Legal Counsel - Contracts
What's the opportunity?
As our Legal Counsel, you will take a hands-on, business-facing role for a commercial legal counsel, partnering closely with our commercial teams while supporting the wider business on a range of legal matters. The successful candidate will be a flexible self-starter with a global outlook, strong stakeholder management, and a collaborative working style.
What will I be doing?
Draft, review, and negotiate complex commercial agreements, including MSAs, SOWs, amendments, vendor/procurement agreements, NDAs, DPAs, novations, referral/partnership agreements, terminations, guarantees, and ancillary schedules.
Act as a key point of contact for commercial deal work, providing clear risk-based advice and pragmatic alternatives to accelerate safe, high-quality outcomes.
Create, maintain, and continuously improve templates, clause libraries, playbooks, and negotiation guidance to drive consistency and speed.
Partner with Product, Commercial, Finance, Risk, Compliance, and InfoSec on go-to-market initiatives, ensuring contract terms reflect operational realities and regulatory requirements.
Support the team on data and privacy contracting topics (e.g., DPAs, data transfer mechanisms, sub-processor and security schedules) in coordination with Privacy and Security.
Embed regulatory considerations (e.g., payments/fintech frameworks, consumer protection) into commercial terms; coordinate with Compliance on AML/sanctions and other mandatory provisions.
What skills do I need?
Qualified lawyer (relevant jurisdiction) with 5-7 years of professional experience at a law firm and/or in-house within financial services, fintech, or tech-enabled businesses.
Strong experience drafting and negotiating cross-border commercial contracts in fast-paced environments.
Solid grounding in general commercial, contractual, and compliance issues; ability to translate legal risk into actionable business guidance.
Working familiarity with payments/financial services/fintech is desirable; comfort with online platform/e-commerce contracting is advantageous.
Practical knowledge of GDPR/data protection in a contracting context (DPAs, data transfer, security annexes).
Tech-savvy: comfortable with CLM/e-signature/CRM, collaboration suites, contract redlining platforms, and basic data/AI tools; able to learn new systems quickly.
Proven ability to proactively spot issues, design pragmatic remediations, and tailor advice to audience and risk profile.
Excellent communication skills; capable of crisp writing and structured, outcome-oriented negotiation.
A motivated self-starter who exercises sound judgement and thrives in international, cross-functional teams across multiple time zones.
Fluency in English (written and spoken) is required; French or another European language is a plus.