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Payments Counsel - In House


Company : Lawyers On Demand Limited


Location : London, London


Created : 2026-03-03


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

Were looking for a senior Payments Regulatory lawyer to join our client, a multinational fin tech company, to support them for at least 3 to 6 months.Interested in this role You can find all the relevant information in the description below.Youll be joining the team acting as the SME for UK EMI and MiFID permissions. Ideally youll have strong knowledge of payments law, cross-border regulatory issues, and experience advising enterprise platforms. Youll also be experienced in UK EMI and MiFID regulatory frameworks.Your role will include:Acting as the primary UK lawyer, working independentlyAdvising on paymentsrelated legal issues, including multicurrency wallet services, card issuing, and crossborder transactionsOverseeing UK EMI applications currently in progress and MiFID permissionsDelivering practical, riskbased legal advice, balancing compliance with commercial decisionmakingSupporting compliance work related to MiFID licence and ongoing uplift for DORA requirementsCollaborating with stakeholders across EMEA, America, and APACThis assignment will be full time, ideally with 3 days in the London office. It is due to start in January and is expected to run for at least 3 to 6 months.If youre a senior Payments Regulatory lawyer looking for your next opportunity, wed love to hear from you!Why Join LOD?People come to us for a whole range of reasons they might be looking for time for their interests, for work alongside other projects, or just want a change. What they all have in common is a desire for high quality work coupled with a degree of control that traditional models cant offer, but LOD can.All of our LODs have worked at top tier firms or as part of major inhouse teams. We only accept a small percentage of applications as we choose lawyers who are not only technically excellent, but who can work seamlessly with our clients teams. This ensures we can offer our lawyers consistently highquality assignments.We can offer:Varied, challenging, careerenhancing work with market leading brands (from Google to Barclays, and Amex to adidas) as well as exciting growth companies.Flexibility and autonomy: you can work anything from fulltime on site with a client to a few hours each week from home.Training and knowhow, as well as support from our dedicated HQ Team.A variety of flexible models that include working at the clients offices or remotely.About LODLOD is the leading flexible legal service provider across ten locations: Brisbane, Hong Kong, London, Melbourne, New York, Perth, Singapore, Dubai, Munich and Sydney. We are changing the way in which clients buy legal services and provide talented lawyers with a new way of working.Weve achieved some of the fastest growth in our sector by creating and leading a new professional service category. That growth continues as we launch new services, responding to the way our lawyers want to work and clients want to engage them. This role offers an opportunity to be part of this story.LOD has caught the imagination of the changing legal marketplace for new law services. We now have a team of around 600 lawyers and consultants of the highest quality working across the globe. xjdpvnf We have an inspiring client list that range from globally recognised multinationals to startups and include the likes of Google, Barclays and adidas.