Fintech, Payments & Digital Assets Lawyer

We are currently seeking Fintech, Payments and Digital Assets Lawyers to support Axiom clients across financial services, technology, fintech, payments, crypto, blockchain, digital assets, and other regulated or high-growth sectors, with a focus on commercial, regulatory, product, and technology matters. Responsibilities: Provide practical, commercially focused legal advice on fintech, payments, digital assets, crypto, blockchain, embedded finance, digital wallets, tokenisation, payment products, platform arrangements, and innovative financial services offerings. Draft, review, and negotiate commercial and technology agreements, including partnership agreements, payment services agreements, SaaS agreements, cloud contracts, outsourcing arrangements, referral agreements, reseller agreements, supplier contracts, and platform agreements. Advise on regulatory considerations affecting fintech, payments, e-money, cryptoassets, digital assets, outsourcing, operational resilience, data governance, technology risk, cross-border services, and financial services innovation. Partner with legal, compliance, product, commercial, technology, risk, operations, and external counsel teams to support product development, product launches, regulatory change, commercial partnerships, and risk mitigation. Minimum Qualifications: Qualified lawyer eligible to practise in the UK, or equivalent overseas qualification with strong fintech, payments, digital assets, crypto, blockchain, technology, or financial services experience. Experience advising fintech companies, payment service providers, e-money institutions, digital asset businesses, technology companies, banks, financial institutions, or other regulated financial services organisations. Strong drafting, review, and negotiation experience across commercial contracts, technology agreements, SaaS, cloud, outsourcing, partnership agreements, supplier arrangements, payment services agreements, or platform agreements. Excellent commercial awareness, stakeholder management, drafting, analytical, and legal judgment skills, with the ability to deliver pragmatic, business-focused advice in fast-paced, innovative, and regulated environments. Compensation, Benefits & Location: This role offers a highly competitive compensation and benefits package in the alternative legal services marketplace, that includes health benefits, pension and more. Axiomites also get access to professional development resources and learning and development programs. Axiom provides the opportunity to work remotely, onsite or hybrid, depending on client requirements. Axiom is the global leader in high-calibre, on-demand legal talent. Covering North America, the UK, Europe, and APAC, we enable legal departments to drive efficiency and growth and meet the demands of today’s business landscape with best in breed alterative legal services. Axiom is a leader in diversity, inclusion, and social engagement. Diversity is core to our values and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to be named a best place to work for LGBTQ+ Equality, earning top marks in the 2021 Corporate Equality Index for the second consecutive year. Axiom’s legal department is Mansfield certified and is committed to considering at least 50% diverse candidates for leadership roles and outside counsel representation. Learn more about working at Axiom . Equal Opportunity Employer: Axiom ensures equal employment opportunity in recruitment and employment, without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, nationality, national or ethnic origin, religious creed or belief, political opinion, sex, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, age, disability, alienage or citizenship status, marital (or civil or other partnership recognized by law) status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, sexual orientation, military service, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Axiom prohibits and will not tolerate any such dis