Commercial & Disputes Legal Counsel

Job description

**Who are we?** At OpenPayd, we are building a universal financial infrastructure to power the growth of the digital economy. Our rails-agnostic approach empowers any business to move and manage money globally - across both traditional rails and stablecoins — at scale, and in real time.​ The OpenPayd platform delivers a suite of banking and payments infrastructure: accounts in over 40 currencies, FX, on/off ramp, international and domestic payments, Open Banking services – all via a single API. A global network of licences alongside our best-in-class tech is why we're trusted by 1200+ enterprise clients to process over $300 bn volume annually. ### How will you add value to the OpenPayd journey? - Advise teams across the Group on customer- and supplier-side commercial arrangements, contractual risk and practical day-to-day legal questions. - Draft, review and negotiate a range of commercial contracts and related documents, balancing legal protection with the needs of a growing global regulated business. - Help develop and improve our templates, playbooks and ways of working so that legal support remains clear, consistent and scalable. - Take primary day-to-day responsibility for supervising OpenPayd’s OAFS matters, liaising with the Office of the Arbiter, representing OpenPayd at hearings where required, and keeping each matter moving to the right outcome. - Coordinate and review responses, affidavits, evidence, exhibits and other materials prepared for OAFS proceedings, ensuring submissions are accurate, coherent and persuasive. Support the supervision of complaints, claims, pre-action matters and proceedings in other jurisdictions, with the scope of ownership agreed matter by matter. - Coordinate internal stakeholders and external counsel, challenge advice constructively and help turn it into clear, commercially grounded decisions. - Spot and escalate significant legal, financial, regulatory or reputational risk early. ### The ideal candidate will have the following: - A lawyer admitted to practise in Malta, with relevant post-qualification experience gained in-house or in private practice. We expect this role to suit someone at mid-level, but judgement, presentation skills, and potential matter more to us than a fixed PQE range. - Strong commercial drafting, review and negotiation skills, with the ability to give clear, practical advice in excellent written and spoken English. - Quick thinking and sound judgement: you absorb new information fast, test assumptions and stay composed when the facts or priorities change. - Strategic curiosity and commercial instinct: you look beyond the immediate task, understand the broader risk and help shape a sensible path forward. - Energy, ownership and appetite to learn. You are engaged, dependable and willing to lean into unfamiliar or complex work. - Strong organisational skills to manage evidence, stakeholders and fixed deadlines without losing sight of the bigger picture. ### Our perks and benefits: - Personal training budget - Health Insurance - Gym membership subsidised - Annual bonus scheme - 25 days annual leave plus the Bank Holidays - Extra day off for your Birthday and social volunteering - Early 4 pm finish on Fridays