Legal Counsel

10x Banking; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial technology company in London seeks a qualified lawyer to provide legal support for commercial and corporate functions. You will draft and negotiate contracts, ensuring compliance with legal requirements while collaborating with various teams to drive growth. This role offers a dynamic environment with opportunities for professional development and a range of benefits including remote working options and flexible holiday policies.

Benefits

25 days of holiday

Enhanced parental policies

Remote working options

Private health insurance

Wellbeing days

Qualifications

• You must have extensive experience in corporate law.
• You should be capable of drafting and negotiating contracts.
• Proficiency in English is essential, other languages are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate customer and supplier contracts.
• Support the development of compliance programs.
• Provide legal advice and training to colleagues.

Skills

Commercial law expertise

Contract negotiation

Data privacy understanding

Collaboration

Communication skills

Education

Qualified lawyer in England and Wales or relevant jurisdiction

Job description

Overview

We’re on a mission to make banking 10x better. At 10x Banking ("ten-ExBanking"), we’re transforming the financial industry with our cloud-native core banking platform. Our platform powers global banks and financial institutions including Chase UK, Old Mutual and Westpac. We offer a diverse, global community that thrives on innovation and collaboration, tackling exciting challenges with integrity to make a positive impact for our clients, their customers and the communities we work in. Be part of something bigger – join us and transform the industry.

About the role

Reporting to the Head of Legal, this role will be an integral part of 10x's Legal function. You will provide general corporate and commercial legal support across the business, supporting the group’s requirements in the UK, Australia and elsewhere as the group expands into new territories. You will work closely with numerous business operations and technical teams across the business, including Sales, Product, Finance, Supplier Management, and with our Compliance and Risk control functions.

About You

You are a qualified lawyer, preferably in England and Wales, with extensive experience in commercial/corporate law who can build strong relationships with colleagues and customers. You will focus on supporting the customer-facing team to win new business, and strengthen relationships with existing customers, through drafting and negotiating commercial contracts and overseeing adherence to contractual obligations. You will help operationalise the legal function as the business scales, liaise with outside counsel and support the Head of Legal in managing the Group’s legal requirements. We are looking for someone who is proactive, well-rounded, can work independently and is willing to roll up their sleeves. 10x is at an inflection point in its growth and we are looking for someone who wants to help in the organisation’s growth and to make our business 10x better.

Responsibilities

• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating various customer and supplier contracts
• Supporting the organisation with drafting and reviewing various other legal agreements, corporate and regulatory documents and filings
• Providing practical legal advice and training to colleagues from other parts of the organisation
• Supporting the development and maintenance of 10x’s corporate, data privacy and regulatory compliance programs
• Monitoring legal and regulatory trends and analysing their impact on 10x, as well as our customers

Ideally you will have

• Experience as a qualified lawyer, preferably in England and Wales but other relevant jurisdictions will be considered
• Extensive relevant experience as in-house legal counsel and/or from a reputable law firm
• Excellent commercial contracts expertise and drafting skills, preferably within PaaS/SaaS industry
• Data Privacy law experience, including reviewing data privacy agreements and advising stakeholders on legal and regulatory developments in AI & data privacy (IAPP CIPP/E certification is a bonus)
• Strong business-orientation with the ability to provide practical and actionable advice in a clear and friendly way
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills and a growth, collaborative mindset aimed at adding value to 10x’s business
• Proficiency in written and spoken English (other languages would be considered a plus)
• Experience from tech and PaaS/SaaS providers is desirable

Benefits

• 25 days of holiday in addition to Bank/Public Holidays (with the option to swap some public holidays for alternative dates such as Diwali or Eid)
• 1 day off on or around your birthday
• 4 wellbeing days (1 additional paid day off per quarter)
• Remote enabled working: office requirements for this role apply
• Enhanced parental policies, including time off for fertility treatment
• Regular social gatherings and affinity groups
• Work from anywhere outside your typical working location – up to 4 weeks a year
• Career progression and learning pathways
• 1 paid volunteering day a year
• Sabbatical leave
• Options pool
• Private health insurance, with option to add your family
• Pension scheme
• Enhanced company sick pay
• Life Assurance
• Income Protection
• Subscription to Headspace wellbeing app
• Flexible benefits via salary sacrifice

More about 10x

We are driven by the belief that whatever we do as a business has to be done in the right way. Our three core values of Transformation, Integrity and Impact support this.

Discover what life is like at 10x on Instagram and find out what the company is up to on LinkedIn.

10x Ways of Working: a better work/life balance, flexible core hours, and remote-enabled/office-based flexibility. This role has an office attendance requirement of approx. 2 days per week, in agreement with your line manager. Quarterly 10x Together Days foster collaboration, alignment on strategy, and socialising. All employees are employed on London-based contracts, and commuting costs to the office are covered by employees.

Equal opportunities

We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture. We are building a community where every 10xer can bring their authentic self to work and feel empowered to reach their full potential. Our employee networks help amplify this vision. Our assessment process identifies what you can uniquely bring to our 10x teams, including core competencies such as Business Impact, Change Driver, and Delivery Excellence. We are committed to treating all job applicants equally and fairly and encourage applicants of all backgrounds.

Accommodations: If you require any form of accommodation during the interview process, please tell us so we can make arrangements to support. Any information you provide will be recorded and kept confidential.

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