Commercial Legal Counsel (12 month contract) - Global Payments Firm

Interim Commercial Lawyer – Payments

We are seeking an experienced commercial lawyer to join a high-performing in-house legal team supporting a leading international payments and technology business. This is an excellent opportunity to work closely with product teams on innovative products, commercial contracts, and go-to-market initiatives across Europe.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide day-to-day legal support to the Europe Product team.
• Advise on new product launches, commercialisation strategies, and general commercial matters.
• Draft, review, negotiate, and advise on a broad range of commercial agreements.
• Support bespoke client arrangements and template contract development.
• Identify and coordinate advice on competition, data protection, and regulatory matters.
• Manage external counsel where required across multiple jurisdictions.
• Deliver practical, business-focused legal guidance to internal stakeholders.
• Contribute to team training, process improvement, and wider legal function initiatives.

Candidate Profile:

• Qualified lawyer in England & Wales.
• Ideally 2+ years’ PQE, with flexibility for more senior candidates.
• In-house experience within a regulated, technology, fintech, or financial services environment preferred.
• Strong commercial contracting experience, particularly technology agreements.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Able to manage a busy and varied workload independently and collaboratively.
• Positive, pragmatic, and solutions-focused approach.

Desirable Experience:

• Payments industry or financial services regulatory knowledge.
• Consumer law experience across Europe.
• Cross-border contracting and managing external counsel across jurisdictions.