Senior Legal Counsel

About us

Liberis is on a mission to supercharge the power of small businesses all over the world delivering the financial products they need to grow through a network of global partners.

Before all else Liberis is a technology company connecting finance with small businesses.

We use data to help partners understand their customers real time needs and tech to offer tailormade funding and financial products. Empowering small businesses to grow and keep their independent spirit alive is central to our vision.

Up to now we have funded almost 40000 small businesses with over $1.5bn but we believe there is much more to be done.

The team

Legal at Liberis exists to help the business go fastersafely. Our mission is to navigate legal and regulatory challenges reduce risk and unlock opportunities all while making sure we dont become a bottleneck. Were focused on empowering our colleagues to selfserve where they can so the business can move at pace with confidence.

The role

As Senior Legal Counsel youll work closely with the General Counsel to help shape and deliver the legal strategy across the business. This is a broad and highimpact role where youll balance strategic input with handson deliverymanaging legal operations supporting fastpaced projects and providing sharp businesssavvy legal advice across a variety of areas.

Youll own the negotiation and drafting of key commercial contracts advise on regulatory and product matters lead daytoday legal queries and take the reins on governance and compliance responsibilities. Youll also manage a team of one and work crossfunctionally to ensure legal is seen as an enabler not a blocker.

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys both the complexity of legal strategy and the satisfaction of seeing projects through to in a collaborative fastmoving environment.

What Youll Be Doing

• Partnering with the General Counsel to shape legal strategy and priorities
• Drafting and negotiating major commercial partnership contracts
• Delivering internal training on key legal topics to support selfservice across the business
• Advising on regulatory matters especially around product development and innovation
• Running the legal service desk and providing clear timely advice to internal teams
• Leading legal budget management and evaluating external counsel value
• Supporting new country launches and managing local counsel relationships
• Overseeing group corporate filings and company secretarial duties
• Collaborating with the DPO and wider teams on GDPR compliance data queries and diligence
• Driving visibility and effectiveness of the legal function through process improvements and team initiatives
• Leading legal opsstreamlining workflows implementing tools and owning knowledge management
• Reviewing contracts updating templates and building scalable legal resources
• Working with external counsel on international matters where needed
• Owning and executing fastmoving projects often with tight deadlines

Who Were Looking For

• Youre a qualified lawyer 5 years PQE) with a strong background in contract review analysis and some drafting. Ideally you bring inhouse experienceespecially in tech fintech or SME lendingand are confident navigating a fastpaced highgrowth environment.
• You have a commercial mindset and know how to translate legal complexity into businessfriendly advice. Youre highly organised detailoriented and experienced in managing workstreams with tight deadlines (like filings or company secretarial duties).
• You thrive on process enjoy operationalising legal work and are passionate about continuous improvementpossibly with a keen interest in legal tech. You anticipate legal risks and offer practical strategic solutions to mitigate them.
• Youre someone whos approachable collaborative and curious. Youre eager to work crossfunctionally understand business pain points and connect the dots between legal work and broader company strategy. Youre adaptable resilient and unafraid to step outside your comfort zone to learn something new.
• Youre a team player who values a positive team culture knows when to roll up your sleeves and sees every taskbig or smallthrough to completion. Equally you believe that hard work should also be fun!

Bonus points for:

• FinTech/FS industry experience
• Knowledge of data protection privacy technology regulatory/compliance issues
• Familiarity with managing vendor/supplier contracts

What happens next

Think this sounds like the right next move for you Or if youre not completely confident that you fit our exact criteria apply anyway and we can arrange a call to see if the role is fit for you. Humility is a wonderful thing and we are interested in hearing about what you can add to Liberis!

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