PSD Group
Senior Legal Counsel
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Maternity Cover | London | Global Remit
A rare opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Legal Counsel to join the FinTech legal team of one of the world's largest and most recognised digital consumer platforms.
Operating across more than 220 countries and territories, the business sits at the intersection of global commerce, technology and payments, processing enormous volumes of transactions through an increasingly sophisticated financial services and payments ecosystem.
This is a maternity-cover assignment, joining an established legal function and taking ownership of a broad portfolio of commercial payments and strategic partnership matters.
The opportunity:
Working closely with senior Legal, Commercial, Product and FinTech stakeholders, you'll provide practical commercial legal advice across complex, international partnerships supporting the group's payments and financial-services strategy.
A significant part of the role will involve negotiating and advising on agreements with organisations across the payments ecosystem, including payment service providers, acquirers, issuers, financial institutions, technology providers and other strategic partners.
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You'll take responsibility for matters including:
- Complex payments and FinTech commercial agreements
- Strategic partnership and supplier negotiations
- Technology, SaaS, licensing and outsourcing arrangements
- Commercial structures supporting new payment capabilities and partnerships
- Legal risk associated with operating within a regulated financial-services environment
- Supporting commercial stakeholders from initial negotiation through contracting and implementation
This isn't a role for someone who simply wants to review contracts from the sidelines. You'll be expected to operate as a commercial partner to the business, balancing legal risk with the realities of delivering global payments propositions.
What we're looking for:
You'll be an experienced commercial lawyer, ideally with 8+ years' PQE or equivalent experience, who can quickly take ownership of sophisticated negotiations and operate independently within a global organisation.
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Most importantly, we'd like to see genuine exposure to payments, FinTech or financial services.
Experience gained within a PSP, acquirer, card scheme, issuer, bank, FinTech or major technology/platform business would be particularly relevant.
You don't need to know every corner of payments regulation. However, you should understand the environment sufficiently well to recognise how commercial agreements, partnerships and regulatory obligations intersect.
Why consider it?
The attraction here is scale.
You'll be working inside a global organisation whose payments ecosystem touches consumers and partners around the world, giving you exposure to complex commercial relationships that would be difficult to replicate in many FinTech businesses.
For an experienced payments lawyer who enjoys being close to the commercial action, this offers the opportunity to step into an established role and make an immediate contribution.
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