Senior Legal Counsel

Key Areas of Responsibilities:

• Partner closely with all global teams (e.g. compliance, finance, and product) across BVNK, including UK, EU, South Africa, Singapore and San Francisco, to advise on a range of issues, including financial services requirements, payments, outsourcing, data privacy, intellectual property, employment laws, BAU financial crime matters, disputes, litigation and corporate governance. - Assist in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a variety of commercial agreements, including service contracts, outsourcing agreements, SaaS agreements, and other documentation involving complex transactions. - Review marketing materials to ensure they are accurate, compliant with legal and regulatory standards, protect intellectual property, include necessary disclosures, mitigate risks, and align with company policies. - Assess and advise on legal risks, propose innovative and effective legal solutions to problems, ability to constructively challenge business decisions from a legal perspective. - Work closely with other members of the Legal Team to support BVNK’s global BAU activities and legal operations function. - Conduct legal research and stay up-to-date on applicable laws and regulations dealing with cryptocurrency, payments, and other relevant areas, anticipating legal and commercial risks and advising and assisting the business to prepare for them. - Good understanding of cryptocurrency and fintech legal frameworks, or a strong interest in learning about cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. ## What we need from you:

• You’ll have 7+ years of experience as a qualified lawyer in an in-house legal team, top law firm and/or a government agency. - You’ll have familiarity with UK and/or EU and/or US financial services laws and regulations including payments and ideally, blockchain and digital assets. - You’ll have strong and extensive experience in negotiating and drafting agreements with customers, partners and suppliers, including complex payment services-related agreements. - You’ll have experience in intra-group matters such as intra-group outsourcing and advising on corporate law matters. Experience with corporate governance, employment matters, disputes and litigation is ideal but not mandatory. - You’re highly collaborative, inquisitive, and solutions-oriented, ideally with prior experience advising on product development at fast-moving technology companies. - You’re biased towards action and impact, and no task is too big or too small for you; you can roll up your sleeves and get things done. - You have exceptional verbal and interpersonal communication skills, can build strong relationships with colleagues and stakeholders, and can simplify legal concepts and communicate them in easy-to-understand language. - You exhibit genuine curiosity, are passionate about your work, and enjoy a fast-paced working environment. - You’re humble with low ego, have a strong desire to grow and learn, and have a deep commitment to your teammates. ## What you can expect from us: