Legal Counsel
Content + Source + Freshness • 11 Dec 2025 • 95% confidence
Offer value
This position is valuable for legal professionals seeking impactful roles in fintech, offering diverse challenges and competitive benefits.
- Key role influencing Tide's product compliance and success
- Strong collaborative team and diverse challenges
- Robust benefits and professional development support
Pros
- Significant influence on product development and compliance
- Engage with cross-functional teams, enhancing collaboration skills
- Robust benefits including professional development opportunities
Cons
- Complex regulatory environment can be challenging
- High expectations regarding legal accuracy and problem-solving
- Potential exposure to fast-paced product launches
Who it's for
Mid to Senior Level • Hybrid or remote
Good fit
- Experienced legal professionals in fintech or financial services
- Individuals seeking impactful and varied legal work
- Candidates who thrive in collaborative and dynamic settings
Not recommended for
- New graduates or entry-level lawyers without relevant experience
- Those uncomfortable with rapid change
- Individuals preferring rigid job structures
Motivation fit
Key skills
About the job
ABOUT TIDE
At Tide, we are building a business management platform designed to save small businesses time and money. We provide our members with business accounts and related banking services, but also a comprehensive set of connected administrative solutions from invoicing to accounting.
Launched in 2017, Tide is now used by over 1 million small businesses across the world and is available to UK, Indian and German SMEs. Headquartered in central London, with offices in Sofia, Hyderabad, Delhi, Berlin and Belgrade, Tide employs over 2,000 employees.
Tide is rapidly growing, expanding into new products and markets and always looking for passionate and driven people. Join us in our mission to empower small businesses and help them save time and money.
ABOUT THE TEAM:
We are a close-knit team of lawyers and data privacy experts based in the UK, India, Bulgaria and Germany. We are one of the most cross-functional teams in the company, helping Tideans accomplish their goals, grow the company and stay compliant. Each team member is a true owner and has a huge impact every day.
We place a lot of emphasis on team collaboration, honesty and support. We seek to make all new joiners feel part of Team Legal from day one. We're looking for an individual who'll not only fit into that team, but will bring new ideas, challenge us and leave a lasting mark.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
As a Product Counsel at Tide, you will serve as a subject matter expert on a diverse range of legal issues relating to the development, launch, marketing and operation of Tide’s products and services. You will lead the legal support for some product groups while working collaboratively across different teams to ensure compliance with the fast-evolving regulatory environment. You will also support team members on other product groups and projects, which means that you will gain exposure to a real breadth of work across financial services, payments, acquiring, savings and business services.
Some of the things you’ll be doing:
- Helping business teams deploy and mature innovative payments, financial and business administration products and services, including drafting terms and conditions and reviewing customer journeys.
- Anticipating legal challenges and creatively solving problems to support the business in executing their product roadmap.
- Reviewing marketing campaigns for new and maturing products.
- Supporting business teams on new vendor and partnership contract negotiations, including drafting and reviewing contracts and communicating with external counterparties.
- Carrying out legal administrative and operational tasks such as developing legal templates, managing Tide’s contract database and legal records and optimising existing team processes.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
- You have a minimum 4+ years of legal experience, in-house experience preferred.
- You have experience supporting business teams in launching customer services, products or partnerships.
- You are proficient in reviewing, drafting and negotiating contracts and partnership agreements.
- You are a fluent English-speaker that can communicate with simplicity about complex legal topics.
- You are an innovative thinker with a passion for navigating business teams through a wide range of legal challenges.
- You are a strong individual contributor and enjoy collaborating in teams.
- You are eager to learn and thrive in a fast-paced, growth-oriented business setting.
- You are comfortable managing ambiguity.
- You are proactive with a can-do attitude, taking ownership of resolving issues.
- You have exceptional organisational skills and thrive on juggling multiple projects simultaneously.
- You have meticulous attention to detail.
- You have a higher education and a degree in law.
WHAT YOU’LL GET IN RETURN:
Our location-specific employee benefits are designed to cater to the unique needs of Tideans:
- 25 days paid annual leave
- 3 paid days off for volunteering or L&D activities
- Parental Lead
- Personal L&D budget
- Additional health & dental insurance
- Multisports card
- Food vouchers
- Snacks, light food, drinks in the office
- WFH equipment allowance
- Flexible working from home
- Sabbatical Leave
- Share options
TIDE IS A PLACE FOR EVERYONE
At Tide, we believe that we can only succeed if we let our differences enrich our culture. Our Tideans come from a variety of backgrounds and experience levels. We consider everyone irrespective of their ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran, neurodiversity or differently-abled status. We celebrate diversity in our workforce as a cornerstone of our success. Our commitment to a broad spectrum of ideas and backgrounds is what enables us to build products that resonate with our members’ diverse needs and lives.
We are One Team and foster a transparent and inclusive environment, where everyone’s voice is heard.
At Tide, we thrive on diversity, embracing various backgrounds and experiences. We welcome all individuals regardless of ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability. Our inclusive culture is key to our success, helping us build products that meet our members' diverse needs. We are One Team, committed to transparency and ensuring everyone’s voice is heard.
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