Fintech, Payments & Digital Assets Lawyer

Overview

A legal role is available for a Fintech, Payments & Digital Assets Lawyer to support clients in the financial services, technology, fintech, payments, crypto, and digital assets sectors. This position involves providing practical, commercially focused legal advice on complex commercial, regulatory, and technology matters. The role requires close collaboration with fintech platforms, payment service providers, digital asset businesses, financial institutions, technology companies, and other regulated or high-growth organizations.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice and support on matters related to fintech, payments, digital assets, crypto, blockchain, and technology, including commercial partnerships, platform arrangements, payment products, embedded finance, digital wallets, tokenisation, and other innovative financial services offerings.
• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial and technology agreements such as partnership agreements, payment services agreements, SaaS agreements, cloud services contracts, outsourcing arrangements, referral agreements, reseller agreements, supplier contracts, and technology service agreements.
• Advise on regulatory compliance for financial services, payments, and digital asset-related activities, including FCA regulation, payment services, e-money, cryptoasset regulation, outsourcing, operational resilience, data governance, technology risk, and cross-border service delivery.
• Support the development, launch, and scaling of fintech, payments, and digital asset products, ensuring contractual frameworks and regulatory considerations align with commercial objectives, stakeholder requirements, and risk management expectations.
• Monitor and interpret UK, EU, and global regulatory developments impacting fintech, payments, digital assets, crypto, technology transactions, outsourcing, digital transformation, and financial services innovation.

Minimum Qualifications

• Qualified lawyer eligible to practise in the UK, or equivalent overseas qualification with strong relevant UK experience.
• Demonstrated experience advising on fintech, payments, digital assets, crypto, blockchain, technology transactions, or financial services regulatory matters.
• Strong experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex commercial and technology agreements, including SaaS, cloud, outsourcing, partnership, supplier, payment services, and platform agreements.
• Experience advising fintech companies, payment service providers, e-money institutions, digital asset businesses, technology companies, banks, financial institutions, or other regulated financial services organizations.
• Excellent commercial awareness, stakeholder management skills, and the ability to deliver pragmatic, business-focused legal advice in a fast-paced and highly regulated environment.

Compensation & Benefits

• Highly competitive compensation and benefits package within the alternative legal services marketplace.
• Health benefits, pension, and additional perks.
• Access to professional development resources and learning programs.
• Flexible work arrangements including remote, onsite, or hybrid options depending on client requirements.

Location

Flexible work location options are available, including remote, onsite, or hybrid, based on client needs.

Equal Opportunity & Accommodations

The employer is an equal opportunity organization committed to diversity and inclusion. Employment decisions are made without discrimination based on race, color, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, political opinion, sex, gender reassignment, pregnancy, age, disability, citizenship status, marital status, genetic predisposition, sexual orientation, military service, or any other protected characteristic.

Reasonable accommodations are provided for individuals with disabilities during the recruitment process upon request.

Additional Information

Employment may be contingent upon successful background checks, proof of identity, and legal authorization to work.

Consultancy arrangements may be discussed for legal professionals interested in that model.

Applicants must ensure all information provided during the application process is accurate and complete.