Legal Counsel

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 8 May 2026
LOCATION
London
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
CATEGORY
Legal
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SKILLS

Commercial Contracts GDPR / UK GDPR Data Protection FCA Regulatory Compliance Legal Negotiation Cross-jurisdictional Experience Technology Law Awareness

FULL DESCRIPTION

Legal Counsel

London

Full-time, Hybrid

About the Role

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is the payments automation platform. We are looking for a Legal Counsel to join our legal function in London.

What You’ll Do

  • Negotiating and advising on a wide range of commercial contracts, client agreements, supplier contracts, technology deals and key banking relationships
  • Providing practical, commercially grounded regulatory and legal advice across multiple business functions
  • Supporting the legal team's work on data protection, IP and emerging areas as needed
  • Contributing to legal team projects improving templates, processes and governance as the function scales
  • Working directly with senior stakeholders across the business, including at C-suite level
  • Managing and working with external law firms on differing litigation matters

Who You Are

  • Solid commercial contracts experience with a financial services, payments, fintech or banking background
  • Data protection experience (GDPR / UK GDPR)
  • Comfortable with regulatory complexity - FCA-regulated environment experience is a strong plus
  • Whether you're stepping in-house from private practice or moving from another in-house role, you'll need to demonstrate genuine commercial pragmatism and an appetite for breadth
  • Calm under pressure, great with people, and genuinely excited about AI and technology
  • Experience working cross-jurisdiction is advantageous

What We Offer

  • Share Options – Company Share Option Plan (CSOP)
  • Bonus – Annual discretionary bonus
  • Flexible benefits – £1000 to spend on benefits
  • Wellbeing app – confidential access to therapy and coaching
  • Holidays – 33 days annual leave plus birthday off
  • Learning opportunities – ModStart onboarding program
  • Company-Wide Events
  • Bike to work / E-bike scheme

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