Legal Counsel, Product & Regulatory

The role

You will advise on compliance with financial services and payments regulations. You will support regulator relationships, review product structures, and advise on market expansion and regulatory developments.

What you will do

• Support relationships with regulators on license-related matters
• Review payments product structures, flows and terms for compliance
• Advise on payments regulatory matters across different jurisdictions
• Advise on broader regulatory requirements for payment services providers
• Advise the business on market expansion and new licenses
• Advise key business functions on new regulatory developments
• Conduct research on various multi-jurisdictional legal issues
• Support strategic projects and initiatives with proactive advice

Required qualifications

• Qualified solicitor/lawyer (3-7 PQE)
• Strong post-qualification experience in-house or in private practice
• Strong understanding of legal principles applicable to payments in the UK
• Understanding of the payments ecosystem and payments regulatory and licensing strategy/execution
• Understanding of broader financial institutions
• Comfort with ambiguity, constant change, and a fast-paced culture
• A practical, solutions-oriented focus to solving legal challenges
• Experience working internationally and on a variety of cross-border matters
• Excellent time management skills
• Experience managing a diverse workload and competing stakeholder demands
• Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively
• Strong communication skills to explain complex legal issues

Nice to have

• Previous FinTech, payments, software, e-commerce and/or bank experience
• Experience working in a start up or other fast-paced and dynamic environment

About the company

Checkout.com enables over 10 billion transactions yearly for more than one billion global shoppers. The company has 20 offices across six continents with London as its HQ.