Legal Counsel UK

Youll undertake a wide range of legal matters relating to Wises day to day and strategic initiatives. Your mission is to enable protect and empower the business and people of Wise to help achieve growth with minimal distraction.  To achieve this youll be:

• Working closely and building relationships with multiple business teams across the UK and EMEA region to advise on a wide range of legal matters and ad hoc issues as they arise including financial regulation consumer protection payments banking marketing standards and partnerships;

• Working with the business and other members of the global Legal team and outside counsel on new product launches market expansions including license applications corporate matters and commercial agreements;

• Part of the core team of lawyers owning all aspects of the contract lifecycle with bank partners online platforms and enterprise customers from structuring and drafting to negotiation.

• Responsible for assessing and advising the business on risks specific to API integrations including country risk feature launches regulatory implications and the overall relationship with a bank partner or online platform.

• Mentoring and upskilling the business teams and other members of the Legal team including supervising responses to Legal support queries making life simple and easy;

• Understanding the real risks to the business and advising on the operational impact and practicalities of those risks;  

• Reviewing current practices and developing and maintaining templates;

• Streamlining processes and structuring tasks related to legal matters in the UK and occasionally EMEA;

• Staying up to date on legal developments in the UK and advising on future-looking initiatives; and

• Working with the global Legal team to support the wider needs of Wise for example training and workshops. 

Qualifications :

Were looking for someone passionate about payments fintech and/or finance and with an eye on the future. Youll have:

• 4 - 7 years PQE and be a UK qualified lawyer;

• Experience in the banking or payments industry;

• Previous law firm or in-house experience focusing on payments card processing financial service banking or investments;

• A proven aptitude for commercial contract structuring drafting and negotiation;

• A strong interest and experience in financial services regulation including payments consumer protection banking and investments;

• A broad legal knowledge that enables you to spot and resolve a variety of legal issues in upcoming product offerings (e.g. regulatory contract IP privacy consumer protection risk); and an ability to distill complexity and to identify and clearly communicate practical risk-based solutions;

• A focus on impact through trusted relationships and attention to detail 

• Clear communication project coordination and management skills including for partner relations;

• Ability to navigate complex issues and multiple stakeholders advising the business on key risks and developing solutions.

• Have a get-it-done collaborative approach to problem solving.

Additional Information :

What we offer in return:

• Stock options as a part of compensation package;

• Lots of awesome Wise benefits 

• Flexible working whether its working from home school plays or life admin we get that flexibility is essential and youre trusted to do the right thing;

• Wellbeing support you and your family have access to an Employee Assistance Program where youll be able to speak to qualified counselors on anything that matters to you;

• 6 weeks of paid sabbatical after 4 years at Wise on top of annual leave.

For everyone everywhere. Were people building money without borders  without judgement or prejudice too. We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse equitable and inclusive.

Were proud to have a truly international team and we celebrate our differences.
Inclusive teams help us live our values and make sure every Wiser feels respected empowered to contribute towards our mission and able to progress in their careers.

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time