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PPRO is a global payments platform enabling major companies like PayPal, Stripe, and Microsoft to connect with billions of consumers worldwide. The company is targeting 3x growth by 2028 and operates across 50+ nationalities in 10+ locations.
In this Senior Legal Counsel role, you will serve as a key strategic advisor on the full product lifecycle for PPRO's payment products, with particular focus on digital assets, stablecoins, and AI-driven features. Your responsibilities will span:
**Core Responsibilities:**
- Advise on product development from conception through global launch and scaling, including digital asset and stablecoin initiatives
- Review and negotiate commercial agreements, partner contracts, and agreements tied to new product development
- Draft and maintain customer-facing legal documents for new products, including terms and conditions and disclosures for AI-driven features
- Provide regulatory advice on product features, new payment method onboarding, and market expansion (including cross-border data flows, data protection, and payment services regulation)
- Advise on legal and regulatory questions specific to digital assets and stablecoins: e-money and payment services classification, custody, cross-border transfer rules, and emerging digital asset regimes
- Act as the company's expert on AI, including agentic AI, covering liability, governance, data use, AI tool contracting, and emerging regulatory frameworks
- Conduct horizon scanning for legal and regulatory developments and support implementation of required changes
- Collaborate with compliance and risk teams to embed legal thinking into product lifecycle and go-to-market planning
- Improve legal and governance processes, including exploring how AI tools can enhance the legal team's efficiency
- Advise on ad hoc legal matters ranging from IP to corporate law and disputes
- Liaise with external counsel and translate their advice for business implementation
**Requirements:**
- UK or EU qualified lawyer with 8+ years of experience in financial services, payments, and/or technology sectors
- Strong mix of regulatory, privacy, and commercial legal experience
- Genuine, hands-on experience with payments and digital assets, including stablecoins
- Real depth of knowledge on how AI, including agentic AI, is reshaping products and regulation
- Good working knowledge of financial regulation, including payment services regulation across the UK and EU
- Strong experience advising on data protection and privacy (UK GDPR, EU GDPR, cross-border data transfers)
- Genuine comfort with technology; ability to engage in technical detail with engineers and follow technical conversations
- Comfort working in ambiguity and independently identifying mitigations, not just risks
- Ability to translate complex legal or technical issues into plain English
- Strong sense of ownership and drive to push complex legal matters to completion
- Open, flexible, team-oriented approach with excellent communication skills
**Workplace & Benefits:**
Hybrid role with 3 days/week on-site expectation at London HQ (Procter Street, near Holborn). 28-day holiday allowance plus up to 30 days/year work-from-abroad policy. £1,000 annual L&D budget, BUPA health insurance, 5% pension matching, enhanced family leave, workplace nursery scheme, gym membership contribution, mental health platform access, and pet-friendly office.
