Legal Business Partner

Job description

**This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Legal Business Partner, EMEA based in United Kingdom.** As a Legal Business Partner, you’ll provide commercially focused legal guidance to teams operating across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. You’ll act as a trusted legal counterpart to commercial, partnerships, and operations teams, helping the business move forward while managing risk thoughtfully. Your work will span complex commercial contracts, payments regulation, data protection, corporate matters, and strategic expansion initiatives. You’ll collaborate with a globally distributed Legal and Compliance function, leveraging established frameworks while helping improve them as the business evolves. The role offers significant exposure to new markets, products, partnerships, and the rapidly developing payments and fintech landscape. You’ll need to balance strong legal judgment with pragmatism, commercial awareness, and the ability to turn complex issues into actionable recommendations. This is a fully remote leadership-level opportunity for a lawyer who wants to make a direct impact in a fast-growing international technology environment. ### Accountabilities - Serve as the primary legal business partner for commercial, partnerships, and operations teams across the EMEA region, providing pragmatic and commercially focused legal advice. - Draft, review, and negotiate merchant, partner, vendor, and other commercial agreements across multiple jurisdictions. - Apply established global contracting playbooks while identifying opportunities to improve templates, processes, and contracting practices. - Advise business stakeholders on payments regulation and data protection requirements, including European regulatory frameworks and GDPR. - Partner with the global Legal and Compliance team to assess regulatory developments and maintain an appropriate legal and compliance framework for the business model. - Support the company’s regulatory positioning as a technology orchestration layer that does not hold customer funds. - Support corporate maintenance and governance matters for regional entities, coordinating with internal stakeholders, external counsel, and corporate service providers. - Provide legal guidance on market entry, new products, strategic partnerships, and other growth initiatives across the region. - Identify and assess legal and commercial risks while developing practical solutions that enable business objectives. - Manage multiple matters simultaneously across jurisdictions, teams, and time zones in a fast-moving international environment. - Build trusted relationships with stakeholders and act as a strategic partner rather than simply a legal reviewer. ## Requirements: - Law degree and qualification to practice in at least one relevant jurisdiction within the region. - **6–8 years of legal experience** gained across a combination of law firm and in-house environments. - Strong experience in commercial contracts, contract drafting, and complex negotiations. - Professional experience in **payments, fintech, financial technology, or broader technology** is strongly preferred. - Good working knowledge of European payments regulation and **GDPR/data protection** requirements. - Exposure to legal and regulatory matters across the Middle East or Asia is an advantage. - Strong commercial judgment and a business-enablement mindset, with the ability to assess risk pragmatically and provide clear, actionable recommendations. - Excellent ability to translate complex legal or regulatory issues into practical guidance for non-legal stakeholders. - Strong organizational and prioritization skills, with the ability to manage multiple high-priority matters simultaneously. - Comfortable working across jurisdictions, cultures, and time zones within a globally distributed organization. - Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the confidence to work closely with commercial and operational leaders. - Fluent English is required; additional regional language skills are a plus. - Adaptable, proactive, collaborative, and comfortable operating in a high-growth environment where priorities can evolve quickly. ## Benefits: - Competitive compensation package. - Fully **remote working**, with the flexibility to work from anywhere in the region. - One-time **home office allowance** to help create a suitable remote workspace. - Company-provided work equipment. - **Stock options**, providing an opportunity to participate in long-term company growth. - **Health plan** available wherever you are located. - Flexible days off to support work-life balance. - Opportunity to work with an international, globally distributed team. - Exposure to the fast-growing payments, fintech, and technology sectors. - Opportunity to influence legal strategy across new markets, products, and strategic partnerships.