracts related to blockchain products.
• Conduct legal research on cryptocurrency regulations.

Skills

Legal Research

Blockchain Knowledge

Contract Negotiation

Education

Qualified solicitor as a UK solicitor or equivalent EU/overseas

Job description

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By joining the Epiq Counsel Waitlist, you will be considered for future in-house engagements aligned with your expertise and preferences. Leverage our network to bridge the gap between your skills and organizations in need of top-tier legal services. Take the next step in your legal career and join a vibrant community of Epiq legal professionals!

Introduction

Epiq Counsel is an innovative legal services talent provider that offers meaningful in-house legal secondment work and flexibility to sophisticated and credentialed lawyers and legal professionals. Our lawyers work on a wide variety of matters for Fortune 500 clients. Epiq works hard to provide our diverse legal talent with challenging work for sophisticated clients that does not require sacrificing flexibility or control.

Epiq Counsel takes the time and attention to understand each lawyer’s practice areas, experience, and preferences to ensure they are presented with compelling engagement opportunities with leading law departments across the globe.

We are actively seeking FinTech Lawyers with the following qualifications:

• Qualified solicitor as a UK solicitor or equivalent EU/overseas.
• Understanding of and ability to advise on transactional and regulatory matters related to digital assets, including cryptocurrencies, blockchain technology, cryptocurrency lending, Non-Fungible Tokens, and decentralized finance.
• Experience drafting, negotiating, and reviewing contracts related to digital assets and blockchain products.
• Skilled in conducting legal research on the latest developments in cryptocurrency and blockchain regulations.
• Right to work in the UK and eligibility to practice as a lawyer in the UK.
• Epiq Counsel partners with industry-leading clients in support of their sophisticated interim talent needs. Must be interested in practicing in an alternative, fixed-term legal services model.
• Predominantly remote/hybrid work.
• Compensation commensurate with experience and complexity of engagement, together with engagement support and coaching.
• We offer market beating benefits in the alternative legal services space, including: 25 days holiday + bank holidays, pension and comprehensive healthcare.

It is Epiq’s policy to comply with all applicable equal employment opportunity laws by making all employment decisions without unlawful regard or consideration of any individual’s race, religion, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expressions, transgender status, sexual and other reproductive health decisions, marital status, age, national origin, genetic information, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, veteran or family status or any other basis protected by applicable national, federal, state, provincial or local law. Epiq’s policy prohibits unlawful discrimination based on any of these impermissible bases, as well as any bases or grounds protected by applicable law in each jurisdiction. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. Epiq is pleased to provide such assistance and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request. Pursuant to relevant law, where applicable, Epiq will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.