Legal Counsel, Regulatory and Product

Company Description

We’re Checkout.com. You might not know our name, but companies like eBay, Spotify, Klarna, Uber, and Sony do, because we’re behind many of the digital experiences you use every day.

We are where the world checks out, enabling over 10 billion transactions yearly for more than one billion global shoppers.

Whether you want to book a holiday, order food, renew a subscription, or check out online, there’s a good chance our tech powers the payments behind the scenes. Our platform helps the most ambitious businesses deliver effortless digital experiences, at scale.

If you want to do career-defining work, you’ve come to the right place. We move fast, think globally, and believe great teams are built by hiring exceptional people with conviction, curiosity, and the desire to make an impact.

With 20 offices across six continents and London as our HQ, we’re shaping the future of fintech – and we’re just getting started.

We're looking for a talented Legal Counsel with a strong regulatory and product advisory background to join our Legal team in Singapore. The Legal Counsel will be expected to advise on compliance with financial services and payments regulations, interact with regulators and assist in the implementation of broader regulatory change projects and product launches across the Checkout.com group.

The successful candidate will be able to handle a busy workload with minimal supervision, demonstrating excellent critical judgment, quick thinking and agility. This is a great opportunity to work on a broad range of projects across multiple jurisdictions, learn new areas of law and play a key role in supporting the company’s rapid growth.

You will be joining an expanding team in one of Europe's most valuable fintechs. Our mission is to be a legal team that exceeds expectations across the board, providing pragmatic and commercially focused advice, finding creative solutions to manage risk and becoming trusted advisers to our colleagues in the business.

How you'll make an impact:

• Support relationships with regulators on license-related matters

• Manage the legal and regulatory strategy in relation to launching products and services

• Advise on payments regulatory matters including compliance with payments laws and related regulations across our different jurisdictions

• Advise on broader regulatory requirements applicable to financial institutions, including with respect to group regulatory change projects

• Advise the business on market expansion, researching and evaluating new territories and applying for new licenses or expanding scope of existing licenses

• Advise key business functions on new regulatory developments impacting our operations, products and contractual commitments

Qualifications

• Qualified solicitor/lawyer (3-7 PQE) with strong post-qualification experience either in-house or in private practice

• Strong understanding of legal principles applicable to payments, including the payments ecosystem and payments regulatory and licensing strategy/execution, and to broader financial institutions

• Excellent time management skills and experience managing a diverse workload and competing stakeholder demands

• Ability to handle and deliver on numerous high-priority projects concurrently

• Comfortable with ambiguity, constant change, and a fast-paced culture

• A practical, solutions-oriented focus to solving legal challenges

• Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively as needed, flexing the approach as the matter requires

• Strong communication skills and the ability to articulate and explain complex legal issues clearly and concisely

• Enthusiasm for new challenges and skilling up in different areas of law

Extra Value Add if you have:

• Previous FinTech, start-up, payments and/or financial institution experience

• Experience working in a start up or other fast-paced and dynamic environment

• Experience working internationally and on a variety of cross-border matters

• Additional language skills such as Japanese

Additional Information

Bring all of you to work

We create the conditions for high performers to thrive, through real ownership, fewer blockers, and work that makes a difference from day one.

Here, you’ll move fast, take on meaningful challenges, and be recognized for the impact you deliver. It’s a place where ambition gets met with opportunity, and where your growth is in your hands.

We work as one team, and we back each other to succeed. So whatever your background or identity, if you’re ready to grow and make a difference, you’ll be right at home here.

It’s important we set you up for success and make our process as accessible as possible. So let us know in your application, or tell your recruiter directly, if you need anything to make your experience or working environment more comfortable.

Life at Checkout.com

We understand that work is just one part of your life. Our hybrid working model offers flexibility, with three days per week in the office to support collaboration and connection.

Curious about what it’s like to be part of our team? Visit our Careers Page to learn more about our culture, open roles, and what drives us.

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