Legal Counsel (Regulatory)

Join Farfetch, a global luxury fashion platform, as a Legal Counsel - Regulatory. In this strategic role, you will provide expert legal advice on regulatory matters, manage risks, and ensure compliance across multiple operational territories. You will work closely with the wider international legal team and all business areas, acting as a true business partner. This is a unique opportunity to be part of a fast-moving and innovative business.

Responsibilities

• Advising on regulatory matters, particularly in relation to payment regulation and broader regulatory frameworks.
• Tracking and assessing existing and new regulatory requirements, and advising on their implementation.
• Negotiating, drafting, and reviewing commercial contracts, policies, guidance, and other legal documentation.

Requirements

• Be able to work autonomously but also well in teams, supporting the Group Legal VP and Regulatory Legal Team
• Have a strong work ethic and attention to detail, be highly proactive, organized and efficient, able to work on fast-moving projects
• Have excellent training, preferably in a top-tier law firm
• Have experience, preferably advising on payments regulation and commercial matters
• Driven, forward-thinking, robust, innovative and agile, with commercial acumen
• A qualified lawyer with 1-3 years’ PQE, and superior analytical skills and creative problem-solving skills. Prior in-house experience would be beneficial
• Have proven ability to assess new pieces of international legislation/regulation and apply them on a risk-based basis to a business
• Have the curiosity and ability to absorb a lot of information quickly, apply it in assessments, and drive implementation
• Possess excellent communication, organization and drafting skills
• Be able to understand nuances and complexities, and translate these into commercial, pragmatic, and concise advice in the context of a global business