Asha Morzaria

Director | Banking and Financal Services

UK

Banking and financial services
Director/group manager

Asha recruits in-house lawyers of all levels into permanent positions within the banking and financial services sectors. Her clients include fintech companies, hedge funds, private equity firms, brokers, trading platforms, accountancy firms, asset/investment managers, regulatory bodies and FCA regulated entities. She specifically focuses on supporting CFO’s and General Counsel to build, grow and shape their legal teams. Asha trained and qualified as a lawyer before making a move into legal recruitment in 2003.

Asset Management
Financial Services (In-house)

Derivatives/Structured Products Lawyer – NQ+

A rare opportunity at an investment company seeking a derivatives or structured products lawyer at an exciting stage of growth. The successful candidate will be working with a high calibre team where development and training is at the forefont. You’d have the opportunity to build on your existing experience, as well as broaden into other […]

Posted Posted 3 weeks ago

Financial Services (In-house)
FinTech
FMCG
Technology (In-house)

Senior Employment Counsel at a High-Growth Fintech

An exciting opportunity to join a highly innovative and forward thinking fintech business as the business continues to expand into new jurisdictions and prepares to go through the next exciting stage of growth. The candidate will be working closely with two other employment lawyers from leading law firms managing a range of contentious and non-contentious […]

Posted Posted 3 weeks ago

Banking (In-house)
Financial Services (In-house)

Commercial Lawyer – NQ+

Unique opportunity to join a derivatives/capital markets focused institution to work on a range of commercial contracts. Our client will consider NQ+ from private practice or in-house. Whilst the successful candidate will ideally have some commercial contracts experience, those from other disciplines with good judgement and commercial awareness will be considered. This is an excellent […]

Posted Posted 1 month ago

Financial Services (In-house)
FinTech
Gaming/Gambling

Lead Crypto Regulatory Counsel

Well-established global fintech company is seeking their first lawyer to lead on all regulatory matters based in London. You will be reporting directly into the CEO advising on regulatory issues affecting the business globally, as well as getting involved on the strategic side. A solid range of regulatory experience on the crypto products side and […]

Posted Posted 1 month ago

asha’s Insights

Career Advice

Making a move to a fintech as the first legal hire

Posted November 21, 2022

Taylor Root Director, Asha Morzaria recently spoke with Anastasia Demetriou, General Counsel and Company Secretary at IFX Payments. They discussed topics around her career, moving in-house, what challenges she’s faced in the market, advice she would give to those looking to move into a high growth environment and the particular attributes she looks for when […]