Legal Counsel, Regulatory and Product

Job Description

We're looking for a talented Legal Counsel with a strong regulatory and product advisory background to join our Legal team in Singapore. The Legal Counsel will be expected to advise on compliance with financial services and payments regulations, interact with regulators and assist in the implementation of broader regulatory change projects and product launches across the Checkout.com group.

The successful candidate will be able to handle a busy workload with minimal supervision, demonstrating excellent critical judgment, quick thinking and agility. This is a great opportunity to work on a broad range of projects across multiple jurisdictions, learn new areas of law and play a key role in supporting the company's rapid growth.

You will be joining an expanding team in one of Europe's most valuable fintechs. Our mission is to be a legal team that exceeds expectations across the board, providing pragmatic and commercially focused advice, finding creative solutions to manage risk and becoming trusted advisers to our colleagues in the business.

How you'll make an impact:

Support relationships with regulators on license-related matters

Manage the legal and regulatory strategy in relation to launching products and services

Advise on payments regulatory matters including compliance with payments laws and related regulations across our different jurisdictions

Advise on broader regulatory requirements applicable to financial institutions, including with respect to group regulatory change projects

Advise the business on market expansion, researching and evaluating new territories and applying for new licenses or expanding scope of existing licenses

Advise key business functions on new regulatory developments impacting our operations, products and contractual commitments

Qualifications

Qualified solicitor/lawyer (3-7 PQE) with strong post-qualification experience either in-house or in private practice

Strong understanding of legal principles applicable to payments, including the payments ecosystem and payments regulatory and licensing strategy/execution, and to broader financial institutions

Excellent time management skills and experience managing a diverse workload and competing stakeholder demands

Ability to handle and deliver on numerous high-priority projects concurrently

Comfortable with ambiguity, constant change, and a fast-paced culture

A practical, solutions-oriented focus to solving legal challenges

Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively as needed, flexing the approach as the matter requires

Strong communication skills and the ability to articulate and explain complex legal issues clearly and concisely

Enthusiasm for new challenges and skilling up in different areas of law

Extra Value Add if you have:

Previous FinTech, start-up, payments and/or financial institution experience

Experience working in a start up or other fast-paced and dynamic environment

Experience working internationally and on a variety of cross-border matters

Additional language skills such as Japanese