Corporate Counsel - Regulatory Compliance
Skills
Software As A ServiceAnalyticsAssessmentBusinessE-MoneyEnglishFinancial Services
What the job involves
The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.
Requirements
- Law degree and qualification to practice in at least one jurisdiction
- 3–5 years relevant legal experience in fintech payments financial services regulation or technology-focused regulatory work
- Strong knowledge of payments and financial services regulatory frameworks including PSD2 PSD3 E-Money AML/KYC consumer protection and data protection
- Experience advising product and business teams in a fast-moving technology-driven environment
- Experience negotiating technology agreements with vendors and customers
- Ability to provide pragmatic business-oriented legal advice
- Excellent communication drafting and stakeholder management skills
- Comfort working across time zones in a global organization
- Fluent in English
- Domestic and international travel may be required
Nice to have
- In-house legal experience
- Regulator-facing experience
- Global payments knowledge
- Card networks familiarity
- Alternative payments knowledge
- AI-enabled tools proficiency
Day to day
- Provide practical legal guidance on payment-related products and features in a fast-paced SaaS environment.
- Advise on regulatory frameworks for payments fintech and financial services across multiple jurisdictions.
- Partner with Product Risk Compliance Engineering and external counsel to embed regulatory guardrails support market entry and negotiate agreements.