Legal Counsel - London

Scope of Position

Monitise plc is a technology and services company delivering mobile banking, payments and commerce networks worldwide with the proven technology and expertise to enable financial institutions and other organisations to offer a wide range of services to their customers in developed and emerging markets. Our technology platform is used by millions of consumers around the world to securely interact with their money via their mobile phones. 

With live services in the UK, the US, India and Africa, the company is working with international partners to extend trusted and secure mobile banking, payment and commerce services in territories worldwide, including Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America.  Monitise has a global alliance agreement with Visa Inc. and strategic partnerships with Visa Europe, RBS Group and FIS. Other leading partners and clients include RBS, NatWest, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, First Direct, FIS, U.S. Bank, Ulster Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, Travelex, Vocalink, Vodafone, Orange, O2, T-Mobile, 3 UK, Research In Motion, Best Buy Europe, The Carphone Warehouse, First Eastern, Astra, JETCO and PCCW mobile.

Listed in London, we have more than 400 staff based throughout our field of operations.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Although the scope and focus of the day to day activities within the role will change dependent on business requirements, the following should be considered the core activities:

• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating a wide range of upstream and downstream commercial contracts across various areas of the business (including software licensing, software development, support and maintenance and supplier arrangements) 
• Liaising with colleagues to ascertain business requirements and identifying the associated legal considerations
• Advising colleagues across the company on day-to-day business issues (including commercial, e-commerce and internet, IP, data protection, NDAs, procurement and tendering)
• Participation in the structuring, drafting, negotiating and implementation of agreements associated with corporate transactions such as joint ventures, acquisitions and other strategic alliances
• Providing information and direction to external legal advisors