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About the Role
Axiom is seeking Financial Services Lawyers to support a variety of clients across banking, fintech, payments, asset management, insurance, investment, consumer finance, and other regulated financial services sectors. This role involves advising on a broad range of commercial, regulatory, product, governance, and advisory matters.
Responsibilities
- Provide practical, commercially focused legal advice on financial services matters, including regulatory compliance, commercial contracts, product support, governance, risk management, customer-facing documentation, and business-as-usual legal advisory work.
- Advise legal, compliance, risk, product, commercial, operations, procurement, and senior business stakeholders on matters affecting regulated financial services businesses.
- Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of financial services and commercial documentation.
- Support cross-functional projects involving regulatory change, product launches, customer journeys, operational resilience, financial promotions, complaints, governance frameworks, third-party risk, and engagement with internal or external stakeholders.
Requirements
- Qualified lawyer eligible to practise in the UK, or equivalent overseas qualification with strong financial services, commercial, regulatory, banking, fintech, payments, asset management, insurance, or consumer finance experience.
- Experience advising financial institutions, fintechs, regulated businesses, in-house legal teams, or senior stakeholders on commercial, regulatory, product, governance, risk, or business-as-usual legal matters.
- Strong drafting, review, negotiation, and advisory experience across commercial contracts, financial services documentation, customer terms, supplier arrangements, outsourcing, technology agreements, policies, or regulatory materials.
- Excellent commercial awareness, legal judgment, stakeholder management, communication, drafting, and analytical skills.
- Ability to deliver pragmatic, business-focused advice in fast-paced regulated environments.
Skills
- Financial services
- Commercial contracts
- Regulatory compliance
- Product support
- Governance
- Risk management
- Customer-facing documentation
- Legal advisory
- Banking
- Fintech
- Payments
- Consumer credit
- Lending
- Funds
- Asset management
- Insurance
- Investment services
- Negotiation
- Stakeholder management
- Communication
- Analytical skills
Location
- Remote
- Onsite
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Remote
- Onsite
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Qualified lawyer eligible to practise in the UK, or equivalent overseas qualification
Salary/Compensations
- Highly competitive compensation and benefits package
Benefits
- Health benefits
- Pension
- Professional development resources
- Learning and development programs
About the Company
- Axiom is the global leader in high-calibre, on-demand legal talent, enabling legal departments to drive efficiency and growth.
- Axiom is a leader in diversity, inclusion, and social engagement.
- Axiom is proud to be named a best place to work for LGBTQ+ Equality, earning top marks in the 2021 Corporate Equality Index for the second consecutive year.
- Axiom’s legal department is Mansfield certified and is committed to considering at least 50% diverse candidates for leadership roles and outside counsel representation.
- Axiom Global Limited is a company registered in England and Wales.
Equal Opportunity
- Axiom ensures equal employment opportunity in recruitment and employment, without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, nationality, national or ethnic origin, religious creed or belief, political opinion, sex, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, age, disability, alienage or citizenship status, marital (or civil or other partnership recognized by law) status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, sexual orientation, military service, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
- Axiom prohibits and will not tolerate any such discrimination or harassment.
- Axiom will provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities who require an accommodation to participate in each stage of the recruitment process.