Legal Counsel, Regulatory and Product

The role

The Legal Counsel will advise on compliance with financial services and payments regulations. This role involves interacting with regulators and assisting with regulatory change projects and product launches across the group.

What you will do

• Support relationships with regulators on license-related matters
• Manage the legal and regulatory strategy in relation to launching products and services
• Advise on payments regulatory matters including compliance with payments laws and related regulations across different jurisdictions
• Advise on broader regulatory requirements applicable to financial institutions
• Advise the business on market expansion, researching and evaluating new territories and applying for new licenses
• Advise key business functions on new regulatory developments impacting operations, products and contractual commitments

Required qualifications

• Qualified solicitor/lawyer (3-7 PQE)
• Strong post-qualification experience either in-house or in private practice
• Strong understanding of legal principles applicable to payments, including the payments ecosystem and payments regulatory and licensing strategy/execution, and to broader financial institutions
• Excellent time management skills and experience managing a diverse workload and competing stakeholder demands
• Ability to handle and deliver on numerous high-priority projects concurrently
• Comfortable with ambiguity, constant change, and a fast-paced culture
• A practical, solutions-oriented focus to solving legal challenges
• Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively as needed
• Strong communication skills and the ability to articulate and explain complex legal issues clearly and concisely
• Enthusiasm for new challenges and skilling up in different areas of law

Nice to have

• Previous FinTech, start-up, payments and/or financial institution experience
• Experience working in a start up or other fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Experience working internationally and on a variety of cross-border matters
• Additional language skills such as Japanese

About the company

Checkout.com is a fintech company that enables over 10 billion transactions yearly for more than one billion global shoppers. They have 20 offices across six continents with London as their HQ.