About Of Counsel
Of Counsel is a London-based fractional legal practice that embeds senior, commercially-minded lawyers directly into fast-growing technology and financial services businesses.
We work with clients across fintech, AI platforms, and other innovation companies, most of whom are headquartered in London but operate on a genuinely global basis.
Rather than acting as a traditional external adviser, Of Counsel places experienced lawyers inside client legal teams on a part-time or interim basis, giving businesses senior legal capability without the overhead of a full-time hire.
About the Client
Our client is a leading fintech company widely recognised for its innovation and technical sophistication.
The business operates at a fast pace.
This is a role for a lawyer who is energised by a fast-moving, highly technical environment rather than daunted by it.
The Opportunity
Of Counsel is seeking an Interim Senior Legal Counsel to embed with the client's legal team for a minimum of four days per week.
You will report directly into the Chief Legal Officer (CLO) and join a team that is well regarded internally for being supportive, collegiate and genuinely friendly, this is a high-performing team that also looks out for one another.
The role is primarily focused on Commercial, but requires an experienced lawyer who is comfortable to handle Product & Regulatory matters which may be incidental to the core commercial work.
Key Responsibilities
- Take ownership of commercial contracts workload, including drafting, reviewing and negotiating a broad range of agreements, commercial partnerships, vendor and procurement contracts, licensing, data and technology agreements.
- Identify, advise on, and manage solutions for non-regulated lending activities and payments matters as they arise.
- Partner closely with various stakeholder teams to give pragmatic, business-focused legal advice at pace, in a highly technical product environment.
- Identify and flag payments issues, whether commercial or regulatory perimeter related and escalate appropriately within the legal and compliance function.
- Support the CLO and wider legal team on ad hoc projects and process improvements as the business scales.
About You
- Qualified solicitor (England & Wales) or equivalent, with senior post-qualification experience gained in-house and/or at a leading law firm.
- Strong track record in commercial contracts - confident drafting and negotiating a high volume of agreements independently and at pace.
- Experience with lending arrangements (regulated or non-regulated) and/or payments work; familiarity with the consumer credit and payments regulatory landscape (including the FCA regulatory perimeter) is highly desirable, even where the day-to-day work itself is non-regulated.
- Prior fintech, payments or financial services in-house experience strongly preferred.
- Comfortable operating with a high degree of autonomy in a fast-paced, highly technical and innovation-led environment.
- A collaborative, approachable style - this is a friendly team and cultural fit matters as much as technical ability.
- Available for a minimum of four days per week for the duration of the placement.
Why Apply
- Work directly with, and report into, a highly regarded Chief Legal Officer.
- Join a genuinely friendly, collaborative in-house team at a company renowned for innovation.
- Broad, hands-on exposure across lending, payments and commercial contracts in a leading fintech.
- Flexible, interim engagement model via Of Counsel, suited to experienced lawyers who want high-quality in-house work without a permanent commitment.