Senior Legal Counsel - Product & Commercial

Overview

In this role you will act as a strategic legal partner across BVNK, advising on financial services, payments, and blockchain matters to enable rapid growth. You will shape products and partnerships, manage legal risk in complex transactions, and support global teams, including Compliance, Regulatory, and product. You’ll help navigate crypto and fintech frameworks while driving scalable, compliant solutions. This is a hands-on, fast-paced role at a leading payments platform with global reach and crypto-centric ambition.

Pay / Benefits

• fair and competitive salary
• employee option scheme
• flexible hybrid working
• growth-oriented culture
• flexible holiday
• opportunities to travel to offices worldwide

Responsibilities

• Partner with global teams (compliance, finance, product) and Mastercard to advise on regulatory, payments, outsourcing, data privacy, IP, employment, financial crime, disputes, and governance.
• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements including service, outsourcing, and SaaS contracts with complex terms.
• Review marketing materials for regulatory compliance, IP protection, disclosures, and policy alignment.
• Assess legal risk, propose pragmatic solutions, and challenge business decisions from a legal perspective.
• Collaborate with the Legal Team and Mastercard to support global BAU activities and legal operations.
• Conduct legal research on cryptocurrency, payments, and related laws to anticipate risks and inform business readiness.
• Demonstrate understanding of cryptocurrency and fintech legal frameworks or a strong willingness to learn.

Key requirements

• 7+ years as a qualified lawyer in-house, at a top law firm, or a government agency.
• Familiarity with UK and EU financial services laws and regulations, including payments, and ideally blockchain/digital assets.
• Extensive experience negotiating and drafting customer, partner, and supplier agreements, including complex payment services.
• Experience with intra-group matters such as intra-group outsourcing and corporate law matters; governance, employment, and disputes are a plus.

• collaborative
• inquisitive
• solutions-oriented
• UK/EU financial services regulation
• payments and outsourcing agreements
• data privacy

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