Legal Counsel, Spanish - speaking

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Leeds
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeGBP 48,000 - 72,000 annuallyFunction: Legal, Risk & ComplianceSkills: ["Consultative collaboration","Independent work","Proactive mindset","Communication","Operational efficiency"]

Advise UK business teams across a broad range of legal and quasi-legal matters, working closely with stakeholders rather than operating in isolation. Negotiate strategic partner deals and support go-to-market teams on high-value transactions, review and negotiate customer/partnership/supplier contracts, supervise junior lawyers and external counsel, and improve high-volume contracting through automation, playbooks, and workflow enhancements.

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3 days ago

Legal Counsel, Spanish - speaking

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Job Summary

Advise UK business teams across a broad range of legal and quasi-legal matters, working closely with stakeholders rather than operating in isolation. Negotiate strategic partner deals and support go-to-market teams on high-value transactions, review and negotiate customer/partnership/supplier contracts, supervise junior lawyers and external counsel, and improve high-volume contracting through automation, playbooks, and workflow enhancements.
Location: Leeds
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Support and advise the Partner team, negotiating strategic partner deals
  • •Advise UK go-to-market teams on strategic/highest value deals
  • •Review, negotiate, and provide pragmatic and commercial support on customer, partnership, and supplier contracts
  • •Supervise more junior lawyers on negotiations or specific files, and instruct/manage external legal counsel
  • •Drive legal operations improvements via self-help tools, playbooks, guides, and contracting automation/workflow iteration

Pay and Benefits

Salary: GBP 48,000 - 72,000 annually
Perks:Medical CoverLearning BudgetParental LeavePaid LeaveWellness Stipend

Key Requirements

  • •Private practice training and/or in-house experience in a fast-paced environment across a wide range of legal and quasi-legal areas
  • •Experience negotiating complex contracts with sophisticated counterparties
  • •Experience reviewing marketing materials for compliance with applicable laws and regulations
  • •Ability to quickly grasp new legal concepts and apply practical common sense
  • •First-class communication skills to translate complex legal concepts into clear, understandable English
Experience:FintechPaymentsOpen bankingSaaS
Skills:Consultative collaborationIndependent workProactive mindsetCommunicationOperational efficiency
Languages:EnglishSpanish
Tech Stack:APIDirect DebitOpen bankingAI

Company Brief

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Provides an online payments platform that enables businesses to collect recurring and one-off payments via bank debit (ACH/Direct Debit) across multiple countries, simplifying billing, reconciliation, and global payment workflows.
Industry: Payments
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 2011
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