Regulatory Counsel (Wealth & Trading)

Revolut Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Financial benefits

WFH flexibility

Revolut Metal subscription

Team events

Job summary

Revolut Ltd in the United Kingdom seeks a Wealth and Trading Regulatory Counsel with cross-border experience to analyse legal issues in new markets and build scalable processes for expansion.

You will advise on compliance for investment products, review licensing applications, and collaborate with teams worldwide to manage risk while enabling fast growth.

Fluency in English and a strong legal background are essential, with a willingness to lead a dynamic, globally distributed team.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of wealth and trading experience.
• 3+ years cross-border licensing and passporting experience.
• Experience as a private-practice lawyer at a top law firm.
• Business-oriented mindset to solve regulatory challenges.
• Ownership to work independently in ambiguous situations.
• Fluency in English.

Responsibilities

• Advise on compliance and legal issues for investment products in new markets.
• Assist Heads of Legal in new markets to manage legal risks.
• Review licensing applications for authorisations in new markets.
• Support the setting up of wealth and trading entities.
• Help structure processes to integrate legal workload into expansion methods.
• Collaborate with team members around the world.
• Lead while executing on projects.
• Handle significant, complex legal matters with short turnaround times.

Skills

Wealth and trading

Cross-border licensing

Private practice

Business mindset

Ownership

English fluency

Financial markets

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Job description

People deserve more from their money. More visibility, more control, and more freedom. Since 2015, Revolut has been on a mission to deliver just that. Our powerhouse of products — including spending, saving, investing, exchanging, travelling, and more — help our 80+ million customers get more from their money every day.

As we continue our lightning-fast growth, 2 things are essential to our success: our people and our culture. In recognition of our outstanding employee experience, we've been certified as a Great Place to Work™. So far, we have 13,000+ people working around the world, from our offices and remotely, to help us achieve our mission. And we're looking for more brilliant people. People who love building great products, redefining success, and turning the complexity of a chaotic world into the simplicity of a beautiful solution.

About the role

The Legal team turns complexity into clarity by partnering with teams across Revolut to provide sharp, practical advice that helps the business move fast while staying protected. From structuring credit programmes to navigating new markets, the Legal team ensures growth is secure, compliant, and built for the long term.

We're looking for a Wealth & Trading Regulatory Counsel with cross-border experience to analyse legal issues in new markets. You'll be building processes to support growth and scale expansion operations.

Up to shape what's next in finance? Let's get in touch.

What you'll be doing

• Advising on compliance and legal issues surrounding the structuring and launch of investment products and services in new markets
• Assisting Heads of Legal in new markets manage legal risks and their team
• Reviewing licensing applications for requests for authorisations in new markets
• Supporting the setting up of wealth and trading entities
• Helping to structure processes to incorporate legal workload and risk into expansion methods
• Engaging and collaborating alongside team members around the world
• Excelling at leadership while also undertaking executional work
• Handling significant and complex legal matters with short turnaround times

What you'll need

• 5+ years of experience in wealth and trading (investment services, financial markets, and/or asset management)
• 3+ years of experience advising on cross-border market access, licensing, and passporting rules, with experience understanding legal issues in new jurisdictions
• Experience as a private-practise lawyer at a top law firm, with excellent academic and law firm credentials
• A business-oriented mindset to find actionable solutions to legal and regulatory challenges
• Ownership skills and the ability to work independently in ambiguous situations, with confidence making decisions where there's incomplete information
• An interest in financial markets with broad-based securities and/or asset management experience, and a good understanding of complex financial instruments
• Exceptional project management, stakeholder management, and communication skills, including the ability to oversee implementation of complex projects
• Problem-solving and decision-making skills, with the ability to analyse complex information to identify the key issue/action and drive resolutions
• Sound judgement, composure under pressure, and a collaborative mindset
• Fluency in English

Nice to have

• In-house experience

Building a global financial super app isn’t enough. Our Revoluters are a priority, and that’s why in 2021 we launched our inaugural D&I Framework, designed to help us thrive and grow everyday. We’re not just doing this because it’s the right thing to do. We’re doing it because we know that seeking out diverse talent and creating an inclusive workplace is the way to create exceptional, innovative products and services for our customers. That’s why we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences to join this multicultural, hard-working team.

• Only apply through official Revolut channels. We don’t use any third-party services or platforms for our recruitment.
• Always double-check the emails you receive. Make sure all communications are being done through official Revolut emails, with an @revolut.com domain.
• We won't ask for payment or personal financial information during the hiring process. If anyone does ask you for this, it’s a scam. Report it immediately.

Get what you need to succeed

• Financial benefits that show we value your work
• Flexibility to work from home, the office, or abroad
• A Revolut Metal subscription loaded with perks
• Exciting events year-round so you can get to know your team