Tech and Contracts Lawyer (Legal Counsel)
Starling Bank
- Cardiff
- Permanent
- Full-time
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 & group income protection
- Private Medical Insurance with VitalityHealth including mental health support and cancer care. Partner benefits include discounts with Waitrose, Mr&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