Legal Counsel
About our client
Our client is a fast-growing fintech business developing an innovative procurement and trade finance ecosystem across the UAE and wider region. Backed by a strong growth strategy, the business is expanding its products, market presence, and operational capabilities.
Job description
Lead debt recovery, collections, and pre-litigation activities across the UAE.
Manage external counsel and oversee claims, enforcement, and litigation matters.
Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of commercial, lending, and financing agreements.
Advise the business on lending, trade finance, credit, and day-to-day commercial legal matters.
Support new market entries, licensing activities, and corporate structuring initiatives.
Partner with commercial, product, and operational teams to identify risks and deliver practical legal solutions.
Develop legal processes, governance frameworks, and policies while monitoring regulatory developments.
Successful applicant
The successful candidate will have fluent Arabic, which is mandatory for this position, and demonstrate the ability to lead debt recovery, collections, and pre-litigation activities across the UAE.
They will manage external counsel and oversee claims, enforcement, and litigation matters.
They will draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of commercial, lending, and financing agreements.
They will advise the business on lending, trade finance, credit, and day-to-day commercial legal matters.
They will support new market entries, licensing activities, and corporate structuring initiatives.
They will partner with commercial, product, and operational teams to identify risks and deliver practical legal solutions.
They will develop legal processes, governance frameworks, and policies while monitoring regulatory developments.
What’s on offer
Opportunity to shape the legal function within a rapidly expanding fintech business.
Significant exposure to technology, procurement, lending, regulatory, and commercial projects.
Highly competitive package with family benefits and bonus potential.
Fluent Arabic is mandatory for this position.