Legal Counsel - UK

• Advise multiple business teams across the UK and EMEA on a wide range of legal matters including financial regulation, consumer protection, payments, banking, marketing standards, and partnerships. • Own all aspects of the contract lifecycle with bank partners, online platforms, and enterprise customers — from structuring and drafting through to negotiation. • Assess and advise on risks specific to API integrations including country risk, feature launches, regulatory implications, and bank partner relationships. • Work with the business and global Legal team on new product launches, market expansions, licence applications, corporate matters, and commercial agreements. • Mentor and upskill business teams and other Legal team members, and supervise responses to legal support queries. • Stay up to date on UK legal developments and advise on future-looking initiatives.

• Have 4–7 years PQE and be a UK-qualified lawyer. • Have experience in the banking or payments industry. • Have previous law firm or in-house experience focusing on payments, card processing, financial services, banking, or investments. • Have a proven aptitude for commercial contract structuring, drafting, and negotiation. • Have a strong interest and experience in financial services regulation including payments, consumer protection, banking, and investments. • Have broad legal knowledge enabling you to spot and resolve regulatory, contract, IP, privacy, and consumer protection issues. • Have clear communication, project coordination, and management skills including for partner relations. • Be able to navigate complex issues and multiple stakeholders, and develop practical risk-based solutions. • Bring a get-it-done, collaborative approach to problem-solving.

• Have experience working on API integration agreements or platform partnership contracts. • Have in-house legal experience at a fintech, payments company, or digital bank. • Have experience supporting licence applications or regulatory expansions into new markets. • Have experience mentoring junior lawyers or advising non-legal stakeholders on complex matters.

• Advise UK and EMEA business teams on financial regulation, payments, consumer protection, banking, and commercial matters. • Own the full contract lifecycle with bank partners, online platforms, and enterprise customers. • Assess legal and regulatory risks in API integrations and advise on feature launches and partner relationships. • Support new product launches, market expansions, and licence applications with the global Legal team. • Review current practices and develop and maintain legal templates and processes. • Mentor business teams and Legal team members, and supervise legal support query responses. • Contribute to training, workshops, and wider global Legal team initiatives.

We have been Wise customers for years and have always had a great experience. We love their transparent approach in everything they do, from showing the correct exchange rates to disclosing all their fees, and even being honest about how they work. Founded in 2010 in London, Wise is now a publicly traded company operating in over 160 countries, generating 1.2+ billion pounds in revenue (2025) and is highly profitable. What we especially love at Wise is their work from anywhere policy after 6 months: Basically you can remotely work from (almost) anywhere in the world for up to 90 days a year. As they are solving a massive problem and are strongly mission-driven, we are sure that any individual passionate about working on complex, impactful problems in sending money globally efficiently, while continuing to work on the much-loved Wise solutions, will love working there.

• Earn £100,000–£120,000. • Receive stock options as part of the compensation package. • Access flexible working — whether that's working from home, school plays, or life admin. • Access an Employee Assistance Program providing qualified counselling support for you and your family. • Take 6 weeks of paid sabbatical after 4 years at Wise, on top of annual leave.

Wise is a global technology company building the best way to move and manage the world's money — with min fees, max ease, and full speed. The Legal team's mission is to enable, protect, and empower the business and people of Wise to achieve growth with minimal distraction. This UK Legal Counsel role sits at the heart of that mission, advising across financial regulation, payments, consumer protection, and commercial partnerships in the UK and EMEA.