Legal Counsel

You will support our growing payments business with a key focus on payments regulatory law, commercial, information technology and data privacy issues. As the Payments and Regulatory Counsel, you will proactively assess legal risks and advise on products that will move information and payments law forward.

• Support PPRO's licensing and regulatory requirements globally, in particular PPRO’s UK and European regulated payment services entities;
• Work closely with the product, sales, operations, design, engineering and compliance teams and advise those teams on payment services regulation to support PPRO’s payments entities in the UK and Luxembourg;
• Active involvement in supporting PPRO’s efforts to navigate regulatory conditions to support core and emerging products whilst maintaining its flexibility to operate and ensuring compliance with regulatory obligations;
• Coordinate and conduct day-to-day management of corporate governance and regulatory inquiries;
• Drafting and reviewing inter-company and commercial agreements;
• Staying up-to-date and helping to keep the team advised on legal, regulatory, and policy developments relevant to payments and financial services;
• Proactively working to draft, review and revise internal processes, policies and workflows.
• Negotiate agreements with PPRO’s partners and customers, supporting negotiations of partner’s customer’s agreement from a regulatory standpoint

• Law Degree and a minimum of 4+ years of relevant experience in the financial services (preferably within payment industry) or technology sector ( in-house on within a law firm);
• Working knowledge of payment laws and regulations in the EU and the UK (familiarity with other jurisdictions is a plus);
• Excellent oral and written English language skills (German or French is an asset);
• Ability to translate complex legal or factual issues into plain language communications;
• Strong sense of ownership and drive to push complex legal matters forward;
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional and remote teams in a collaborative manner and are able to perform and deliver results under pressure;
• Ability to communicate effectively and build relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels;
• Strong contract drafting and negotiating skills combined with pragmatism and business sense is a plus.

Hybrid working - We offer flexible working, so you can strike the right balance between office and home working. In addition to our 30-day holiday allowance, we also provide a work from abroad policy, enabling employees to work remotely for up to another 30 days per year

Lunch Vouchers - 10,80euros x 18 / month - Enjoy a moment of conviviality and a good and balanced meal thanks to your Lunch Pass.

Travel Insurance - because better safe than sorry - the travel insurance is covering (partially with certain excess amounts): Sickness, Costs in relation to rescission/break-off during a travel, Luggage and Accident.

Professional and personal development - We provide leadership cafes, on-the-job training, and access to LinkedIn learning to help you gain knowledge beyond your role. We also offer French language courses to our non native speakers employees.

Gym membership - PPRO helps contribute towards the costs of your gym membership, supporting your physical fitness journey while easing the burden on your wallet

Mental Health Platform - We’ve teamed up with a top well-being platform to provide one-on-one therapy, chat therapy, therapist-led courses, guided meditations, and more.

Our office - Located in Hollerich - two steps away from the Bouillon P+R and easily accessible with public transportations, our office is well equipped and is set up to foster team engagement and collaboration. From a walking distance to restaurants and bars, you are guaranteed to enjoy your lunches and afterworks.

Our Principles: 

We get things done: We are courageous; we take ownership, make decisions and get things done.

We act with trust and integrity: We listen first and challenge respectfully. We seek out and leverage diverse perspectives. We welcome and offer honest and open feedback, always assuming positive intent

We put the customer first: We are laser focused on delivering outstanding outcomes for our customers. We put the customer at the heart of what we do.

We make things better: We boldly explore  new ideas and have an unwavering commitment to continuous improvement.

We work as a team: We collaborate closely and value team success over individual achievement.