Junior Legal Counsel (Fintech)

Location: London, UK; hybrid. Work from home is available every Monday and Friday, with in-office collaboration on other days.

Company

hirify.global is a profitable fintech company building technology for consumer lending products including loans, credit cards, and car finance.

What you will do

• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, including supplier and customer contracts, engagement letters, NDAs, partnership agreements, and strategic contracts.
• Manage contract intake, triage, templates, reviews, and e-signature workflows through completion.
• Respond to day-to-day legal queries from the business and counterparties, explaining legal issues clearly to non-lawyers.
• Build and maintain document repositories, contract-management processes, knowledge-management systems, and AI tooling.
• Support intellectual property, litigation, company secretarial, governance, corporate, transactional, KYC, and due-diligence matters.
• Work with the Legal team to deliver timely legal support across Product, Engineering, Credit Risk, Marketing, People, and other business areas.

Requirements

• NQ–2PQE and qualified in England & Wales, or qualified in another common-law jurisdiction with relevant UK experience.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, including the ability to explain legal issues to non-lawyers.
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple matters and prioritise independently.
• Comfort with pace and change, initiative, and ownership of a broad legal remit rather than a narrow specialism.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working with optional home working every Monday and Friday and in-office collaboration Tuesday–Thursday.
• Private health insurance and support for physical and mental well-being.
• Fresh, healthy lunches prepared by in-house chefs Tuesday–Thursday.
• Compensation includes equity.
• Inclusive, equal-opportunity workplace in London.