About Revolut
People deserve more from their money. More visibility, more control, and more freedom. Since 2015, Revolut has been on a mission to deliver just that. Our powerhouse of products — including spending, saving, investing, exchanging, travelling, and more — help our 45+ million customers get more from their money every day.
As we continue our lightning-fast growth, 2 things are essential to our success: our people and our culture. In recognition of our outstanding employee experience, we’ve been certified as a Great Place to Work
. So far, we have 10,000+ people working around the world, from our offices and remotely, to help us achieve our mission. And we’re looking for more brilliant people. People who love building great products, redefining success, and turning the complexity of a chaotic world into the simplicity of a beautiful solution.
About the role
The Legal team sits at the heart of Revolut and it’s a very important part of the business. This focused bunch supports all other Revolut teams, helping us achieve our goals each and every day.
We are seeking a Legal Counsel to join the Core & Strategic Response team.
You will be joining a dedicated part of the legal team that is responsible for responding to high priority, complex and often time-sensitive challenges. This can include developing and executing proactive strategies for engaging with regulators globally, advising the business on cutting-edge legal issues relating to the continued roll out of some of our key products such as payments, banking and trading and leading high-intensity, fast-moving cross-departmental projects 
Ready to fly us to the moon? 
What you’ll be doing
- Leading and coordinating amongst legal and cross-functional stakeholders around the globe to respond quickly to unexpected internal and external events requiring legal support
- Advising the business on compliance and legal issues surrounding structuring of new products and marketing and promotion of products such as banking, payments and trading
- Supporting our regulatory teams in relation to critical product roll outs that require innovative legal solutions. Where necessary, liaising with specialist external counsel and coordinating advice on the same
- Quickly getting to grips with multi-faceted legal problems, and distilling and coordinating advice from a range of subject matter experts for senior management and non-legal audiences
- Proactively engaging and working alongside local regulators across multiple countries and ECB
- Managing strategic elements of longer term legal initiatives involving multiple specialisms and jurisdictions
- Developing processes for the legal team to help grow and scale in line with the business and become a market-leading in house legal team
What you’ll need
- 4+ years of PQE experience
- Excellent academic and law firm credentials
- Expertise in financial regulations related to electronic money institutions and banking services (is a big plus)
- Sound judgement, composure under pressure, and a collaborative mindset
- Confidence making decisions where there’s ambiguity or incomplete information
- Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills
- Experience of complex transaction management is a big plus
- Common sense, great judgement, and a good sense of humour
- Fluency in English
- Work hard but have a lot of fun doing it!
Building a global financial super app isn’t enough. Our Revoluters are a priority, and that’s why in 2021 we launched our inaugural D&I Framework, designed to help us thrive and grow everyday. We’re not just doing this because it’s the right thing to do. We’re doing it because we know that seeking out diverse talent and creating an inclusive workplace is the way to create exceptional, innovative products and services for our customers. That’s why we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences to join this multicultural, hard-working team.
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