Senior Legal Counsel

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Paymentology

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

201 - 500 employees

Founded 2015

💳 Fintech

☁️ SaaS

🏦 Banking

💰 Seed on 2016-02

Fintech • SaaS • Banking

Paymentology is a payments technology company that provides an issuing and processing platform (Lume) enabling banks, fintechs, digital banks, telcos, remittance providers, governments and other organisations to launch, manage and scale card programmes. The platform supports issuing debit, prepaid, credit, hybrid, virtual, numberless cards, multi-currency and crypto/stablecoin-linked cards, tokenization, BIN sponsoring, card processing, fraud control and 3DS. Paymentology positions itself as a partner for fintechs, neobanks, banks, telcos, remitters, lenders, travel and crypto players, emphasizing real-time data, global multi-currency capabilities, and programme management, plus client portal and data intelligence.

📋 Description

• Develop a deep understanding of Paymentology’s business, products and regulatory landscape to deliver contextual and impactful legal support • Act as the primary legal advisor for assigned legal matters and lead legal delivery within the area of responsibility • Build trusted relationships with stakeholders and partner with supported business functions • Provide legal support throughout commercial and business initiatives • Advise on contract enforceability, licensing, regulatory compliance and cross-border legal risks • Lead drafting, negotiation and execution of complex commercial agreements with customers, partners, suppliers and strategic counterparties • Provide legal guidance to the People team on employment law matters • Align legal advice with business objectives, enabling growth and managing legal risk • Independently manage complex, cross-functional legal matters under the Legal and Compliance Director • Coach and mentor Legal team members and manage direct reports where applicable • Identify legal and regulatory risks and recommend mitigation strategies • Improve internal legal frameworks, contract templates and best practices • Collaborate with external counsel and communicate advice to internal stakeholders • Conduct legal and regulatory research across various jurisdictions • Analyse and simplify complex laws and regulations into actionable legal opinions and memoranda • Assess the impact of legal and regulatory developments on the business • Contribute to knowledge-sharing and training • Provide internal legal training and briefings on research topics and regulatory developments

🎯 Requirements

• Qualified lawyer with 6–8 years’ post-qualification experience in commercial law • Strong background in contract negotiation and advisory • Experience ideally in financial services, fintech or technology-driven companies • Strong legal research and analytical skills • Demonstrated experience interpreting and applying regulations and legislation • Excellent drafting ability for contracts, legal opinions, internal memoranda and business-facing guidance • Good understanding of commercial legal risk and pragmatic, solutions-focused advice • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English • Ability to deliver under pressure and manage competing priorities in a fast-paced, remote-first environment • Ability to operate independently with minimal supervision across multiple jurisdictions and time zones • Ability to explain complex legal and regulatory issues clearly to non-legal stakeholders • Proactive and organised approach to improving legal processes, templates and ways of working • Law degree and legal qualification, such as bar admission, attorney admission, solicitor qualification or equivalent • Experience acting as the primary legal contact for business stakeholders • Experience independently managing high-value or strategically significant commercial negotiations • Demonstrated experience in commercial contracts, regulatory issues and cross-border legal considerations • Experience interpreting external legal advice and turning it into internal guidance

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote work in a remote-first environment • Opportunity to build deep knowledge of the payments industry • Collaboration across global markets, functions, jurisdictions and time zones • Diverse and inclusive workplace • Knowledge-sharing and training opportunities