Legal Counsel - Madrid, España - Ebury

Ebury

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Madrid, España

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Isabel García

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Descripción

Ebury is a hyper-growth FinTech firm, named in 2021 as one of the top FinTechs to work for by Glassdoor and AltFi.

We offer a range of products including FX risk management, trade finance, currency accounts, international payments and API integration.

Legal Counsel - Litigation

Ebury Madrid Office - 4 days a week onsite working
The Legal Department at Ebury is core to the functioning of the Ebury Group.

It provides front-line advice to all parts of the Ebury Group on legal, regulatory and governance matters which contribute to Ebury's growth every day.

Key responsibilities include:

Advising internal stakeholders, including the senior management, Front Office, Risk and HR functions, on groupwide dispute resolution;
Managing a broad range of complaints and preaction disputes, employee and commercial litigation and contentious regulatory matters (including drafting correspondence and claimrelated documentation);
Instructing and managing English and overseas counsel where specialist advice is required and ensuring that legal spend on contentious matters is optimised;
Providing timely reporting on all contentious matters to senior management; and
Monitoring legal developments relevant to the group's activities with a view to minimising the risk of disputes and driving process change where required to reduce groupwide litigation risk.

Key skills requirements include:

A proactive mindset and an ability to communicate effectively in practical terms with stakeholders at all levels of the group;
At least 13 years of professional experience, either in private practice or inhouse, practising as a qualified lawyer with commercial litigation experience;
Experience of advising financial services providers on contentious matters (with a working knowledge of relevant rules, common law principles and key financial services regulations);
Experience of employmentrelated disputes would also be helpful (but is not a prerequisite); and
An ability in a fast paced environment to prioritise and manage a wide range of competing priorities (with support from other team members and external advisers where necessary).
Fluency in English is essential in an international environment

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About Us

Ebury is a FinTech success story, positioned among the fastest-growing international companies in its sector.

Founded in 2009, we are headquartered in London and have more than 1300 staff with a presence in more than 20 countries worldwide.

Cultural diversity is part of what makes Ebury a special place to be.

From Sao Paulo to Dubai, Bucharest to Toronto, we enjoy sharing team experiences and celebrating success across the Ebury family.

Hard work pays off:
in 2019, Ebury received a £350 million investment from Banco Santander and has won internationally recognised awards including
Financial Times: 1000 Europe's Fastest-Growing Companies.

None of this would have been possible without our proudest achievement: our great people. Enthusiastic, innovative and collaborative teams, always ready to disrupt and revolutionise the fast-paced FinTech sector.

We believe in inclusion. We stand against discrimination in all forms and have no tolerance for the intolerance of differences that makes us a modern and successful organisation. At Ebury, you can be whoever you want to be and still feel a sense of belonging no matter your story because we want you and your uniqueness to help write our future._