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Senior Legal Counsel - Fintech (Payments)
Job summary
A prestigious recruitment agency is seeking an experienced Senior Legal Counsel for a fully remote position. The role involves managing commercial and regulatory legal developments, drafting and negotiating contracts, and overseeing company secretarial matters. Candidates should have at least 4 years of PQE, a background in financial services, and strong organizational skills. This is an excellent opportunity to join a dynamic team supporting various business functions.
Qualifications
- 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.
Responsibilities
- Handle commercial, IT, and regulatory legal developments.
- Create and update standard contracts and policies.
- Manage company secretarial matters and group structure.
- Oversee any litigation and IP matters.
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Robert Half
derby, United Kingdom
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22.08.2025
06.10.2025
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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.
* The salary benchmark is based on the target salaries of market leaders in their relevant sectors. It is intended to serve as a guide to help Premium Members assess open positions and to help in salary negotiations. The salary benchmark is not provided directly by the company, which could be significantly higher or lower.
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