Lead Counsel (UK & Europe)

Join Ramp, a fast-growing fintech company, as their first international legal counsel based in London. In this hybrid role, you will provide day-to-day support on various legal and regulatory matters, negotiate and draft commercial agreements, and partner with multiple teams to structure and launch new products. You will also support corporate expansion activities and build scalable legal processes. The ideal candidate will have a strong working knowledge of UK and EU payments, be a qualified attorney authorized to practice in the UK, and have experience supporting a high-growth fintech across multiple European markets.

• Advising on legal and regulatory matters across Ramp’s UK and EU financial technology operations, including payment services licensing, commercial, and data protection matters.
• Negotiating and drafting commercial agreements supporting European operations, including bank-partner arrangements and customer-facing terms tailored to local law requirements.
• Partnering with Product, Compliance, Risk, Finance, and Marketing teams to structure and launch new products, payment flows, and international-market expansions.
• Strong working knowledge of UK and EU payments, e-money, financial-services, and technology requirements
• Qualified attorney authorized to practice in the UK, with substantial in-house or law-firm experience supporting regulated financial-services businesses
• Practical judgment and a business-oriented approach to translating complex legal and regulatory requirements into clear, scalable guidance
• Excellent drafting, negotiation, stakeholder-management, and project-management skills, with comfort coordinating external counsel across multiple jurisdictions
• Demonstrated ability to advise cross-functionally on product, commercial, corporate, employment, and operational matters in a fast-moving, international environment
• Experience supporting a high-growth fintech across multiple European markets
• Additional European language skills and experience working with regulators or external counsel in multiple jurisdictions