Legal Counsel
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Vacancy
1 Vacancy
Job Description
Roles & Responsibilities
The role
You'll join our energetic legal team of 7 lawyers reporting to the GCC Lead Counsel. This is a high-impact, broad-scope role covering the full legal lifecycle of our operations in the region: regulatory, commercial contracts, market expansion, product launches, employment matters, disputes, and whatever else lands on the legal desk.
You'll partner across all business functions to advise on decisions, lead projects, negotiate agreements, and communicate legal issues to lawyers and non-lawyers alike, always balancing business priorities with legal risk. You'll drive growth by navigating new legal and commercial challenges (with local counsel support where needed) and won't wait to be told what needs doing.
Responsibilities
Lead legal support for market expansion and new product launches across the GCC
Lead or support engagement with regulators and maintain our regulatory compliance framework across the GCC region
Handle commercial contracts, employment matters, disputes, and general legal work as needed
Work cross-functionally with business, product, compliance and finance teams to tackle day-to-day legal and regulatory challenges
Collaborate with the legal team to identify risks and develop creative solutions that balance business priorities with legal requirements
Requirements
Legal qualification +6-8 years PQE
Significant in-house experience (startup preferred)
Fintech/payments regulatory exposure (preferred)
Fluent English and Arabic
A good fit for this role is
Organized and autonomous: you juggle multiple workstreams without dropping balls
Driven: you thrive in ambitious, target-oriented environments
Solutions-focused: you find paths forward beyond problems
Comfortable with ambiguity: new markets and products energize you, not paralyze you
A clear communicator: you translate legal complexity into plain business language
Quick but thorough: you maintain quality while moving at startup pace
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