UK remote
Legal Counsel
About this role
HEADLINE: Job Title: Legal Counsel Reporting to: General Counsel Location: London - Hybrid-Working: 3 days in office, 2 days from home ABOUT THE ROLE: APEXX is pioneering payment orchestration, transforming the global payments landscape with cutting-edge technology and innovation. As a leader in Fintech, we're committed to excellence, driving forward-thinking solutions that empower businesses worldwide. We are looking for a Legal Counsel to join APEXX’s Legal & Compliance team, providing front-line guidance and support across all areas of the business.
You will work closely with our General Counsel and wider business to support a broad range of commercial and legal matters, gaining significant exposure to the day to day operations of a fast-paced, international FinTech. This is a generalist role offering a high level of commercial involvement. WHAT YOU’LL DOING: This is a hands-on, commercially focused role supporting the General Counsel with several key elements including: - Reviewing, drafting and negotiating a range of complex commercial agreements - Delivering legal and strategic advice to different areas of the business on a variety of matters ranging from financial regulation and the payments ecosystem, contracts, negotiations, documentation, client issues, employment, compliance, IP, IT, marketing and data protection - Supporting the commercial teams and wider business in discussions with customers, partners and suppliers - Identifying legal and regulatory risks related to the introduction of new products and expansion into new markets - Helping to identify, prepare and deliver training to the business on relevant legal and commercial issues - Delivering continuous improvement in operating practices and processes, identifying inefficiencies and improvement ABOUT YOU: - You’ve done this before: You’ll be a qualified lawyer with some post qualification experience (1-2+ years PQE) ideally working within Startups, FinTech or Payments.
- You have sound judgement: The ability to provide sound legal advice and exercise good business judgement and to promptly identify, analyse and mitigate risks and issues within the business while maximising commercial opportunities. - You think creatively: Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to confidently work with stakeholders across the business to achieve objectives. - You communicate effectively: Communication is key to the role including being able to advise stakeholders across all parts of the business on challenging legal issues in layman’s terms.