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Legal Counsel - FinTech

Abu Dhabi Permanent AED324,000 - AED396,000 per year View Job Description
This is a unique opportunity to become the company's first dedicated in-house legal professional, partnering directly with senior leadership to support strategic growth and manage legal risk.The role offers broad exposure across lending, debt recovery, commercial contracts, regulatory matters, new product initiatives, market expansion, and corporate structuring projects within a dynamic fintech environment.
  • Join as the first in-house legal hire in a scaling fintech
  • Broad exposure across lending, trade finance & regulation

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.

The Successful Applicant

  • 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.
  • Fluent Arabic is mandatory for this position

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



Contact
Matt Jones
Quote job ref
JN-092026-7107197

Job summary

Sector
Legal
Subsector
Banking & Finance - In House
Industry
Financial Services
Where
Abu Dhabi
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Matt Jones
Job reference
JN-092026-7107197