Legal Counsel

Legal Counsel – Financial Services

Location: Manchester (Hybrid)

Salary: Up to £75,000 + Benefits

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a commercially minded Legal Counsel to join a dynamic and fast-growing business in the financial services sector. This hybrid role is based in Manchester and offers the chance to work across a broad range of legal and regulatory matters within a collaborative and high-performing legal team.

This role would suit a UK-qualified solicitor with strong commercial experience and a background in financial services, who thrives in a fast-paced, tech-enabled environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide variety of commercial agreements (including supplier contracts, tech agreements, NDAs, and outsourcing arrangements)
• Advising internal stakeholders on legal and regulatory issues relating to financial products, partnerships, and business operations
• Supporting the development and launch of new products and services, ensuring regulatory compliance (e.g. FCA, PRA, consumer duty)
• Collaborating with risk, compliance, product, and commercial teams to provide pragmatic and commercially sound legal advice
• Supporting regulatory projects and change programmes, including those relating to consumer credit, savings, or digital finance
• Helping to maintain and update internal legal policies, playbooks, and templates
• Monitoring legal and regulatory developments in the financial services space and updating the business accordingly
• Contributing to legal team operations and mentoring more junior team members where required

Candidate Profile

• Qualified solicitor in England & Wales with 2–5 years’ PQE (or equivalent experience)
• Strong background in commercial law; financial services in-house or regulatory experience is essential
• Comfortable advising stakeholders at all levels in a fast-moving business
• Excellent communication skills, with a practical and solutions-driven mindset
• Able to manage competing priorities and work autonomously where needed
• Experience working in a regulated environment is highly desirable

What’s on Offer

• Salary up to £75,000, depending on experience
• Hybrid working model (2–3 days in the Manchester office per week)
• Competitive benefits package
• High-growth environment with genuine career progression opportunities
• Exposure to varied, high-quality work across the full legal spectrum in financial services

If you're looking to step into a broad in-house role where you can make a real impact in a fast-evolving sector, we’d love to hear from you.