Associate General Counsel Europe and UK

You will lead legal matters for the European and UK business, including regulatory strategy, licensing, financial-product advice, commercial agreements, and regulator engagement. You will manage regional outside counsel, support AML/CFT and data-protection work, and contribute to expansion into additional regulated markets.

Responsibilities

• Lead regulatory, product, and commercial legal matters across Europe and the UK
• Develop and execute European regulatory strategy, including obtaining, maintaining, and passporting licenses
• Advise on European and UK lending regulation, including structuring, licensing, and disclosure requirements
• Counsel product teams throughout the product lifecycle
• Negotiate commercial agreements with banking, payment, custody, trading, lending, vendor, and marketing partners
• Manage outside counsel relationships, work, and spend
• Lead regulator engagement with European and UK authorities
• Support the AML/CFT programme and FATF Travel Rule implementation
• Advise on GDPR obligations in product development and commercial partnerships
• Support international expansion, cross-border products, and lending initiatives

Requirements

• Be a qualified lawyer admitted in at least one EU/EEA Member State or the UK
• Demonstrate capability across EU and UK law
• Have 10+ years of post-qualification legal experience, including significant in-house and/or financial-services experience
• Have experience owning regulatory and licensing matters and advising a business directly
• Have experience drafting and negotiating material commercial agreements
• Demonstrate practical legal judgment under time pressure
• Have project-management and organizational skills
• Have excellent written and spoken English

Benefits

• Meaningful equity
• Health and wellbeing benefits
• Cell phone and internet reimbursement
• Flexible PTO
• Sick leave
• Parental leave
• Fully remote work