Legal Counsel (Disputes)

Ebury
London
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Legal, Risk & ComplianceExperience: 2+ yearsSkills: ["Communication","Proactive mindset","Stakeholder management","Prioritisation","Risk awareness"]

Provide day-to-day legal support for contentious dispute resolution across Ebury’s group, advising key stakeholders in the UK, Spain, and globally. Manage high-value disputes including asset recovery, employment-related matters, and contentious regulatory issues. Coordinate with internal teams and external counsel to develop arguments and submissions, monitor relevant legal developments, and help minimize litigation risk through practical process improvements.

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Ebury
Ebury
3 days ago

Legal Counsel (Disputes)

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Job Summary

Provide day-to-day legal support for contentious dispute resolution across Ebury’s group, advising key stakeholders in the UK, Spain, and globally. Manage high-value disputes including asset recovery, employment-related matters, and contentious regulatory issues. Coordinate with internal teams and external counsel to develop arguments and submissions, monitor relevant legal developments, and help minimize litigation risk through practical process improvements.
Location: London
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Advise and manage a broad range of disputes, both UK-focused and global, including high-value disputes, asset recovery, employment-related matters, and contentious regulatory issues.
  • •Advise, update, and liaise with internal stakeholders (Risk, Compliance, Operations, Front Office, and Boards/committees) on group-wide dispute resolution.
  • •Gather facts, develop arguments and submissions, and liaise with external counsel where appropriate.
  • •Build trusted relationships with stakeholders and business units across the Group to advise on dispute resolution matters.
  • •Monitor legal developments relevant to the Group’s activities to identify, manage, and report risks and reduce litigation risk through process change.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceSocial Benefits

Key Requirements

  • •At least 2 years of post-qualified experience in private practice or in-house, practising as a qualified lawyer with commercial disputes and employment experience.
  • •Experience advising financial services providers on contentious matters with working knowledge of relevant rules, common law principles and key financial services regulations.
  • •Experience of employment law and employment-related disputes, including tribunal/litigation claims, terminations, disciplinary matters and grievances.
  • •A proactive mindset and ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
  • •Ability to prioritise and manage a wide range of competing priorities with support from team members and external advisers where necessary.
Experience:2+ yearsFinancial servicesEmployment lawDispute resolution
Skills:CommunicationProactive mindsetStakeholder managementPrioritisationRisk awareness
Languages:English

Company Brief

Ebury
Provides international payments, FX, and treasury solutions for SMEs and mid-market companies, enabling cross-border transactions, multi-currency accounts, and financing services to support global trade and cash flow management.
Industry: Payments
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Established Company
Funding: Private Equity Backed
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 2009
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