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About the Role
PPRO is seeking a senior lawyer with expertise in emerging technology and regulation to join its legal team. This role will advise the growing payments business on new product development, including digital assets and AI, and handle regulatory horizon scanning, deal work, and legal advice across multiple jurisdictions and legal domains.
Responsibilities
- Advising the business on the full product lifecycle, from the first idea through launch, as we build, launch and scale PPRO's payment products globally, including digital asset and stablecoin initiatives
- Reviewing and negotiating commercial agreements, including partner agreements and contracts tied to new product development
- Drafting and maintaining customer-facing legal documents for new products, including terms and conditions and disclosures for AI-driven features
- Advising on the regulatory side of product features, the onboarding of new payment methods, and market expansion which may include cross-border data flows, data protection and privacy, and payment services regulation
- Advising on the legal and regulatory questions raised by digital assets, including stablecoins: e-money and payment services classification, custody, cross-border transfer rules and emerging digital asset regimes
- Acting as our go-to expert on AI, including agentic AI and associated liability, governance, data use, contracting for AI tools and the regulatory frameworks that are still taking shape
- Horizon scanning for legal and regulatory developments, and assisting with the implementation of any subsequently required changes
- Collaborating with the compliance and risk teams to embed legal thinking into PPRO's product lifecycle and go-to-market planning
- Improving legal and governance processes at PPRO, including exploring how AI tools can make our own legal team work smarter
- Advising the business on ad hoc legal questions, from IP to corporate law and disputes
- Liaising with external counsel and turning their advice into something the wider business can interpret and implement
Requirements
- Be a UK or EU qualified lawyer with 8+ years experience in the financial services, payments and/or technology sector, with a strong mix of regulatory, privacy and commercial legal experience
- Bring genuine, hands-on experience with payments, digital assets, including stablecoins, plus real depth on how AI, including agentic AI, is reshaping products and regulation
- Have a good working knowledge of financial regulation, including payment services regulation across the UK and EU
- Have strong experience advising on data protection and privacy (UK GDPR, EU GDPR, cross-border data transfers)
- Be genuinely comfortable with technology so you are able to get into the detail with engineers, ask the right questions and follow a technical conversation
- Be comfortable working in ambiguity and to independently work out the mitigation, not just the risk
- Be able to turn complex legal or technical issues into plain English
- Have a strong sense of ownership and the drive to push complex legal matters through to completion
- Bring an open, flexible, team-oriented approach, with excellent communication skills
Skills
- Emerging technology
- Regulation
- Product lifecycle advising
- Commercial agreement negotiation
- Contract drafting
- Customer-facing legal document drafting
- AI
- Agentic AI
- Digital assets
- Stablecoins
- Data protection
- Privacy
- Payment services regulation
- Financial regulation
- Cross-border data flows
- Intellectual Property
- Corporate law
- Dispute resolution
Location
- Global
- UK
- EU
Work Type
- Hybrid working
- Work from abroad policy (up to 30 days/year)
Experience Level
- Senior
- 8+ years experience
Education Level
- UK or EU qualified lawyer
Benefits
- Hybrid working structure (3 days/week on site expectation)
- 28-day holiday allowance
- Work from abroad policy (up to 30 days/year)
- GBP 1,000 annual budget for professional growth
- Leadership cafés
- On-the-job training
- Medical insurance (BUPA health care plan)
- 5% matching pension plan through Now Pensions
- Enhanced family leave
- Workplace nursery scheme
- Gym membership contribution
- Mental Health Platform (one-on-one therapy, chat therapy, therapist-led courses, guided meditations)
- Pet-friendly office
About the Company
- PPRO simplifies access to local payments, providing a platform that empowers major companies to connect with billions of consumers worldwide.
- The company is on an ambitious mission to triple its growth by 2028.
- PPRO fosters a diverse, people-first, high-trust environment where employees have autonomy and opportunities for growth.
- Company principles include: getting things done, acting with trust and integrity, putting the customer first, making things better, and working as a team.