Regulatory Payments Lawyer - Central London
- Recruiter
- gmk
- Location
- London
- Salary
- £90000 - £110000 per annum + Bonus, Car allowance, family health
- Posted
- 24 Nov 2014
- Closes
- 15 Dec 2014
- Ref
- 20943
- Contact
- Liam Taaffe
- Vacancy Type
- Solicitors, In-House
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Practice Areas
- Banking/Finance, Regulatory/Compliance, Financial Services, Information Technology
- PQE
- 7+ Years
- Experience Level
- Management/Head of Department
My client is a leading UK payments processing business in search of an experienced regulatory lawyer to mange risk matters for commercial transactions, product development initiatives and compliance matters throughout the UK and EMEA.
The Role
You will report the Global Legal Director where you will manage a number of legal projects whilst focusing on payments product development and support the negotiation of strategic arrangements with merchants, financial institutions, payment processors, and other service providers. Other aspects of the role include the administration and resolution of legal issues that arise in existing commercial relationships and handling pre-litigation and legal disputes. As part of your role you will be responsible for drafting and negotiating specific agreements for the Payments IT developers on innovative products.
The Candidate
Must have familiarity with EU/EEA financial services sector and products payments product development and support the negotiation of strategic arrangements with merchants, financial institutions and payment processors. Ideally you will have experience of economic regulation and currently work as a regulatory lawyer for an existing economic regulator. Must have knowledge of e-money, payment services, anti-money laundering (AML) programs, merchant processing arrangements, payment association rules, privacy and data security. You will have excellent academics with minimal job moves during your legal career.
Contact
For further information please contact Liam Taaffe on +44 (0) 207 1833 097 or email a copy of your CV to: liam.taaffe@gmk-legal.co.uk
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