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Senior Associate - Payments

eFinancialCareersAmsterdam🇳🇱Netherlands

Why this role stands out

This hybrid role offers significant career growth as you'll lead high-profile regulatory and transactional matters for a diverse range of innovative clients in the payments and fintech sectors. You'll thrive here if you're a Dutch-qualified lawyer with a passion for financial regulation and a desire to expand your expertise within a dynamic, internationally recognized team.

Quick overview

SeniorityMid Senior
Work modeHybrid
LocationAmsterdam, Netherlands
Business DevelopmentComplianceM&A

Job description

A leading international law firm is looking for a Senior Associate with a focus on payments to join its Financial Markets practice in Amsterdam. The role suits a Dutch qualified lawyer with strong payments and financial regulatory experience who wants more responsibility in a growing, high-profile team. You'll advise payment institutions, e-money institutions, banks, fintechs, crypto-asset service providers and big tech companies on regulatory and transactional matters across the Netherlands and the EU.

Key Responsibilities

  • Advise on payments and e-money regulation under Dutch and EU law, including PSD2 (and the upcoming PSD3/PSR), EMD2, MiCA, DORA, AMLD/Wwft and the Dutch Financial Supervision Act (Wft)
  • Support clients through licensing and authorisation processes with DNB and the AFM, including passporting and ongoing compliance
  • Advise on payment products, card schemes, open banking, safeguarding, outsourcing and partnership arrangements
  • Draft, negotiate and review commercial and regulatory documents, including payment services agreements, scheme arrangements and outsourcing contracts
  • Advise on regulatory aspects of M&A, investments and market entry into the Netherlands and the EU for payments and fintech businesses
  • Build strong client relationships and help with business development across the payments and fintech sector
  • Supervise and mentor junior associates
  • Track regulatory developments and contribute to client alerts, publications and market insights

Candidate Profile

  • Dutch qualified lawyer with 4-7 years' experience, gained at a leading law firm, in-house at a payments business or at a regulator
  • Strong technical knowledge of payments, e-money and wider financial regulatory law
  • Experience dealing with DNB and/or the AFM on licensing and supervisory matters
  • Able to manage matters independently and be a trusted point of contact for clients
  • Excellent drafting, negotiation and analytical skills
  • Fluent in Dutch and English, both written and spoken
  • Commercially minded, with a real interest in fintech and innovation in payments
  • Works well with others, both in the team and across international offices

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