--- title: 'Legal Business Partner, EMEA at Yuno' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/legal-business-partner-emea-yuno-europe-y4fxqjnyynw0' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-13' --- # Legal Business Partner, EMEA at Yuno - **Company:** Yuno - **Location:** Europe - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-08-28 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-13 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/yuno/d6c9ed75-e0e2-49fd-9339-5e6effcc5d74 ## Job description Legal Business Partner, EMEA Remote, Europe, Full-time, Director, 6-8 years of experience ## Who We Are At Yuno, we are building the payment infrastructure that allows all companies to participate in the global market. Founded by seasoned experts from the payments and tech industries, our technology provides access to leading payment capabilities, enabling companies to engage customers confidently and maintain global operations through seamless integrations. We empower high-performing teams at brands like InDrive, McDonald’s, Rappi, and Viva Aerobus to integrate 1,000+ payment methods through a single API. By leveraging advanced AI and the latest technologies, we orchestrate smart routing and fraud prevention across 80+ countries. ## About The Role We are looking for a commercially minded lawyer to join our global Legal and Compliance team as Legal Business Partner for EMEA. You will work closely with our commercial, partnerships, and operations teams across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, providing practical legal support that enables the business to move forward with confidence. At Yuno, Legal and Compliance operate as business partners, and you will count on the support and playbooks of the global team. The role is remote and can be based anywhere in the region. ## Your contribution will be - Business partnering: Serve as the primary legal counterpart for the EMEA commercial, partnerships, and operations teams, providing pragmatic, business-oriented advice. - Contract negotiation and drafting: Negotiate and draft merchant, partner, and vendor agreements across the region, applying and helping improve our global contracting playbooks. - Regulatory support: Advise the business on payments regulation and data protection across the region, in coordination with the global Legal and Compliance team, and help maintain Yuno’s positioning as a technology orchestration layer that does not hold funds. - Corporate and entity support: Support the corporate maintenance of Yuno’s entities in the region, working with the global team, outside counsel, and corporate service providers. - Growth and expansion: Provide legal guidance on new markets, new products, and strategic partnerships as Yuno continues to grow across the region. ## Skills You Need ## Minimum Qualifications - Law degree and qualification in at least one jurisdiction within the region. - 6-8 years of experience across law firm and in-house roles; payments, fintech, or technology experience strongly preferred. - Strong commercial contracts and negotiation skills; familiarity with European payments regulation and GDPR, with Middle East or Asia exposure a plus. - A business enablement mindset: a practical approach to risk and the ability to deliver clear, actionable advice. - Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, high-growth environment, working across time zones with a globally distributed team. - Fluency in English; other regional languages are a plus. ## What We Offer at Yuno - Competitive Compensation - Remote Work – You can work from anywhere! - Home Office Bonus – A one-time allowance to help you create your ideal home office. - Work Equipment - Stock Options - Health Plan wherever you are. - Flexible Days Off ## About Yuno ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Yuno is an AI-native payment orchestration platform that connects merchants to over 1,000 payment methods globally through a single API, powered by intelligent agents for routing, fraud prevention, and revenue recovery. - **Entity Type**: Private (Seed $10M & Series A $25M – total $35M) - **Headquarters**: New York, United States (with regional HQ in Doha, Qatar) - **Founded**: 2021 - **Founders**: Juan Pablo Ortega & Julián Núñez ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Payment orchestration / Fintech infrastructure. - **Target customers**: B2B – global merchants and enterprises of all sizes (e.g., McDonald’s, Rappi, Uber, GoFundMe, Viva Aerobus, NetEase). - **Mission**: Help businesses simplify payment management and unlock new revenue streams by leveraging deep industry knowledge, cutting‑edge technology, and AI. ## Products & Services - **Yuno Payments Orchestration Platform** (SaaS/API): A single, no‑code integration that connects to 1,000+ payment methods, PSPs, anti‑fraud providers, and acquirers across 190+ countries and 180+ currencies. - **AI‑Powered Smart Routing**: Real‑time routing agent that selects the optimal processor per transaction based on performance, cost, and geography – delivering up to 7% uplift in approval rates. - **Payments Concierge**: AI monitoring agent that analyses payment stacks, surfaces issuer‑level rejection reasons, and recommends actions via Slack or WhatsApp. - **Fraud Prevention Suite**: Tools including tokenization, 3D Secure, custom fraud rules, and one‑click integration with fraud detection providers. - **Predictive Analytics**: Real‑time dashboard with AI‑driven anomaly detection and trend identification. - **Payouts & Stablecoins**: Support for payouts and stablecoin transactions through the same unified API. ## Market Standing - **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed. - **Key Metric**: Annual revenue estimated at $3.5 M (source: LinkedIn); the platform processes **1 B+ transactions yearly**. - **Notable Investors**: Kaszek & Monashees (seed); Andreessen Horowitz, Tiger Global & DST Global Partners (Series A). - **Growth Signals**: - Headcount of 246 employees (+57.6% YoY), operating across 32 countries. - Offices/teams in Colombia, Brazil, Singapore, Mexico, Argentina, and the UK. - Named one of the world’s Top FinTech Companies by CNBC, Statista, and CB Insights. - Expanding rapidly across APAC, EU, Middle East, and Africa. ## Competitive Advantages - **Single API for the entire payment lifecycle** – pay‑ins, payouts, fraud, reconciliation, and stablecoins – greatly reducing integration overhead. - **AI‑native agents** that autonomously route, retry, and recover transactions, continuously optimising approval rates and reducing costs. - **No‑code provider switching** – merchants can enable or disable payment methods without development cycles, accelerating market entry. - **Deep global coverage** – 1,000+ providers in 190+ countries with local compliance built in. ## Strategic Focus - **Global expansion**: Deepening presence in APAC, EU, the Middle East, and Africa while maintaining strength in Latin America. - **AI‑driven product innovation**: Continued investment in AI agents for payment optimisation, fraud prevention, and actionable intelligence. - **Enterprise adoption**: Targeting large‑scale merchants with complex, multi‑market payment stacks, evidenced by partnerships with brands like McDonald’s and Uber. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Described as dynamic, innovative, and collaborative – team members are “encouraged to keep learning, explore new tools like AI, and take ownership of projects.” - **Work model**: **100% remote‑first** – employees work from over 15 nationalities across 32 countries. - **Perks & growth**: Emphasis on wellness, accountability, and fast learning; heavy investment in AI tools and continuous education. - **Engineering focus**: Active hiring for Senior Backend, AI, Security, Data Platform, and Site Reliability roles – strong technical challenge and ownership. - **Transparency**: Open‑source‑style internal communication; plain‑language dashboards for engineers to see real‑time payment data. ## Sources 1. [y.uno – About](https://y.uno/en/about) 2. [y.uno – Careers](https://y.uno/en/careers) 3. [y.uno – Product](https://y.uno/en) 4. [Lever – Yuno Careers](https://jobs.lever.co/yuno) 5. 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