Senior Legal Counsel - Fintech (Payments)

JR United Kingdom; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services company is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel to handle commercial, regulatory, and contract-related legal matters. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 4 years PQE, strong knowledge of payments law, and skills in drafting complex agreements. This fully remote role offers a chance to impact the business by guiding legal developments and managing litigation and IP registrations.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years PQE experience.
• General commercial law experience in an in-house role.
• Background in payments or financial services.
• Experience drafting and negotiating complex agreements.

Responsibilities

• Identify and resolve legal developments impacting the business.
• Create and update standard contracts and internal policies.
• Manage litigation and company secretarial matters.

Skills

Commercial law experience

Contract drafting and negotiation

Knowledge of GDPR and PSD3

Time management

Ability to work across business functions

Job description

Social network you want to login/join with:

Senior Legal Counsel - Fintech (Payments), milton keynes

col-narrow-left

Client:

Robert Half

Location:

Job Category:

Other

-

EU work permit required:

Yes

col-narrow-right

Job Views:

1

Posted:

22.08.2025

Expiry Date:

06.10.2025

col-wide

Job Description:

Senior Legal Counsel

Fully remote

The Duties:

• Commercial, IT, regulatory and other legal developments (e.g. GDPR, PSD3 etc), identifying those which impact directly on the business and facilitating or taking the appropriate action to resolve issues

• creating and updating standard contracts, T&Cs, internal policies, systems and controls

• Drafting/negotiation of contracts (e.g. processing, partner, collaboration/joint venture, BIN sponsorship, gateway services and employee arrangements)

• Company Secretarial matters including managing the Group structure, Board meetings and minutes, statutory filings etc.

• Managing any litigation for the Group

• Managing the IP, domains and trademark registrations of the Group

The requirements

• Minimum 4 years PQE experience.

• General commercial law experience in an in-house role.

• Background in the payments / financial services sector

• Experience drafting and negotiating complex agreements.

• A fast, self-driven learner who can gain and maintain knowledge with complex products, solutions and legal frameworks

• Ability to work across the business to support multiple business functions.

• Managing company secretarial processes and matters

• Solutions orientated with excellent time management, planning and organisational skill.