Airwallex

Regulatory Counsel, EMEA

UK - London. Posted 7 months ago

The role

You will provide regulatory legal support across EMEA with a focus on the EU/EEA regulatory framework. You will advise on complex regulatory issues relating to payments services, licensing, passporting, and supporting cross-border product launches.

What you will do

  • Handle regulatory legal issues in EMEA with a focus on EU/EEA markets
  • Provide strategic advice on licences, passporting, branch structures, and future licence applications
  • Monitor, report, and analyse trends in European payments and financial services regulation
  • Partner with Product Legal, Regulatory Compliance, Risk and Financial Crime Compliance teams
  • Support market entry and expansion of regulatory licences in EMEA
  • Liaise with senior Airwallex stakeholders globally
  • Manage external legal counsel and consultants across EMEA
  • Leverage AI and other tooling to enhance the Regulatory Legal team
  • Provide legal advice on regulatory compliance obligations and filings in EMEA
  • Lead engagement with legislators and regulatory agencies in key EMEA markets

Required qualifications

  • Qualified lawyer with around 6–8 years of relevant post‑qualification experience
  • Strong regulatory experience in the fintech industry, reputable law firms and/or financial institutions, with a focus on EU/EEA financial services, payments, e‑money, FX, remittances and/or card issui
  • Demonstrated success advising on regulatory matters and handling regulatory submissions, filings and regulatory strategy
  • Deep knowledge of the European financial services regulatory environment, particularly as it relates to payments, remittance, FX, issuing and digital financial services
  • Strong stakeholder management skills
  • Proactive, results‑driven, and ownership‑oriented
  • Fluent in English, with strong drafting and negotiation skills

Nice to have

  • Experience with the UK payments regime
  • A mix of private practice and in‑house experience
  • Direct engagement with EU and national regulators
  • Experience supporting expansion into new markets and launching new regulatory licences
  • Additional European languages
  • Experience using, deploying or developing RegTech, LegalTech or AI tools

About the company

Airwallex is the AI-native financial operating system for a real-time, intelligent economy. It provides financial infrastructure spanning North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.