Lead Counsel, UK & Europe

Ramp
London
Workplace: HybridFull timeGBP 126,000 - 172,000 annuallyFunction: Legal, Risk & ComplianceSkills: ["Stakeholder management","Project management","Negotiation","Drafting"]

Serve as Ramp’s first international legal counsel in London, supporting product, regulatory, commercial, employment, corporate, and operational needs as Ramp expands in Europe. Partner with U.S. Legal and Compliance to maintain consistency across jurisdictions while adapting to local law. Advise on UK/EU fintech matters, negotiate customer and banking agreements, and build scalable legal processes, templates, and training to help the organization move quickly.

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Lead Counsel, UK & Europe

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Job Summary

Serve as Ramp’s first international legal counsel in London, supporting product, regulatory, commercial, employment, corporate, and operational needs as Ramp expands in Europe. Partner with U.S. Legal and Compliance to maintain consistency across jurisdictions while adapting to local law. Advise on UK/EU fintech matters, negotiate customer and banking agreements, and build scalable legal processes, templates, and training to help the organization move quickly.
Location: London
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance

Key Responsibilities

  • •Advise on legal and regulatory matters across Ramp’s UK and EU fintech operations, including payment services licensing, commercial, and data protection.
  • •Negotiate and draft commercial agreements for European operations, including bank-partner arrangements and customer-facing terms tailored to local law.
  • •Partner with Product, Compliance, Risk, Finance, and Marketing to structure and launch new products, payment flows, and international-market expansions.
  • •Build practical, scalable legal processes, templates, training, and issue-escalation frameworks to meet legal and regulatory objectives while enabling speed.
  • •Support corporate expansion activities, including entity formation and governance, local hiring and employment matters, and coordination with external counsel.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: GBP 126,000 - 172,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Paid LeaveWellness Stipend

Key Requirements

  • •Qualified attorney authorized to practice in the UK, with substantial in-house or law-firm experience supporting regulated financial-services businesses.
  • •Strong working knowledge of UK and EU payments, e-money, financial-services, and technology requirements.
  • •Ability to advise cross-functionally on product, commercial, corporate, employment, and operational matters in a fast-moving, international environment.
  • •Practical judgment translating complex legal and regulatory requirements into clear, scalable guidance.
  • •Excellent drafting, negotiation, stakeholder-management, and project-management skills, with comfort coordinating external counsel across multiple jurisdictions.
Experience:FintechFinancial services
Skills:Stakeholder managementProject managementNegotiationDrafting

Company Brief

Ramp
Provides an AI-enabled finance operations platform offering corporate cards, expense management, bill payments, procurement, travel, treasury, and automated accounting to help finance teams save time and money.
Industry: Fintech Infrastructure
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 500M to 1B
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Decacorn (USD 10B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 2019
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