Senior Legal Counsel - Regulatory at Farfetch in UK London, United Kingdom

Job description

• ROLE
• The Legal Team at Farfetch is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel - Regulatory for a broad regulatory and commercial role. This is a unique opportunity to advise on regulatory matters within a global, fast-moving and innovative business. You will enjoy a diverse role, delivering high-quality strategic legal advice across multiple operational territories in conjunction with our wider international Legal Team. You will work closely with the broader legal team and all business areas.
• Acting as a true business partner, this role requires someone who is commercially minded, intellectually curious and hands-on, able to quickly understand and apply new sets of international laws and regulations - identifying and mitigating risks, as well as seizing opportunities. It is a role for someone with strong professional ethics and the energy, interest and experience to pursue a large array of regulatory and commercial matters.

Responsibilities

• Advise on payment regulation and broader regulatory frameworks, including in relation to digital regulation, product compliance and consumer protection
• Track and assess existing and new requirements for the Farfetch Group, with a focus on payments regulation, as well as advise on their implementation
• Identify, monitor and evaluate relevant regulatory risks and enforcement trends, and take proactive steps to mitigate these
• Develop strategies for, and engage with, relevant regulators
• Advise on commercial matters, including on contractual agreements with partners and payment processors, and ensure a compliant payment model
• Work on tariffs-related matters and advise from a legal perspective
• Negotiate, draft and review commercial contracts, policies, guidance and other legal documentation
• Provide proactive, strategic and pragmatic advice
• Liaise with external law firms, where external support is needed
• Support the Group Legal VP, Regulatory Legal Team and the business in ensuring it operates in a compliant manner
• Use legal technology and AI tools in an ethical way to deliver advice efficiently, and help the team adopt and get the best from these tools

Requirements

• A qualified lawyer with at least 4 years’ PQE and superior analytical skills and creative problem-solving skills. Prior in-house experience would be beneficial
• Have excellent training, preferably in a top-tier law firm
• Have experience advising on payments regulation and commercial matters
• Have proven ability to assess new pieces of international legislation/regulation and apply them on a risk-based basis to a business
• Have the curiosity and ability to absorb a lot of information quickly, apply it in assessments, and drive implementation
• Be able to understand nuances and complexities, and translate these into commercial, pragmatic, and concise advice in the context of a global business
• Have a strong work ethic and attention to detail, be highly proactive, organized and efficient, able to work on fast-moving projects
• Be able to work autonomously but also well in teams, supervising legal counsel and supporting the Group Legal VP and Regulatory Legal Team
• Possess excellent communication, organization and drafting skills
• Driven, forward-thinking, robust, innovative and agile, with commercial acumen

Skills

Required

• Superior analytical skills
• Creative problem-solving skills
• Commercial acumen

Preferred

• Prior in-house experience

Benefits

• Employee Pension Scheme
• Flexible Benefits Program
• Health Insurance & Critical Illness cover
• Flexible work environment- Hybrid Model (3 days a week from the office, 2 days from home)