Legal Counsel

Zilch; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Share Options

Income Protection

Private Medical Insurance

GP consultations (video, phone or in‑s

Job summary

Zilch is seeking a dynamic Legal Counsel with circa 1-4 years PQE to support our UK and international operations. You will advise on commercial arrangements, corporate transactions and governance while balancing legal risk with business priorities in a fast-paced fintech.

You'll draft and negotiate with key suppliers and partners, assist with acquisitions, capital raises, group structure and international expansion, and help develop and maintain our legal processes and precedents.

Qualifications

• Ideally 1-4 years PQE.
• Current practising certificate (England and Wales preferred).
• Meaningful experience from private practice or in-house.
• Fintech or fast-paced technology experience a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements and other legal documents with third parties, including key suppliers and partners, while maintaining established processes.
• Support corporate matters including acquisitions, capital raising, group structure and international expansion, debt arrangements and employee share schemes.
• Assist in governance and investor relations, including board papers and cap table updates, and maintaining internal trackers.
• Assist in resolving disputes with external counsel when necessary and act as trusted advisor to commercial teams.
• Identify legal risks and propose mitigation strategies; develop and maintain legal tech tools and standard documents.
• Conduct legal research on emerging issues and provide recommendations to the legal team and senior management.
• Develop and deliver training programmes to internal teams on legal and regulatory requirements.

Job description

We're one of Europe's fastest-growing fintech companies – on a mission to create the world's most empowering way to pay.

We launched the product in 2020 and achieved double unicorn status, valued at $2 billion, and since then have taken on more than 6 million customers.

Our mission is to become the best way to pay for anything, anywhere and say goodbye to credit costs for everyone. This is huge. Want to join us?

About the role.

We are looking for a dynamic Legal Counsel, with circa 1-4 years PQE, to play a vital role in providing legal support and advice to our organisation as we continue to expand our operations in the UK and internationally. You will work closely with other members of our Legal team and teams across the business to advise on a broad range of legal matters, including arrangements with our commercial partners, corporate transactions and governance initiatives, and help ensure that we continue to comply with relevant laws and regulations in the UK and across international markets.

You’ll have an interest in a varied workload, with strong drafting and negotiating skills, sound commercial judgment, and the ability to balance legal risk with business priorities. You’ll be proactive and hands-on in your approach, happy to get stuck into a broad range of legal work, able to work independently while knowing when to eliminate, and capable of building trust with business teams.

In addition, you’ll have a focus on developing and maintaining the legal processes, policies and precedents that underpin our business.

This is a fantastic opportunity if you enjoy operating in a fast-paced, growing business where priorities can change quickly, and are looking to take real ownership for what you do.

Day to day responsibilities.

Work with our business teams to draft, review and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements, and other legal documents with third parties, including our key suppliers and partners, whilst maintaining the processes that underpin them.

Support with corporate matters including acquisitions, capital raising, group structure and integration projects, international expansion, debt arrangements and employee share schemes.

Support with governance and investor relations initiatives, including the preparation of board and committee papers and resolutions, updating our cap table and maintaining internal trackers.

Assist in resolving legal disputes, including working with external counsel when necessary.

Be a trusted legal advisor to our commercial teams to help establish, maintain, and expand business relationships whilst providing input into new products and initiatives.

Identify legal risks and propose strategies to mitigate them.

Support the consideration and implementation of new legal tech tools and the development and maintenance of processes, policies and procedures and standard legal documents.

Conduct legal research on various topics, including emerging legal issues which may impact our business, and provide recommendations to the legal team and senior management.

Develop and deliver legal training programmes to internal teams to ensure awareness of legal and regulatory requirements.

Key requirements:

• Ideally, 1-4 years PQE.
• A current practising certificate (qualified in England and Wales is preferred).
• Meaningful and relevant experience either from private practice or in-house.
• Experience gained in a fintech or another fast-paced technology business or internationally would be a bonus, but otherwise you should be able to demonstrate enthusiasm for gaining that experience.
• Solid drafting, reviewing, negotiation and problem-solving skills.
• Solutions-focused attitude, with a commercial-minded risk appetite.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Strong stakeholder and time-management skills, including the ability to manage competing priorities

Compensation & Savings:

• Income Protection.
• Permanent employees enjoy access to our Share Options Scheme.
• 5% back on in-app purchases.
• £200 for WFH Setup.
• Private Medical Insurance including;
• GP consultations (video, telephone or face-to-face).
• Prescribed medication.
• In-patient, day-patient and out-patient care.
• Mental health support.
• Physiotherapy.
• Advanced cancer cover.
• Employee Assistance Programme including:
• Unlimited mental health sessions.
• 24/7 remote GP & physiotherapy.
• 24/7 helpline for emotional & practical support.
• Savings & discounts on everyday shopping.
• 1:1 personalised well-being consultations.

Family Friendly Policies

• Enhanced maternity pay.
• Enhanced paternity pay.
• Enhanced adoption pay.
• Enhanced shared parental leave.

Learning & Development

• Professional Qualifications.
• Professional Memberships.
• Learning Suite for e-courses.
• Internal Training Programmes.
• FCA & Regulatory training.

Hybrid working: office-based Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday; remote working Tuesday and Friday

Casual dress code.

Workplace socials.