Legal Counsel, Fintech, Dubai

7 days ago


Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Taylor Root Global Legal Recruitment Full time
Legal Counsel, Fintech, Dubai

Location
Dubai
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted
Posted 17 hours ago
Start Date
ASAP
Industry
Financial Services (In-house), FinTech
Expiry Date
Legal Counsel, Fintech, Dubai

CLIENT:

Dubai has been paving the way in the world of Fintech and Crypto recently, and this client sits at the forefront of innovation and regulatory issues.


ROLE:
As a fast moving and changing sector, there's no absolute set rules about the kind of work you're going to tackle, but here are some examples of day to day tasks you're likely to come across:

  • Drafting and maintaining regulatory rulebooks, directives, and guidance and creating appropriate framework to assess legal risks.
  • Create a tracker for regulatory changes required based on industry and stakeholder feedback.
  • Structuring, drafting, negotiating, and advising on a wide array of commercial and regulatory agreements.
  • Legal research on key regulatory initiatives and benchmarking against global regimes.

CANDIDATE:
There are some key criteria to be taken into consideration:

  • You'll need at least 3+ years of post-qualified experience.
  • It's essential that you've got excellent banking / finance / fintech services and products knowledge.
  • Your technical knowledge will need to be top class across digital assets, blockchain and payments.
If you think you can fulfil these criteria, please do contact us to discuss. We have a full job description to share.

REF:
PR/225986

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CONSULTANT:

Mark Anderson:

Director | Head of In-house Legal | Middle East and Africa

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