Global Fintech General Counsel — Strategy & Growth

Kingsley Green Recruitment; Greater London; On-site; GBP 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Kingsley Green Recruitment is partnering with a fast-growing fintech to appoint a senior General Counsel. You will work closely with the CEO, Board and leadership to shape legal strategy and align it with commercial priorities across digital assets, payments and markets.

The role requires extensive in-house experience, driving regulatory programmes, complex negotiations and a scalable in-house function. Autonomy, pragmatic risk management and strong stakeholder skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Significant fintech/regulatory exposure, preferably in-house.
• Strong track record advising C-suite and boards on regulatory and commercial matters.
• Experience across multiple international jurisdictions and licenses.

Responsibilities

• Act as trusted legal adviser to the CEO, Board and senior leadership team.
• Lead the legal strategy across regulatory, commercial, corporate and product matters.
• Drive licensing and regulatory programmes across international jurisdictions.
• Partner with Product, Technology and Commercial teams on new products, partnerships and routes to market.
• Lead significant commercial negotiations with institutional clients and strategic partners.
• Oversee corporate governance, data protection, employment and wider legal matters.
• Manage external counsel across jurisdictions with commercially focused advice.
• Build and develop the in-house legal function as the business scales.
• Shape how the legal function operates, including AI and legal technology adoption.

Skills

Fintech experience

Regulatory expertise

Corporate governance

Commercial negotiations

Data protection

Employment law

Job description

Kingsley Green Recruitment is partnering with a fast-growing fintech to appoint a senior General Counsel. You will work closely with the CEO, Board and leadership to shape legal strategy and align it with commercial priorities across digital assets, payments and markets.

The role requires extensive in-house experience, driving regulatory programmes, complex negotiations and a scalable in-house function. Autonomy, pragmatic risk management and strong stakeholder skills are essential.