Tech and Contracts Lawyer (Legal Counsel)
Starling Bank, United Kingdom
Job Description
Hello, we’re Starling. We built a new kind of bank because we knew technology had the power to help people save, spend and manage their money in a new and transformative way. We’re a fully licensed UK bank with the culture and spirit of a fast-moving, disruptive tech company. We’re a bank, but better: fairer, easier to use and designed to demystify money for everyone. We employ more than 3000 people across our London, Southampton, Cardiff and Manchester offices.
The Starling Legal function supports all areas of the bank and deals with or manages all legal matters, including retail and business banking, contracts, property, IP, data protection/privacy and disputes. For this role, you will be part of the Digital, Data amp; Commercial Contracts Legal team and will report into the Managing Counsel who heads up this team.
The Digital, Data amp; Commercial Contracts Legal team delivers the legal advice for retail banking products and channels, data protection, IP, commercial contracts including for third party suppliers, our Marketplace and our Software as a Service offerings (such as Engine). This role will be more focused on the Starling Bank side of things (rather than Engine). You will have significant exposure to senior stakeholders across the bank.
This role is available to those within a commutable distance of our Manchester, Cardiff or London offices. You must be prepared to travel to our various sites when necessary.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing Legal team and make your mark at one of the world’s most exciting fintechs.
Your work will include:
- Drafting and negotiating a full range of commercial agreements (e.g. marketing, IT, technology, outsourcing) to support the development of Starling. This includes third party supplier contracts in a financial services context.
- Helping to advise on privacy and data protection matters both in terms of supplier arrangements and agreements and financial services products and services.
- Advising on legal and regulatory issues across Starling’s retail banking products including the drafting of customer facing terms and conditions;
- Managing multiple projects (often to tight deadlines) and supporting colleagues to ensure business and enterprise-wide initiatives are executed in a timely and accurate manner.
- Advising on the issues relevant to the products/ services, contracts and matters required to run a regulated financial services company.
- Instructing and working with outside counsel where necessary on specialist matters.
- The opportunity to support Starling’s growing banking software as a service offering where required by the Team.
Requirements
- You will be a UK qualified lawyer with around 4-7 years PQE*, with financial services regulatory and commercial contracts experience.
- Excellent real life experience in advising on data protection issues (from both supplier arrangements and products perspectives).
- Excellent experience in advising on financial services products and services.
- Experience in drafting, advising and negotiating a range of different third party supplier commercial contracts in a financial services context.
- You will be capable of working in a fast-paced environment, and be keen to grow and develop within the organisation.
- Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
- In-house experience would be ideal but is not essential for the right candidate.
PQE is a guide only
Benefits
- 25 days holiday (plus take your public holiday allowance whenever works best for you)
- An extra day’s holiday for your birthday
- Annual leave is increased with length of service, and you can choose to buy or sell up to five extra days off
- 16 hours paid volunteering time a year
- Salary sacrifice, company enhanced pension scheme
- Life insurance at 4x your salary amp; group income protection
- Private Medical Insurance with VitalityHealth including mental health support and cancer care. Partner benefits include discounts with Waitrose, Mramp;Mrs Smith and Peloton
- Generous family-friendly policies
- Incentivised refer a friend scheme
- Perkbox membership giving access to retail discounts, a wellness platform for physical and mental health, and weekly free and boosted perks
- Access to initiatives like Cycle to Work, Salary Sacrificed Gym partnerships and Electric Vehicle (EV) leasing
About Us
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