Legal at Quanloop exists to keep the business moving without losing control of risk, commitments, or regulatory expectations. As Legal Counsel (Commercial & Regulatory), you’ll draft and negotiate the agreements that underpin how we operate (clients, suppliers, partners), and you’ll support regulatory and governance topics in a way that is clear, documented, and workable in practice.
You’ll work closely with Compliance, Operations, Engineering/Infrastructure and senior management, and you’ll be expected to bring structure: consistent positions, usable templates, and timely escalations where a decision is genuinely needed.
Job Responsibilities
- Draft, review and negotiate commercial agreements across the business (including client, supplier and partner contracts), keeping positions consistent and operationally workable.
- Maintain and improve core contract templates, playbooks and clause libraries so teams can move faster without eroding standards.
- Support regulatory legal topics in coordination with Compliance (e.g., structuring, governance decisions, regulatory correspondence support where appropriate).
- Advise on outsourcing and third-party arrangements from a legal perspective, including supporting contract changes linked to operational resilience and oversight expectations.
- Review and support client-facing terms and disclosures, ensuring consistency across documentation and actual operating practices.
- Provide legal input into policy and governance documents where legal review is required (clear approvals, clear versioning, clear rationale).
- Keep a clean audit trail of legal decisions, approvals and contract deviations, and ensure escalations happen early rather than late.
- Partner closely with Operations, Infrastructure/Engineering and Compliance to resolve issues pragmatically (protecting the firm without creating legal bottlenecks).
What good looks like in the first 3–6 months
- Contracting is more predictable: templates are usable, negotiation positions are consistent, and escalations are clear.
- Regulatory and governance topics are handled with better structure (clear decisions, documented rationale, fewer last-minute fire drills).
- At least one area of recurring friction (e.g., vendor contracting, outsourcing clauses, client terms, approval workflow) is improved in a way that reduces cycle time without weakening standards.
Key Topics
- Commercial contracting and negotiation discipline
- Legal documentation, template governance and approvals
- Financial services regulatory concepts (role-dependent)
- Outsourcing and third-party contractual risk (role-dependent)
- Operational resilience / DORA-linked contractual considerations (role-dependent)
- Corporate governance and decision documentation
- Working with product/engineering and operations stakeholders in a regulated environment
Qualifications
- Qualified lawyer with relevant post-qualification experience in commercial and/or regulatory legal work (financial services experience preferred).
- Strong drafting and negotiation capability, with confidence managing stakeholders and external counterparties.
- Comfortable operating in a regulated environment with high expectations on documentation, approvals and evidence.
- Able to communicate clearly in English, in writing and in meetings.
- Practical judgement: able to balance legal risk, commercial reality and delivery needs.
- Comfortable partnering with Compliance, Operations, and technology teams on security- and resilience-sensitive topics.
- Office-first mindset and ability to work on-site in Limassol.
Other skills
- Precise writing and attention to detail.
- Calm, professional communication style under time pressure.
- Able to be firm on essentials without creating unnecessary friction.
- Good judgement on what needs escalation vs what can be resolved quickly.
How to apply
Apply with your CV (LinkedIn optional). A short note is welcome, but not required.
