About the role
Support the Legal team across day-to-day commercial contracting, product and platform initiatives, regulatory and compliance-led matters, and broader legal risk management. This role will provide practical legal support across a fast-moving, regulated banking and investment platform, working closely with Compliance, Product, Operations, Finance, and Sales.
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What you'll do
- Support the Legal team on day-to-day contracting, including drafting, reviewing, redlining, and negotiating:
- NDAs, vendor/service agreements, SaaS/tech agreements, marketing agreements, referral/partnership agreements, and standard commercial templates
- Assist with product and commercial legal support for exchange/OTC and platform initiatives:
- Review product flows, new feature launches, and customer-facing terms/disclosures for legal risk and consistency
- Help maintain and update customer terms and related documentation (as applicable):
- General terms & conditions, platform terms, OTC agreements, risk disclosures, privacy/cookie notices
- Provide first-pass legal review for cross-functional requests from Compliance, Product, Operations, Finance, and Sales
- Support regulatory and compliance-led initiatives by:
- Coordinating responses, preparing supporting material, tracking deliverables, and maintaining evidence/records
- Perform legal research and prepare short, practical internal notes on:
- Crypto/fintech regulatory developments, cross-border issues, sanctions/AML-adjacent legal queries (in coordination with Compliance)
- Manage contract lifecycle hygiene:
- Maintain trackers, assist with approvals, monitor renewal dates, and help keep document repositories organized
- Support disputes and risk management tasks:
- Compile facts, review correspondence, escalate issues, and support external counsel where needed
- Support corporate housekeeping (light-touch, as required):
- Entity documentation support, board/shareholder paperwork coordination, signature processes
What you'll bring
Must have
- Experience level: 1–4 years post-qualification (or equivalent relevant legal experience)
- Core background:
- Prior in-house legal experience and/or
- Demonstrable experience in crypto, virtual assets, fintech, or financial services
- Industry fit (ideal):
- Exposure to crypto exchanges / digital asset platforms or adjacent regulated FS/fintech businesses
Nice to have
- Experience working in a regulated financial services, fintech, crypto, virtual assets, payments, or banking environment.
- Exposure to crypto exchanges, digital asset platforms, OTC businesses, or other virtual asset service providers.
- Familiarity with regulatory frameworks across jurisdictions such as UAE, EU, Türkiye, Pakistan, Malaysia, or Indonesia.
Not a 100% match? We'd still love to hear from you. We hire for potential and HEART, not a checklist, so apply if the mission excites you.
What we offer
- Ownership from day one. High-trust, high-ownership culture where you get room to act like an owner and the support to raise the bar.
- Competitive pay, benchmarked across our markets and reviewed as you grow.
- A real path forward through Grow with the company (#GwF), our L1–L7 progression framework with both IC and Manager tracks.
- Global exposure working alongside a team spread across seven markets, solving problems that matter for emerging economies.
- Learning and development support to keep growing your craft.
