Lead Legal Counsel, Regulatory and Financial Services

All France (remote). Posted 16 days ago

The role

You will drive the legal function of the Financial Services activity and build the regulatory legal team. You will structure the legal path to authorization and later run the legal function of the regulated entity.

What you will do

Manage, mentor, and develop team members
Structure the team's workload and roadmap
Design, document and run legal aspects of corporate governance
Own the legal design of the FS product perimeter
Work on the associated contractual framework
Own legal matters relating to critical outsourcing and third-party reliance
Lead the legal plan for migrating customers from Swan
Ensure the Financial Services operating model addresses data processing roles
Prepare ACPR interactions and own the relationship with ACPR
Train internal stakeholders on legal and regulatory constraints

Required qualifications

8+ years of relevant experience
In-house legal experience at a regulated entity (payments, EMI/PI, bank, lending/consumer credit, factoring, etc.), fintech, or BaaS
Proven track record or strong aptitude for managing, mentoring, and developing team members
Substantial experience in regulated financial services legal work
Senior legal expert in a French ACPR-regulated entity
Hands on contract experience
Knowledge about regulatory environment (arrêté du 3 novembre 2014, PSD2, DORA, EBA Guidelines, etc)
Fluent French and English

Benefits

25 vacations days paid by Pennylane
Competitive compensation package
Company shares
Budget to turn home into a comfortable workspace
Monthly allowance to work from a coworking space
Access to 8000 fitness spaces in Europe through Gymlib
Access to Busuu to perfect English or French
Latest Apple equipment
Ability to work remotely from Europe (within two hours of CET)
Company events such as Tech Days and annual company seminar
6 to 12 RTT
5 weeks PTOs

About the company

Pennylane is a fast-growing Fintech in France providing accounting and financial software for small businesses and accountants. It has raised a total of €400 millions and employs over 1000 people.