Senior Legal Counsel

At Liberis, our mission is to empower small and medium-sized businesses by removing finance as a friction to growth, delivering contextual, embedded financial solutions to support merchants at every stage of their business lifecycle.   The Team   Legal at Liberis exists to help the business go faster - safely. Our mission is to navigate legal and regulatory challenges, reduce risk, and unlock opportunities, all while making sure we don’t become a bottleneck. We’re focused on empowering our colleagues to self-serve where they can, so the business can move quickly and confidently.   The Role   We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Senior Legal Counsel to join our legal team. This role will be responsible for leading all legal matters in the US, providing strategic legal advice, and ensuring compliance with US laws and regulations. The Senior Legal Counsel, reporting to the Chief Legal Officer, will also play a pivotal role in shaping the company’s legal strategy and ensuring compliance across various functions. This includes drafting and negotiating commercial contracts, advising on regulatory matters, and providing legal guidance on product development. The Senior Legal Counsel streamline legal operations, and handle day-to-day legal queries, while ensuring the company meets its corporate governance and compliance obligations. Additionally, they will collaborate closely with other teams to manage fast-paced projects and meet deadlines in a dynamic and evolving environment.   What You’ll Be Doing   Working directly with the Chief Legal Officer to shape the ongoing strategy of the legal function, specifically in the US. Drafting and negotiating large commercial partnership contracts. Reviewing vendor contracts and drafting playbooks and templates. Advising the business on state and federal regulatory issues, particularly regarding sales based financing and privacy. Responding to regulatory complaints including complaints escalated by state Attorneys General, and overseeing the company's response process end to end. Advise on product development and marketing. Providing business training on key legal topics. Answering general legal queries across the business. Budget management and value analysis. Advising on new country launches and product launches. Working with and managing US counsel and local counsel in other jurisdictions. Helping to manage the group corporate filings and supporting company secretarial duties. Assisting with privacy compliance across the group, collaborating closely with the DPO and wider business on data queries and due diligence. Proactively raising the profile of the Legal team through team initiatives, objectives, and business-friendly operational processes. Focusing on legal operations, suggesting enhancements to processes and technology to optimize the team’s work. Enhancing knowledge management within th...