Job Summary

RegWise is a SAAS business operating in the RegTech space, providing an end-to end, fully automated solution to the perennial question for risk owners, 'How compliant am I?'

Using a suite of proprietary AI tools and a platform developed in conjunction with Banking Compliance Officers and Regulatory lawyers, RegWise has ensured that the DNA of practitioners is baked into the heart of the service.

We are hiring a Senior Legal & Regulatory Counsel to lead across two critical domains:

This role is ideal for a lawyer with strong UK financial services regulatory expertise who wants to work at the intersection of law, compliance, and AI product development.

You will work closely with founders, product, engineering, and commercial teams to ensure contractual robustness and that our product reflects real-world regulatory complexity.

Key Responsibilities

1) Commercial & Contractual Legal

• Review, draft, and negotiate:
  • Client agreements (NDAs, SaaS agreements, and data processing agreements)
  • Vendor and supplier contracts
• Provide commercially pragmatic legal advice to internal stakeholders
• Develop and maintain standardised contract templates

2) Product & Regulatory SME

• Contribute regulatory expertise to the design and development of new Regwise features
• Translate regulatory frameworks into structured product logic
• Ensure platform outputs reflect practical compliance expectations within regulated firms
• Provide insights into how banks and other financial institutions operationalise regulatory change

Skills and Experience

Experienced in Regulated Financial Services

● 5+ years of experience either in compliance functions in a regulated environment, or in a law firm or Big 4 advisory practice advising regulated financial institutions on regulatory matters.

● Strong understanding of UK financial services regulatory frameworks

● Practical knowledge of how regulatory obligations are interpreted, implemented, and evidenced inside firms

Legal & Commercial Foundation

● Law degree (LLB or equivalent)

● Ability to serve as an in-house Legal Counsel with responsibility for providing legal advice within an organisation or Experience in private practice advising financial institutions on regulatory matters, or within a Big 4 regulatory consulting practice.

● Ability to review and advise on commercial contracts, including client and vendor agreements

● Comfortable acting as the company's primary internal legal reviewer and assessing contractual risk autonomously

● UK-based with valid right to work in the UK

Personal Attributes

• Structured and analytical thinker
• Commercially pragmatic
• Comfortable operating with autonomy
• Interested in innovation and AI-driven solutions
• Confident engaging with senior stakeholders

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.