<p style="border:0px solid;margin:12pt 0px;font-family:Inter, '-apple-system', 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', 'Open Sans', 'system-ui', '-apple-system', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji';font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;text-transform:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:1.38;">At xpate, we are building modern payment infrastructure for ambitious digital businesses. Our legal function works closely with teams across the company, helping xpate scale in a regulated, multi-jurisdictional environment.<p style="border:0px solid;margin:12pt 0px;font-family:Inter, '-apple-system', 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', 'Open Sans', 'system-ui', '-apple-system', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji';font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;text-transform:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:1.38;">We are looking for a Legal Counsel who combines strong legal judgment with a practical, operational mindset. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys not only reviewing contracts and supporting regulatory matters, but also improving legal processes, data governance, and automation. Your role at xpate: <h4 style="border:0px solid;margin:12pt 0px 2pt;line-height:1.38;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;font-size:20px;font-family:'FT Regola Neue', Inter, '-apple-system', 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', 'Open Sans', 'system-ui', '-apple-system', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', sans-serif;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">Legal support</h4><p style="border:0px solid;margin:12pt 0px;font-family:Inter, '-apple-system', 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', 'Open Sans', 'system-ui', '-apple-system', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji';font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;text-transform:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:1.38;">You will support the legal function across a broad range of commercial, operational, regulatory, and data protection matters, including:<ul style="border:0px solid;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Inter, '-apple-system', 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', 'Open Sans', 'system-ui', '-apple-system', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji';font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;text-transform:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;">Maintaining data protection matters together with the DPO, including privacy engineering and privacy-by-design initiatives.</li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;">Reviewing and advising on NDAs, service agreements, vendor documentation, marketing materials, and other commercial or operational legal documents.</li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;">Supporting the collection, analysis, and structuring of legal information for internal decision-making.</li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;">Assisting payment scheme, compliance, risk, product, and operations teams with ad hoc legal input.</li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;">Providing practical legal guidance in a fast-moving fintech environment.</li></ul><h4 style="border:0px solid;margin:12pt 0px 2pt;line-height:1.38;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;font-size:20px;font-family:'FT Regola Neue', Inter, '-apple-system', 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', 'Open Sans', 'system-ui', '-apple-system', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', sans-serif;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">Legal operations</h4><p style="border:0px solid;margin:12pt 0px;font-family:Inter, '-apple-system', 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', 'Open Sans', 'system-ui', '-apple-system', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji';font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;text-transform:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:1.38;">You will also play an important role in building a scalable and well-organized legal function, including:<ul style="border:0px solid;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Inter, '-apple-system', 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', 'Open Sans', 'system-ui', '-apple-system', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji';font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;text-transform:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;">Maintaining the Legal Single Source of Truth for multi-jurisdictional licenses, registrations, legal requirements, and related documentation.</li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;">Supporting finance, risk, compliance, and operational teams with the collection and preparation of legal data.</li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;">Overseeing the Contract Lifecycle Management system, including the vendors and outsourcing register.</li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;">Maintaining and improving legal function automation together with the IT team.</li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;">Coordinating interdepartmental communication to ensure legal data is collected, updated, and accessible.</li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;">Helping improve legal workflows, templates, registers, and internal processes.</li></ul> We’re ready to meet you, if… <ul><li>Legal education and relevant experience in fintech, payments, data protection, or regulatory legal work.</li><li>Extensive experience in payment acquiring, fintech, and other regulated financial environments, including collaboration with banks, payment institutions, payment service providers, and SaaS companies.</li><li>Strong understanding of GDPR, privacy-by-design principles, outsourcing requirements, and payment scheme rules (e.g., Visa and Mastercard).</li><li>Experience working with multi-jurisdictional regulatory requirements, licensing frameworks, and regulatory data management across multiple markets.</li><li>Strong understanding of contracts, data protection, and legal operations.</li><li>Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating NDAs, service agreements, vendor contracts, outsourcing arrangements, and maintaining internal legal registers.</li><li>Interest in legal technology, automation, structured legal data, and scalable legal processes.</li><li>Ability to collaborate effectively with multiple departments and translate legal requirements into clear, practical guidance.</li><li>Strong attention to detail and a high level of ownership over documentation quality.</li><li>Structured thinking and the ability to maintain accurate and reliable legal data across jurisdictions.</li><li>Ability to thrive in a dynamic environment where priorities can change quickly.</li></ul> What working at xpate looks like: <ul style="border:0px solid;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Inter, '-apple-system', 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', 'Open Sans', 'system-ui', '-apple-system', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji';font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;text-transform:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;">A dynamic work environment with real ownership, practical challenges, and continuous learning opportunities.</li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;">The opportunity to work on real fintech infrastructure in a regulated international environment.</li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;">Flexible working hours and a hybrid working model or remote opportunity. </li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;">Private health insurance.</li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;">Paid time off and additional company benefits.</li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;">A chance to contribute to a modern legal function supported by automation, structured data, and scalable workflows.</li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;">A collaborative team culture where initiative, curiosity, and accountability are valued.</li></ul> Why join xpate? <span style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;text-transform:none;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);">At <span style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;">xpate<span style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;text-transform:none;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);">, we value people who take ownership, improve systems, and make complex things clear. If you enjoy combining legal expertise with operational excellence and technology-driven improvements, this role is for you.

Legal Counsel @ Xpate

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