Senior Corporate Counsel - Product
On-siteLondon, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Draft, review, and negotiate complex technology, commercial, and reseller agreements while evaluating and mitigating legal risks across product design, development, and deployment. Ensure global product initiatives comply with regulatory and enterprise risk frameworks by partnering with internal teams and outside counsel. Lead negotiations using legal expertise and playbooks, document contract decisions, and drive efficiencies in the negotiation process. Collaborate with product, compliance, and risk partners to embed legal considerations into the product development lifecycle, supporting go-to-market preparation and launch readiness. Monitor emerging laws and industry standards impacting technology products and advise leadership on legal implications of new trends.
Required Qualifications
- Legal qualification in the UK
- Minimum of 7 years PQE
- Practical experience within Europe
- Experience as corporate counsel with a focus on technology product development and launch
- Experience with complex technology and commercial agreements
- Experience with reseller or distribution agreements
- Experience with intellectual property, privacy, data usage, and information security
- Experience with third party/vendor contracting
- Strong ability to identify legal issues and provide practical, business oriented solutions
- Significant experience drafting and negotiating strategic and complex technology agreements, including reseller arrangements
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to distill complex concepts for non lawyers
- Strong client management, diplomacy, and cross functional collaboration skills
- Ability to lead projects, drive change, and influence decision making
- Strong background in technology, intellectual property, information security, and privacy
Desired Qualifications
- Familiarity with payment services
- Familiarity with global merchant acquiring
- Familiarity with alternative payment types
- Familiarity with mobile wallets
- Familiarity with fraud and security products
- Familiarity with financial services regulation
- Familiarity with AI (including agentic AI)
- Experience supporting product teams in a regulated financial services or fintech environment
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