Ramp

Ramp

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Lead Counsel, UK & Europe

Posted Aug 5, 2026

Role at a glance

Salary
Not Disclosed
Location
London
Work arrangement
Hybrid
Employment
Full-time
Experience
substantial in-house or law-firm experience supporting regulated financial-services businesses

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Role Summary

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Ramp is seeking its first international legal counsel in London to support its UK and EU financial technology operations as the company builds out its European presence. The role partners with U.S. Legal and Compliance teams and advises business teams on regulatory, commercial, product, corporate, employment, and operational matters.

What You'll Do

  • Advise on legal and regulatory matters across Ramp’s UK and EU financial technology operations, including payment services licensing,...
  • Negotiate and draft commercial agreements for European operations, including bank-partner arrangements and customer-facing terms.
  • Partner with Product, Compliance, Risk, Finance, and Marketing teams to structure and launch new products, payment flows, and...
  • Build legal processes, templates, training, and issue-escalation frameworks for the international organization.
  • Support entity formation and governance, local hiring and employment matters, and coordination with external counsel across relevant...

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Qualifications

Qualified attorney authorized to practice in the UK; strong working knowledge of UK and EU payments, e-money, financial-services, and technology requirements; experience advising cross-functionally on product, commercial, corporate, employment, and operational matters; drafting, negotiation, stakeholder-management, and project-management skills; comfort coordinating external counsel across multiple jurisdictions.

Required

  • Qualified attorney authorized to practice in the UK
  • Strong working knowledge of UK and EU payments, e-money, financial-services, and technology requirements
  • Experience advising cross-functionally on product, commercial, corporate, employment, and operational matters
  • Practical judgment and a business-oriented approach
  • Drafting, negotiation, stakeholder-management, and project-management skills
  • Comfort coordinating external counsel across multiple jurisdictions

Preferred

  • Experience supporting a high-growth fintech across multiple European markets
  • Additional European language skills
  • Experience working with regulators or external counsel in multiple jurisdictions

Original job description

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About Ramp

Ramp is building the smart infrastructure for finance teams, embedded in the transaction flow of every dollar a business spends. We automate how over $200B in annualized spend flows in and out of 70,000+ companies: authorizing payments, flagging risk, categorizing spend, and closing books.

The problems are high-stakes, data-dense, and unforgiving.

We hire people with high agency and high urgency. We look for slope over intercept. We care less about where you trained and more about what you’ve built. At Ramp, everyone is a builder who owns problems end to end and makes consequential decisions that shape the outcome.

The median Ramp customer saves 5% and grows revenue 16% in their first year – far in excess of businesses operating without Ramp. We believe every ambitious company deserves the same.

If you want to build systems that directly shape how companies move and manage billions, Ramp is the place to do it.

About the Role

This role will serve as Ramp's first international legal counsel in London, providing day-to-day support on product, regulatory, commercial, employment, corporate, and operational issues as Ramp builds out its European presence. They will partner closely with the U.S. Legal and Compliance teams to ensure consistency across jurisdictions while adapting Ramp's approach to local law and market practice. This is a hybrid role suited to someone comfortable moving between regulatory work and broad-based business/operational counsel in a fast-moving environment.

What You'll Do

  • Advise on legal and regulatory matters across Ramp’s UK and EU financial technology operations, including payment services licensing, commercial, and data protection matters.

  • Negotiate and draft commercial agreements supporting European operations, including bank-partner arrangements and customer-facing terms tailored to local law requirements.

  • Partner with Product, Compliance, Risk, Finance, and Marketing teams to structure and launch new products, payment flows, and international-market expansions.

  • Build practical, scalable legal processes, templates, training, and issue-escalation frameworks that enable the international organization to move quickly while managing legal and regulatory objectives.

  • Support corporate expansion activities, including entity formation and governance, local hiring and employment matters, and coordination with external counsel across relevant jurisdictions.

What You Need

  • Qualified attorney authorized to practice in the UK, with substantial in-house or law-firm experience supporting regulated financial-services businesses.

  • Strong working knowledge of UK and EU payments, e-money, financial-services, and technology requirements.

  • Demonstrated ability to advise cross-functionally on product, commercial, corporate, employment, and operational matters in a fast-moving, international environment.

  • Practical judgment and a business-oriented approach to translating complex legal and regulatory requirements into clear, scalable guidance.

  • Excellent drafting, negotiation, stakeholder-management, and project-management skills, with comfort coordinating external counsel across multiple jurisdictions.

Nice-to-Haves

  • Experience supporting a high-growth fintech across multiple European markets.

  • Additional European language skills and experience working with regulators or external counsel in multiple jurisdictions.

Benefits available to all full-time Ramp employees (Global)

  • Flexible PTO

  • Centralized home-office equipment ordering

  • Health and wellness stipend

  • Budget for intra-office travel

  • Weekly coffee stipend

United States

  • 100% medical, dental & vision insurance coverage for you, with partial coverage for dependents

  • One Medical annual membership

  • 401(k), including employer match on contributions made while employed by Ramp

  • Fertility HRA (up to $10,000 per year)

  • Parental leave: up to 16 weeks (birthing + bonding) or 8 weeks (bonding only) at 100% pay

  • Pet insurance

  • In-office perks: lunch, snacks, drinks, and more

  • Relocation expense coverage to NYC or SF (if needed)

Canada

  • Group medical, dental, and vision coverage through Sun Life

  • Life, AD&D, and disability coverage

  • Fertility drug coverage (up to $4,000 lifetime)

  • Group Retirement Plan with employer match (RRSP + DPSP)

  • Parental leave: up to 16 weeks (birthing + bonding) or 8 weeks (bonding only) at 100% pay, with additional time available at reduced pay

  • Employee Assistance Program and virtual care through Lumino Health

United Kingdom

  • Private medical insurance through Freedom Elite

  • Virtual GP and at-home care via eMed x Livi

  • Workplace pension through Penfold, with salary sacrifice option

  • Parental leave: up to 16 weeks (birthing + bonding) or 8 weeks (bonding only) at 100% pay with additional time available at reduced pay

Referral Instructions

If you are being referred for the role, please contact that person to apply on your behalf.

 

Other notices

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

 

Beware of recruiting scams: Ramp will only contact you through official @Ramp.com email addresses and will never ask for payment or sensitive personal information during the hiring process.

 

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About the company

Ramp

Startup

Ramp is a forward-thinking financial technology company that specializes in providing innovative spend management solutions for businesses. Founded in 2019, Ramp leverages advanced technology to offer companies tools for expense tracking, budgeting, and financial analytics. With a focus on efficiency and cost savings, Ramp enables organizations to streamline their financial processes and make data-driven decisions. Committed to simplicity and transparency, Ramp transforms traditional corporate spending into a more manageable and insightful experience for its users.