Senior Legal Counsel, Regulatory & Competition

Job description

MLA is helping a global digital payments and fintech organisation who is looking to hire an interim senior regulatory lawyer to join its EMEA legal team.

This is an opportunity to advise on some of the most complex and high-profile legal challenges facing the financial services sector today. Working at the intersection of payments, regulation, competition law and public policy, you'll help guide strategic business decisions across multiple European markets.

The successful candidate will be trusted to lead regulatory investigations, advise on enforcement matters, assess competition law risk in commercial arrangements and support engagement with regulators and industry bodies.

The work is varied, high impact and highly visible, offering significant exposure to senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders

Key responsibilities

• Provide strategic advice on UK and European financial services and payments regulation.
• Lead responses to regulatory investigations, information requests and enforcement matters.
• Advise on competition and antitrust considerations across commercial and strategic partnerships.
• Support regulatory policy initiatives and external engagement strategies.
• Partner with legal, compliance, product, public policy and commercial teams across EMEA.
• Manage complex cross-border matters and external counsel relationships.

About you

• Qualified lawyer (England & Wales or equivalent jurisdiction).
• Significant experience advising on financial services regulation, payments law and/or competition law.
• Experience working with regulatory investigations or contentious regulatory matters.
• Commercially minded with strong stakeholder management skills.
• Able to operate confidently in a fast-paced, international environment.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

London Area

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

21-08-2026

Profession type

Accountancy

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English