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FYST

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2022

💳 Fintech

🏦 Banking

🤝 B2B

Fintech • Banking • B2B

FYST is a payments partnership and integration specialist that connects regulated acquiring, banking, and fintech providers with regulated and online businesses across multiple jurisdictions. The company delivers hands-on onboarding, technical supervision, implementation, integration, advising, and ongoing relationship management to enable settlements, fund transfers, multi-currency capabilities, and global payment flows. FYST emphasizes working exclusively with regulated partners, tailored partner selection for e-commerce and fintech clients, and dedicated account management throughout the partnership lifecycle.

📋 Description

• Own legal processes end-to-end, designing and continuously improving scalable legal workflows. • Manage company incorporations and ongoing corporate maintenance across multiple jurisdictions, including the UK, Cyprus, the EU, Estonia, Poland, Latvia, and others. • Draft, review, negotiate, and maintain a broad range of commercial agreements, including: service agreements, white-label agreements, licensing agreements, partnership agreements, customer agreements, and other commercial contracts. • Ensure compliance with applicable UK and EU fintech and financial services regulations. • Support financial licensing processes and maintain relationships with banks and financial institutions. • Manage intellectual property matters, including trademarks and the Cyprus IP Box regime. • Support M&A activities, including legal due diligence, transaction documentation, and coordination with external advisors. • Identify legal and regulatory risks and provide practical, business-focused legal guidance. • Maintain accurate corporate records and ensure legal documentation remains organised and up to date. • Collaborate with external law firms, corporate secretaries, accountants, auditors, regulators, and other partners. • Monitor regulatory developments and conduct legal research across relevant jurisdictions. • Partner closely with the founders, contributing to strategic decisions and driving improvements across legal and corporate operations. • Actively use AI tools to streamline legal research, drafting, document management, and day-to-day legal work.

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of experience as a Legal Counsel, Corporate Lawyer, or in a similar role. • Strong background in corporate law, commercial contracts, and regulatory compliance. • Experience supporting companies across multiple jurisdictions, particularly the UK, Cyprus, and the EU. • Good understanding of fintech, payments, e-money, or broader financial services regulation. • Hands-on experience with company incorporations, corporate governance, and ongoing corporate maintenance. • Experience supporting financial licensing processes and working with banks or financial institutions. • Experience managing intellectual property matters, including trademarks. Experience with the Cyprus IP Box regime is a strong advantage. • Experience supporting M&A transactions, including legal due diligence and transaction documentation. • Excellent contract drafting, negotiation, and legal writing skills. • Ability to independently own legal matters from initiation through completion. • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills with a pragmatic business mindset. • A proactive approach, strong ownership mentality, and passion for continuously improving processes. • Active user of AI tools to enhance legal research, drafting, and operational efficiency.

🏖️ Benefits

• Professional working proficiency in English and russian.