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Title: Legal Counsel
Reporting to: General Counsel
Contract Type: Full Time - Permanent
Hours of Work: 42.5 hours per week (Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday, on-site in our London Office in Farringdon)

OVERVIEW:

APEXX is pioneering payment orchestration, transforming the global payments landscape with cutting-edge technology and innovation. As a leader in FinTech, we’re committed to excellence, driving forward-thinking solutions that empower businesses worldwide.
Our General Counsel is looking for a talented individual to join the Legal & Compliance team to provide front-line guidance and support to all areas of the business. The breadth of work on offer in this position and the level of commercial involvement of the legal team offers a unique in-house opportunity. This is a generalist position, however, a background in Payments, Financial Services or FinTech is ideal.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING:

This is a hands-on, commercially focused role supporting the General Counsel with several key elements including:

• Reviewing, drafting and negotiating a range of complex commercial agreements
• Delivering legal and strategic advice to different areas of the business on a variety of matters ranging from financial regulation and the payments ecosystem, contracts, negotiations, documentation, client issues, employment, compliance, IP, IT, marketing and data protection
• Supporting the commercial teams and wider business in discussions with customers, partners and suppliers
• Identifying legal and regulatory risks related to the introduction of new products and expansion into new markets
• Helping to identify, prepare and deliver training to the business on relevant legal and commercial issues
• Delivering continuous improvement in operating practices and processes, identifying inefficiencies and improvement

Apart from the opportunity to work for a tech scale-up, having great responsibility and varied tasks every day, other benefits include:

• APEXX pension scheme
• Private Medical Insurance with AXA
• Life Insurance & Critical Illness Cover
• Enhanced parental leave policies
• 25 days holiday, plus an additional days holiday for your birthday, and Bank Holidays
• Flexi working hours, and Work from abroad scheme for 2 weeks per month (max of 90 days per year