Senior Legal Counsel, Lemfi
Privacy
1-2 days a week in office
International payments service
Job no longer available
International payments service
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
1-2 days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To improve the financial lives of the next generation of immigrants.
Role
Who you are
- Experienced & Trusted: You bring deep expertise in privacy/data protection, marketing law, and fintech product compliance, with sound judgment and the ability to translate complexity into clarity
- Proactive & Accountable: You take ownership, act independently, and deliver high-quality work with minimal oversight
- Business-Minded: You understand how to balance regulatory obligations with innovation, operational realities, and customer impact
- Data-Driven: You make informed decisions backed by data, insights, and structured analysis
- Collaborative: You work effortlessly across teams and geographies, building strong relationships with both technical and commercial stakeholders
- Clear Communicator: You explain legal concepts in a way that is concise, actionable, and aligned with business objectives
- Qualified lawyer with 7+ years PQE, admitted to practice in the UK, Ireland, or Norway
- Significant experience in privacy/data protection, with deep knowledge of GDPR, ePrivacy, and international data transfer frameworks
- Strong expertise in marketing law, consumer protection, and communications compliance
- FinTech or financial services experience (e-money, payments, banking) strongly preferred
- Exceptional drafting, negotiation, and stakeholder communication skills
- Ability to work independently with a high degree of ownership and accountability
- Don’t meet every single requirement in the job ad? Research shows that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds often hesitate to apply if they don't check every box. If you are excited about this role and our mission, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be just the right person for this, or other roles
What the job involves
- As Senior Legal Counsel (Privacy), you will be a key strategic partner in shaping LemFi’s global privacy, marketing, and product compliance framework
- You will work across multiple functions—Legal, Product, Engineering, Marketing, Compliance, and Leadership—to enable innovation while safeguarding trust and regulatory integrity
- You will drive the legal strategy behind privacy, marketing practices, GDPR compliance, customer communications, and fintech product development
- Your guidance will empower teams to build responsibly, scale confidently, and operate compliantly across the UK, EU, and international markets
- Advise & Guide: Deliver clear, actionable legal advice on privacy, marketing, consumer protection, fintech product development, and broader regulatory matters
- Ensure Regulatory Compliance: Stay ahead of UK, EU, and international legal developments in data protection, ePrivacy, payments, and fintech regulations, ensuring the business remains compliant without limiting growth
- Drive Privacy & Data Protection: Lead on GDPR compliance, cross-border data transfers, user consent, marketing communications, and privacy-by-design for products and features
- Draft & Negotiate Contracts: Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements, including vendor contracts, data processing agreements, marketing partnerships, and product-related documentation
- Partner on Product Development: Work closely with product, engineering, and marketing teams to launch and scale compliant features, communications, and customer journeys
- Proactively Manage Risk: Identify legal and regulatory risks early, proposing practical solutions and building playbooks, templates, and policies to streamline processes
- Collaborate Across Stakeholders: Partner with senior leaders, external counsel, compliance teams, and regulators to support the company’s legal and regulatory posture
Application process
- Chat with a Talent Partner (30 mins)
- Behaviours & Culture Interview (45 mins)
- Case Study (3 days to complete + 1-hour presentation)
- Final Interview (30 mins)
Salary benchmarks
Our take
LemFi, previously known as Lemonade Finance, is a fintech platform addressing the challenge of accessing reliable financial services faced by millions of immigrants worldwide. By offering quick onboarding and a multi-currency offering, LemFi allows its users to send, receive, hold, convert, and save in both their country of origin and residence currencies.
Recognizing the limitations faced by traditional banks and neo-banks, LemFi offers instant international transfers at favorable exchange rates with no transfer fees. Initially launched in Canada, growing demand for the company's services has allowed it to expand to the UK, and broaden its African payment channels.
The company has secured good funding from prominent investors like Y-Combinator, Zrosk, Global Founders Capital, and Olive Tree. With plans to expand its product offering across the globe, LemFi will further its mission of providing accessible and transparent financial services to migrant communities worldwide.
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Company
Company HQ
Downtown, Oakland, CA
Leadership
Ridwan Olalere
(Co-Founder & CEO)Also the Founder of forLoop Africa. Previously the Country Manager of Uber Nigeria. Also worked as a Software Developer at Flutterwave, Hotels, Novatia, and NextMynds.
Rian Cochran
(Co-Founder)Previously a Financial Director at Opera Software, Powerbets Holdings, and OPay.
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