Legal Counsel - Regulatory and Commercial
Stockholm, Sweden
Legal, Regulatory and Compliance – Legal & Regulatory - Europe /
Full-time /
Hybrid
Trustly is leading the human-centric payments revolution. To us, this means passionately building the most convenient, intelligent and responsible way of paying for things online. Whether it’s for shopping, paying subscriptions, funding trading accounts, booking airfare, playing online games and much more – we’re all about a better way to pay. At our core, we are a tech company with industry-leading tech capabilities. But, it’s the ingenuity of our people that makes us leaders in our field. Thus, our appetite for innovation will never be anything less than fierce. Trustly is steadily growing as it connects thousands of businesses with hundreds of millions of people. And with a strong presence across Europe and the Americas, we are leading the human-centric payment revolution as a truly global team.
About Legal Team
The Legal team at Trustly is the guardian of Trustly’s regulatory licenses in Sweden and the UK consisting of experts in regulation on payment services, privacy & data protection and commercial law. Currently a team of ten and growing, based in Stockholm and London.
About the role
As a Legal Counsel - Regulatory and Commercial - you will be part of a dynamic and senior team providing expertise to the product & tech and commercial teams in all things involving payment services regulation and commercial contracts. You will provide support to the senior legal team and in your role you will in time develop into a professional in legal risk assessment, keeping presence of mind in complex and urgent situations and giving knowledgeable recommendations to decision-makers across the whole organization. The position is based in Stockholm.
What you’ll do
- Safeguard the regulatory licenses of Trustly, including manage the relationships with the regulators with care and diligence
- Interpret payment services regulation, including AML/CFT regulations, translating this into meaningful and useful information for the product & tech team when it is designing innovative and human-centric payment products
- Support the commercial team in drafting and negotiating commercial contracts
- Support the organization in solution-oriented handling of various legal issues
Who you are
- A Master of Laws
- 1-4 years of relevant experience from a payment services company and/or a commercial law firm is preferred
- Passionate about the payment industry
- Excellent English and Swedish language skills
- Driven and curious with a positive can-do attitude and willingness to learn on the job
- Sound judgment and ability to organize your work efficiently in a fast-paced working environment
Are you someone who voices new ideas and acts on them? Do you value great communication with all stakeholders? We are looking to strengthen the team with dedicated, highly motivated people who thrive in working with different areas across the organisation.
If you feel that your skill set and personality compliments the criteria above, please apply now.
