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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