Tech and Contracts Lawyer
Description:
This role is available to those within a commutable distance of the Cardiff or London Offices. You must be prepared to travel to our various sites when necessary.
The Starling Legal function supports all areas of the bank and deals with or manages all legal matters, including retail and business banking, contracts, property, IP, data protection/privacy and disputes. For this role, you will be part of the Digital, Data & Commercial Contracts Legal team and will report into the Managing Counsel who heads up this team.
The Digital, Data & Commercial Contracts Legal Team overall delivers the legal advice and solutions for products and channels, data protection, IP, commercial contracts including for third party suppliers, our Marketplace and our Starling as a Service offerings. In this particular role, you will support a number of different initiatives focussed on our growing Engine by Starling/ banking as a service offering and in the commercial contracts space. You will have significant exposure to senior stakeholders across the bank.
This role represents a fantastic opportunity to join a growing Legal team and make your mark at one of the world's most exciting fintechs.
Your work will include:
Requirements:
Benefits:
We are a leading digital bank on a mission to disrupt the banking industry. We've built an app with smart money management tools to help our customers live a healthier financial life. We also offer groundbreaking B2B banking and payments services.
Since our launch in 2014, we've opened almost three million accounts including 480,000 business accounts for small and medium–sized enterprises (SMEs).
We're a fully licensed UK bank and we have the culture and spirit of a fast–moving, disruptive technology company. We've been voted Best Current Account for the last five years running, named Which? Banking Provider of the Year for the last two and we were the most switched to bank in 2021. We employ more than 1,800 people across our London, Southampton and Cardiff offices.
Starling Bank is an equal opportunity employer, and we're proud of our ongoing efforts to foster diversity & inclusion in the workplace. Individuals seeking employment at Starling Bank are considered without regard to race, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
By submitting your application, you agree that Starling Bank may collect your personal data for recruiting and related purposes. Our Privacy Notice explains what personal information we may process, where we may process your personal information, its purposes for processing your personal information, and the rights you can exercise over our use of your personal information.
This role is available to those within a commutable distance of the Cardiff or London Offices. You must be prepared to travel to our various sites when necessary.
The Starling Legal function supports all areas of the bank and deals with or manages all legal matters, including retail and business banking, contracts, property, IP, data protection/privacy and disputes. For this role, you will be part of the Digital, Data & Commercial Contracts Legal team and will report into the Managing Counsel who heads up this team.
The Digital, Data & Commercial Contracts Legal Team overall delivers the legal advice and solutions for products and channels, data protection, IP, commercial contracts including for third party suppliers, our Marketplace and our Starling as a Service offerings. In this particular role, you will support a number of different initiatives focussed on our growing Engine by Starling/ banking as a service offering and in the commercial contracts space. You will have significant exposure to senior stakeholders across the bank.
This role represents a fantastic opportunity to join a growing Legal team and make your mark at one of the world's most exciting fintechs.
Your work will include:
- Helping to support Starling's growing banking as a service offerings (such as Engine by Starling). This includes drafting and negotiating service (and other) agreements where Starling is the supplier to other sophisticated clients, advising and inputting on tender documents (both for private and public sector clients) and dealing with any other requests for legal support to continue the ongoing success of this area for Starling.
- Drafting and negotiating a full range of commercial agreements (e.g. marketing, IT, technology, outsourcing) to support the development of Engine (and Starling). This includes third party supplier contracts in a financial services context.
- Managing multiple projects (often to tight deadlines) and supporting colleagues to ensure business and enterprise–wide initiatives are executed in a timely and accurate manner.
- Advising on the issues relevant to the products/ services, contracts and matters required to run a regulated financial services company and non–regulated technology business.
- Instructing and working with outside counsel where necessary on specialist matters.
Requirements:
- You will be a UK qualified lawyer with 3–6 years PQE (note PQE is a guide only).
- Excellent real life experience in advising on the legal aspects of SaaS related technology services.
- Excellent real life experience in advising on digital (financial services/ banking related) products/services and payments (ideally both in B2B and B2C settings).
- Excellent real life experience in drafting, advising and negotiating a range of different third party supplier commercial contracts in a financial services context.
- You will be capable of working in a fast–paced environment, and be keen to grow and develop within the organisation.
- Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
- In–house experience would be ideal but is not essential for the right candidate.
Benefits:
- 33 days holiday (including public hols). You'll also get your birthday on us
- 16 hours paid volunteering time a year
- Family friendly leave policies
- Private Medical Insurance with VitalityHealth
- We have many varied social groups set up and run by our employees – ForTheWin (a gaming group), Starling FC, book club and many more!
- Discounts on cinema tickets, restaurants, shopping and train tickets via a Perkbox membership
- Access to 'salary sacrifice' benefits such as Cycle to Work scheme
- Gym membership options
- Season ticket travel options
- Full details are available on our careers site
We are a leading digital bank on a mission to disrupt the banking industry. We've built an app with smart money management tools to help our customers live a healthier financial life. We also offer groundbreaking B2B banking and payments services.
Since our launch in 2014, we've opened almost three million accounts including 480,000 business accounts for small and medium–sized enterprises (SMEs).
We're a fully licensed UK bank and we have the culture and spirit of a fast–moving, disruptive technology company. We've been voted Best Current Account for the last five years running, named Which? Banking Provider of the Year for the last two and we were the most switched to bank in 2021. We employ more than 1,800 people across our London, Southampton and Cardiff offices.
Starling Bank is an equal opportunity employer, and we're proud of our ongoing efforts to foster diversity & inclusion in the workplace. Individuals seeking employment at Starling Bank are considered without regard to race, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
By submitting your application, you agree that Starling Bank may collect your personal data for recruiting and related purposes. Our Privacy Notice explains what personal information we may process, where we may process your personal information, its purposes for processing your personal information, and the rights you can exercise over our use of your personal information.