Legal Counsel

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About Us We’re building the world’s leading cross-border fintech for emerging markets - empowering families, fueling local economies, and changing how millions access financial services. Since our launch in 2019, we have transformed how money moves across borders with our operations spanning 6 out of 7 continents and covering both the busiest and most underserved (remittance) corridors. We tapped into a massive shift - from banks to phones - bringing digital finance to places where traditional systems never reached. The next stage of growth will fuel a network of services and products especially designed to make money more accessible to diaspora communities including local cards, and additional savings and payments features. We’re growing fast, backed by world-class investors, and scaling a product that blends real world impact with cutting edge fintech innovation . Here’s a little more: Founded by Harvard grads and 3-time founders who previously built Segovia (acquired) and GiveDirectly (>$300M revenue, fastest-growing NGO in the world) Backed by top investors including Spark Capital, Canaan, Reid Hoffman, Breyer Capital, Unbound, Wamda, and more Built by global top performers from Bain, Google, McKinsey, Uber, Checkout, Bolt, and beyond - we move fast, stay humble, and care deeply about our mission Truly global team - 250+ people, 50+ nationalities, 50+ languages Guided by our values - ownership, impact, humility, and heart - in deed, not just word The Role We're looking for a sharp, commercially-minded lawyer ready to take real ownership across our legal function, not just execute on it. This is a hands-on role: you’ll run a heavy contract flow across payout partners, banking partners, vendors, and customer/partnership agreements. You will contribute to and help build the playbook and tooling that make the function fast and consistent. This is a high-autonomy, high-impact role with meaningful scope to grow into broader leadership. Location : London (preferred) / Paris / Brussels What you'll do Lead drafting, review, and negotiation of Taptap’s commercial agreements end-to-end, applying a risk-balanced approach that supports growth at startup speed. Build and run the contract playbook. Develop, maintain, and continuously improve Taptap’s commercial contract playbook: standard positions, fallbacks, escalation triggers, and approved language across the deal…