Legal Counsel - FinTech

Join as the first in-house legal hire in a scaling fintech Broad exposure across lending, trade finance & regulation 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 Fluent Arabic is mandatory for this position