Head of Legal

The role

The Head of Legal will build and scale the legal and regulatory foundation for a fast-scaling fintech. You will own commercial contracts, payments regulation, AML, corporate governance, and fundraising.

What you will do

• Own all commercial agreements including MSAs, merchant contracts, and partnership deals
• Draft and negotiate contracts directly
• Build contract templates and playbooks
• Support enterprise deals during the sales process
• Own regulatory posture across EMI, PSD2, and equivalent frameworks globally
• Advise on Visa and Mastercard scheme rules
• Oversee merchant onboarding and monitoring frameworks
• Lead legal on fundraising, term sheets, and investment documents
• Manage corporate governance, cap table, equity, and corporate structure
• Assess legal and regulatory requirements for new market entry

Required qualifications

• In-house legal at a payments company or fintech
• Deep experience with EMI/PSD2 and payments regulation
• Commercial contracts in B2B or enterprise contexts
• AML programme design and implementation
• Fundraising and corporate governance

Nice to have

• Experience with international trade, customs, or cross-border commerce
• Exposure to tax-related regulatory frameworks
• Multi-jurisdictional licensing or market entry experience

Benefits

• Equity and salary
• Ability to own your work and move fast
• Direct access to the CEO and founding team
• A global mission with real impact
• Low politics, high output
• Chance to grow beyond legal into compliance and commercial leadership

About the company

Outpost is a modular back office for global commerce operating as a Merchant of Record across 58+ tax jurisdictions. The team includes leaders from Revolut, Airwallex, Adyen and Wayflyer.