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Satispay is a fintech platform serving 6.5M+ users, offering payments, benefits, investing, and cards products. The company is building what it describes as the most loved financial platform in the world by solving real user problems in financial services.
As Legal Counsel, you will provide strategic legal guidance across the fintech sector, with particular focus on payments, e-money, and consumer credit products. You will advise on regulatory, contractual, and product-related matters to ensure compliance and mitigate legal and regulatory risks.
Key responsibilities include:
- Product Development Support: Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering and product teams to design and launch new products and services in payments and consumer credit (such as BNPL), integrating technical and engineering considerations into legal analysis.
- Risk Assessment & Management: Identify legal and regulatory risks, propose effective mitigation strategies aligned with organizational risk appetite, and safeguard the organization.
- Regulatory Compliance: Advise on relevant financial regulatory requirements including PSD2, AML/KYC, e-money regulations (EMRs), and CCD2, ensuring adherence across the organization.
- Stakeholder Management: Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, provide pragmatic legal guidance, and foster a culture of legal awareness across the organization.
The role is hybrid, requiring three days per week in-office (Tuesday, Thursday, plus one day of your choice), with flexibility to request additional remote time. Relocation to the Luxembourg office is required.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Qualified lawyer with minimum 5 years post-qualification experience (PQE); ideally 8–10 years total professional legal experience
- Deep knowledge of financial and consumer credit regulations (PSD2, AML/KYC, EMRs, CCD2)
- Demonstrable track record in fintech and payments, ideally with experience in both private practice and in-house settings
- Analytical mindset with ability to dive deep into complex legal issues, exercise strong judgment, and make sound risk-based decisions
- Clear understanding of basic technology and engineering processes in fintech, payments, and consumer lending; prior experience working with technical teams is a significant plus
- Ability to balance legal risks with commercial considerations
- Essential: English fluency (written and spoken)
- Desirable: Knowledge of Italian or French
