Lead Counsel, UK & Europe
Provides broad legal and regulatory counsel for Ramp’s UK and EU fintech operations, including payments licensing, commercial agreements, product launches, corporate expansion, employment matters, and data protection. Requires UK-qualified attorney experience supporting regulated financial-services businesses.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Advise on legal and regulatory matters across Ramp’s UK and EU financial technology operations, including payment services licensing, commercial, and data protection matters.
- Negotiate and draft commercial agreements supporting European operations, including bank-partner arrangements and customer-facing terms tailored to local law requirements.
- Partner with Product, Compliance, Risk, Finance, and Marketing teams to structure and launch new products, payment flows, and international-market expansions.
- Build practical, scalable legal processes, templates, training, and issue-escalation frameworks that enable the international organization to move quickly while managing legal and regulatory objectives.
- Support corporate expansion activities, including entity formation and governance, local hiring and employment matters, and coordination with external counsel across relevant jurisdictions.
Requirements
- Qualified attorney authorized to practice in the UK, with substantial in-house or law-firm experience supporting regulated financial-services businesses.
- Strong working knowledge of UK and EU payments, e-money, financial-services, and technology requirements.
- Demonstrated ability to advise cross-functionally on product, commercial, corporate, employment, and operational matters in a fast-moving, international environment.
- Practical judgment and a business-oriented approach to translating complex legal and regulatory requirements into clear, scalable guidance.
- Excellent drafting, negotiation, stakeholder-management, and project-management skills, with comfort coordinating external counsel across multiple jurisdictions.
Nice-to-Haves
- Experience supporting a high-growth fintech across multiple European markets.
- Additional European language skills and experience working with regulators or external counsel in multiple jurisdictions.
Compensation and Benefits
- Salary range: £154,000–£212,000.
- Flexible PTO.
- Centralized home-office equipment ordering.
- Health and wellness stipend.
- Budget for intra-office travel.
- Weekly coffee stipend.
- Private medical insurance through Freedom Elite.
- Virtual GP and at-home care via eMed x Livi.
- Workplace pension through Penfold, with salary sacrifice option.
- Parental leave: up to 16 weeks (birthing plus bonding) or 8 weeks (bonding only) at 100% pay, with additional time available at reduced pay.
Skills
Uk Payments Law, Eu Payments Law, E-Money Regulations, Financial Services Regulation, Technology Law, Data Protection, Commercial Contracts, Contract Negotiation, Corporate Governance, Employment Law, Product Counseling, Regulatory Licensing, Project Management, Stakeholder Management, External Counsel Coordination
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