Legal Counsel UK

RecruitBlock is recruiting for a UK Legal Counsel vacancy in London. We’re supporting the recruitment and the legal team’s accelerated growth, delivering timely, efficient advice to the companies’ wider global fintech entities.

🚀 Hiring Company – Fintech / Crypto Company based in SE London

A global financial technology company that builds solutions connecting the crypto economy and today’s financial infrastructure. To bring about meaningful change, they partner with a network of leading strategic fintech partners, crypto funders, and advocacy organizations.

In your role as UK Legal Counsel, you’ll focus on commercial contracts. Besides that, you’ll handle all legal matters related to this fintech/ crypto business, including corporate, employment, financial services regulations across many jurisdictions, and IP. This is a great opportunity to accelerate your career in a fast-growing fintech/ crypto company, also gaining legal experience in crypto, learning about new technologies, and working with the biggest crypto companies.

🧩 How will you spend your time at work?

Contract preparation, review, negotiation, and implementation with partners, vendors, integrators, regulators, stakeholders, employees, and contractors (commercial contracts, NDAs). Assisting with daily legal and operational responsibilities across the crypto company. Working with internal stakeholders, like business development, HR, operations, and sales. Maintaining a legal and contract library. Drafting internal legal policies and guidelines. Onboarding different entities to third parties like PSPs, banks, and liquidity providers. Running your projects and instructing external counsel.

⭐ Here’s what you’ll bring to this Fintech/ Crypto role

As a solicitor, you’re qualified in England and Wales. You’ll have experience working in-house or at a technology / licensing law/ fintech/ crypto. Expertise in licensing agreements and managing commercial contracts. Exceptional time management, prioritizing, and problem-solving skills. Our mission is to create an open financial system for the world – and we’d love you to be passionate about our mission and fintech/ crypto.

👐🏽 What’s on offer?

Competitive salary, great working environment & crypto socials. Share in our innovation and success with an equity package! Pension scheme. No fee crypto purchases. Private healthcare for you and your dependents. Cycle to work scheme. Working in a modern and comfortable London office. Budget for self-development and crypto conferences. Workstations and laptops you’ll love. Online and on-site tech/ crypto meetups. Free lunch, drinks and snacks in the office every day and team social events.

🤝 Interview process

Interview with our Talent Acquisition Specialist (30 min). Head of Legal UK interview (60 min). Final interview with our CRO (30 min).

👍🏾 Next Steps

Further your crypto career with this incredible London crypto job opportunity and reach your full potential in the crypto industry. Apply for UK Legal Counsel by submitting your CV to our crypto recruiters below.

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