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About the Role
PPRO is seeking an experienced Senior Legal Counsel in London to support its fast-paced and growing payments business with a key focus on commercial matters worldwide. The role involves collaborating with internal stakeholders, particularly commercial and customer-facing departments, and supporting various legal domains including contract, corporate, payments, and regulation.
Responsibilities
- Reviewing a range of commercial agreements, including customer contracts for regulated payment services (reseller agreements, referral agreements and merchant agreements), supplier contracts and software contracts.
- Advising on inter-company arrangements, drafting outsourcing agreements, binding corporate rules, and other inter-company commercial agreements.
- Improving existing legal processes at PPRO and ensuring the implementation of guidelines and policies relating to contract management.
- Handling customer, supplier, and partnership contracts in close contact with stakeholders in the sales, customer delivery, and supply chain teams.
- Advising the business on ad hoc legal queries as required, for example employment, intellectual property, corporate law matters and disputes.
- Liaising with external counsel to obtain advice on various matters and conveying this back to the broader business in English language and a concise format.
- Leveraging modern legal tech and contract management platforms to streamline workflows and automate contract management processes.
- Utilising AI-driven tools for contract analysis, review, and risk assessment to enhance efficiency across commercial operations.
Requirements
- Be a qualified lawyer, preferably with experience in the financial services, payments or technology sector.
- 5 + years PQE as legal counsel, with a focus on commercial drafting and negotiation.
- Possess excellent working proficiency in English.
- Have current knowledge of contract, data protection, and business laws.
- Demonstrate strong contractual drafting and analytical skills, combined with pragmatism and business sense.
- Be able to translate complex legal or factual issues into plain language communications.
- Have a strong sense of ownership and drive to push complex legal matters forward.
- Work effectively with cross-functional and remote teams in a collaborative manner and be able to perform and deliver results under pressure.
Skills
- Commercial law
- Contractual negotiations
- Contract drafting
- Analytical skills
- Pragmatism
- Business sense
- Legal tech
- Contract management platforms
- AI-driven tools for contract analysis
- Risk assessment
Location
- London
Work Type
- Hybrid working
- 3 days / week on site expectation
- Work from abroad policy (up to 30 days per year)
Experience Level
- Senior
- 5 + years PQE
Education Level
- Qualified lawyer
Benefits
- GBP 1,000 annual budget for professional growth
- Leadership cafés
- On-the-job training
- Medical insurance (AXA 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, etc.)
- 28-day holiday allowance
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 3x its growth by 2028.
- PPRO has a diverse team spanning over 50 nationalities across 10+ global locations.
- It fosters a people-first, high trust environment with autonomy for employees to make an impact, own their work, and grow.
- The company values getting things done, respectful challenges, customer focus, and teamwork.
- The HQ office is located on Procter Street, near Holborn, Farringdon, and Covent Garden, and is designed for cross-team collaboration.
- The office is pet-friendly.
Equal Opportunity
- PPRO's people span more than 50 nationalities, and this diversity is seen as a competitive advantage.
- The company welcomes applicants of every background, identity, and experience.
- The hiring process is accessible to everyone, and adjustments can be made upon request.
- Artificial intelligence (AI) tools may be used to support parts of the hiring process, but final hiring decisions are made by humans.