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Senior legal lead for a fast-growing global fintech responsible for advising on financial product structuring, regulatory compliance, and commercial negotiations. You will manage complex transactions, lead strategic deals, and coordinate with external counsel while implementing contract and compliance processes. The role requires hands-on delivery, stakeholder management, and timely legal support across product launches and market expansion.
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- City
- Manila
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About Revolut
People deserve more from their money. More visibility, more control, and more freedom. Since 2015, Revolut has been on a mission to deliver just that. Our powerhouse of products — including spending, saving, investing, exchanging, travelling, and more — help our 65+ million customers get more from their money every day.
As we continue our lightning-fast growth, 2 things are essential to our success: our people and our culture. In recognition of our outstanding employee experience, we've been certified as a Great Place to Work™. So far, we have 10,000+ people working around the world, from our offices and remotely, to help us achieve our mission. And we're looking for more brilliant people. People who love building great products, redefining success, and turning the complexity of a chaotic world into the simplicity of a beautiful solution.
About the role
The Legal team turns complexity into clarity by partnering with teams across Revolut to provide sharp, practical advice that helps the business move fast while staying protected. From structuring credit programmes to navigating new markets, the Legal team ensures growth is secure, compliant, and built for the long term.
We're looking for a Head of Legal to work on some of the most exciting and challenging legal issues that impact our fast-growing, disruptive global fintech. You'll be advising and responding to high-priority, complex topics.
Up to shape what's next in finance? Let's get in touch.
What you'll be doing
- Advising on compliance and legal issues surrounding the structuring of new and existing financial products
- Negotiating with external counterparts on a variety of commercial agreements, including third-party, operations, services, and marketing agreements
- Helping to interpret and monitor changes to regulatory guidelines while proactively handling regulatory developments and advising internal stakeholders
- Liaising with specialist external counsel in relation to new products, expansion into new market verticals, and areas of compliance, privacy, or security
- Designing and implementing processes for efficient and streamlined operations surrounding contract negotiation and processes
- Developing and maintaining form agreements, contract management systems, and other databases
- Serving as lead counsel on strategic deals, resolving issues that arise in existing commercial relationships, and handling pre-litigation legal disputes and inquiries
- Driving ongoing compliance review processes, including necessary filings, policies, and procedures
- Providing time-sensitive support on a wide array of legal inquiries
What you'll need
- Experience with local regulatory landscape and how it relates to digital banks
- Expertise in financial regulations related to payments and banking services
- 10+ years of experience as a lawyer advising financial services firms or within a leading law firm
- Excellent communication skills to liaise with stakeholders
- Fluency in English and Tagalog
- Exceptional stakeholder management skills
- The ability to remain calm and professional in a fast-paced, high-performance environment
- A collaborative mindset
- Confidence making decisions where there’s ambiguity or incomplete information
- Experience providing strategic leadership and direction while remaining hands-on in execution and operational details
- A proven ability to navigate complex legal issues and deliver results under demanding time constraints
- Experience with complex transaction management
- To thrive in entrepreneurial environments while consistently driving results and adapting quickly to shifting priorities
Nice to have
- Experience in startup environments
- Expertise in launching and scaling banking operations
- Experience with legal matters relevant to technology companies, such as corporate structuring and intragroup arrangements
Building a global financial super app isn’t enough. Our Revoluters are a priority, and that’s why in 2021 we launched our inaugural D&I Framework, designed to help us thrive and grow everyday. We're not just doing this because it's the right thing to do. We’re doing it because we know that seeking out diverse talent and creating an inclusive workplace is the way to create exceptional, innovative products and services for our customers. That’s why we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences to join this multicultural, hard-working team.
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