Legal & Compliance Senior Lead

📋 Description

• Own the Dutch legal and regulatory workstreams for the European launch, while supporting Belgian
• Lead entity formation and corporate governance activities, including articles of association
• Draft, localize, review, and negotiate financing agreements, merchant terms, partner contracts
• Select, instruct, and manage external Dutch and Belgian legal counsel, translating legal advice
• Advise internal stakeholders on licensing requirements, funding structures, payments regulation
• Manage corporate banking onboarding and support the relevant SME-lending quality-mark requirements.

🎯 Requirements

• At least approximately 7 years of post-qualification experience, with significant in-house or
• Admission to practice in the Netherlands as an advocaat, with strong knowledge of Dutch legal and
• Full professional fluency in English and Dutch, with the ability to work effectively with
• Ability and willingness to advise on Belgian legal matters while working with external Belgian
• Strong experience with lending, financial services regulation, and GDPR/data protection.
• Deep understanding of relevant regulatory frameworks and a genuine interest in fintech, financial

🎁 Benefits

• Fully remote working environment.
• Opportunity to join a high-impact, mission-driven fintech operating at the intersection of
• Significant ownership and autonomy in a senior legal leadership role.
• Exposure to complex regulatory, corporate, lending, payments, and data-protection matters across
• Close collaboration with international teams across Europe and Latin America.
• Opportunity to contribute to the launch of new markets and the continued development of an