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Experience
6 - 10 Years
Job Location
Education
Any Graduation
Nationality
Any Nationality
Gender
Not Mentioned
Vacancy
1 Vacancy
Job Description
Roles & Responsibilities
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
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Lead legal support for market expansion and new product launches across the GCC
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Lead or support engagement with regulators and maintain our regulatory compliance framework across the GCC region
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Handle commercial contracts, employment matters, disputes, and general legal work as needed
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Work cross-functionally with business, product, compliance and finance teams to tackle day-to-day legal and regulatory challenges
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Collaborate with the legal team to identify risks and develop creative solutions that balance business priorities with legal requirements
Desired Candidate Profile
Requirements
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Legal qualification +6-8 years PQE
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Significant in-house experience (startup preferred)
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Fintech/payments regulatory exposure (preferred)
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Fluent English and Arabic
A good fit for this role is
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Organized and autonomous: you juggle multiple workstreams without dropping balls
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Driven: you thrive in ambitious, target-oriented environments
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Solutions-focused: you find paths forward beyond problems
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Comfortable with ambiguity: new markets and products energize you, not paralyze you
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A clear communicator: you translate legal complexity into plain business language
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Quick but thorough: you maintain quality while moving at startup pace
Company Industry
- Internet
- E-commerce
- Dotcom
Department / Functional Area
- Lawyers
- Legal Advisors
Keywords
- Legal Counsel GCC
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