Modulr - Legal Counsel
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Requirements
• We're looking for someone who brings both strong legal skills and the right attitude for fast-paced in-house work: • Around 4–5 years' PQE (England & Wales qualified) • Solid commercial contracts experience with a financial services, payments, fintech or banking background • Data protection experience (GDPR / UK GDPR) • Comfortable with regulatory complexity - FCA-regulated environment experience is a strong plus • Whether you're stepping in-house from private practice or moving from another in-house role, you'll need to demonstrate genuine commercial pragmatism and an appetite for breadth • Calm under pressure, great with people, and genuinely excited about AI and technology • Experience working cross-jurisdiction is advantageous
Responsibilities
• You'll join a close-knit and high-performing legal function in London, working across a wide variety of legal matters that keep pace with the growth of the business. Day-to-day this means: • Negotiating and advising on a wide range of commercial contracts, client agreements, supplier contracts, technology deals and key banking relationships • Providing practical, commercially grounded regulatory and legal advice across multiple business functions • Supporting the legal team's work on data protection, IP and emerging areas as needed • Contributing to legal team projects improving templates, processes and governance as the function scales • Working directly with senior stakeholders across the business, including at C-suite level • Managing and working with external law firms on differing litigation matters
Benefits
• Bonus – Our annual discretionary bonus, paid in May for the previous year, is based on both company and individual performance. • Bonus • Flexible benefits - £1000 to spend on benefits to suit you, including private medical insurance, gym membership, dental etc. • Wellbeing app – confidential, on-demand access to therapy, coaching, counselling, management training or mindfulness sessions with accredited professionals, with company-funded hours and top-up options available. • Wellbeing app • Holidays - 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) plus your birthday off. In the UK, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, and New Year’s Day are fixed holidays. You can choose the remaining days to suit your personal schedule. • Holidays • Learning opportunities - Our two-day onboarding program, ModStart, helps equip you for success. Learning doesn’t stop there; we’ll continue to support your development through various channels. • Learning opportunities • Company-Wide Events - Participate in collaborative and engaging events with colleagues across the business. • Company-Wide Events • Bike to work / E-bike scheme • ModInclusion • At Modulr, we’re committed to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where everyone feels they belong and can bring their whole self to work. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds as we believe it’s the right thing for our people, our business, and the community we operate in. • By submitting your CV, you consent to us using your personal data to assess your application, contact you, or share your CV with relevant hiring managers. You can request removal of your data at any time by emailing [email protected] - though this will withdraw you from consideration for the role.
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