Heriot Brown In-House Legal Recruitment
Interim fintech senior legal counsel
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About the Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an interim Senior Legal Counsel to join a fast-growing, technology-led financial services business that is transforming how small businesses access funding. Working closely with the General Counsel, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping legal strategy while partnering with stakeholders across the business to support ambitious growth in the UK and internationally.
Key Responsibilities
- Advising across a diverse workload, including supporting US-related legal matters
- Merger and bank-readiness projects
- Negotiating strategic partner collaboration agreements
- Drafting and negotiating commercial and vendor contracts
- Advising on AI governance, privacy, and data protection
- Providing day-to-day legal support to stakeholders across the business
- Contributing to regulatory and product initiatives
- Supporting governance matters
- Working closely with cross-functional teams to deliver pragmatic, commercial legal advice
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Requirements
- UK-qualified lawyer with approximately 5–7+ years' PQE
- Strong experience gained within financial services or fintech
- Excellent commercial contracts experience
- Solid knowledge of privacy and data protection
- Comfortable managing a varied workload with minimal supervision
- Experience within the payments ecosystem would be advantageous
- Understanding of consumer credit regulation, particularly how businesses operate outside the consumer credit regulatory perimeter, would be highly beneficial
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