Legal Counsel – FinTech

About the role

This is a unique opportunity to become the first dedicated in‑house legal professional for a fast‑growing fintech business in the UAE. You will partner directly with senior leadership, supporting strategic growth, managing legal risk, and shaping the legal function across lending, debt recovery, commercial contracts, regulatory matters, new product initiatives, market expansion and corporate structuring.

Key responsibilities

• 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 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.

Required profile

• Fluent Arabic is mandatory.

Required skills

• Finance
• Banking
• In‑house legal experience
• Private practice background
• Collections
• Lending
• Asset management
• Debt recovery

What we 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.