Senior Corporate Counsel

About the Role
As Senior Corporate Counsel, you will own legal and compliance matters across our international group. You will act as a senior legal advisor across multiple jurisdictions, covering corporate and commercial matters, people and employment, governance, compliance, and cross-border legal matters. A significant part of your role will be owning and continuously developing our global compliance framework, including KYC/KYB, AML/CFT, sanctions, third-party compliance, and investigations. You will work closely with People, Finance, Operations, Product, IT, and other business functions to turn legal and regulatory requirements into practical solutions, policies, and controls.

What You’ll Do

• Own and continuously develop the group’s compliance framework, including KYC/KYB, AML/CFT, sanctions, third-party due diligence, ethics, and related policies and controls.
• Oversee risk-based compliance decisions and investigations, and coordinate responses involving regulators, law enforcement, fraud, scams, and other high-risk matters.
• Monitor compliance risks, drive remediation, and report to RiskCo, ExCo, and relevant Boards, working closely with Product, IT, and other business functions.
• Oversee compliance vendors, tooling, and processes, and promote compliance awareness across the organization.
• Advise on corporate, commercial, and cross-border legal matters, including group structuring, entity management, governance, intercompany arrangements, transactions, and international expansion.
• Provide legal guidance across the group’s jurisdictions, including DIFC/UAE operations, and coordinate external counsel where local expertise is required.
• Support Board and shareholder matters, and provide legal oversight of the group’s corporate and statutory obligations.
• Act as the primary legal advisor to People/HR across the full employment lifecycle, employment and contractor models, employee relations, investigations, and terminations. Advise on global workforce structures and cross-border employment, ensuring contracts, policies, and practices reflect applicable local requirements.
• Draft, review, and negotiate vendor, customer, partner, and other commercial agreements, providing practical advice on contractual and commercial risk.
• Advise on data protection and privacy requirements across international operations, coordinating specialist advice where required. Shape the global policy framework, translate legal requirements into practical controls, and proactively identify and mitigate material legal risks.

What You’ll Need

• 8+ years of relevant legal experience.
• A university degree in Law (LLB, JD or equivalent) and a professional legal qualification or admission to practise law in at least one recognized jurisdiction.
• Strong corporate, commercial, and employment law experience in an international and cross-border environment.
• Demonstrated experience advising People/HR and organizations operating through multiple legal entities and jurisdictions.
• Experience owning or operating compliance frameworks, with practical knowledge of KYC/KYB, AML/CFT, sanctions, and third-party due diligence.
• Strong commercial contracting, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Sound knowledge of data protection and privacy requirements relevant to international organizations.
• Ability to exercise sound legal judgment and translate complex requirements into practical, business-oriented solutions.

Nice to Haves

• Experience with DIFC/UAE law and regulations.
• Experience in DeFi/Crypto.
• Experience building or scaling compliance frameworks across multiple jurisdictions, and experience interacting with regulators, law enforcement, or external investigators.
• Experience with international corporate restructurings, investments, or M&A.
• ICA, ACAMS, CIPP, or an equivalent compliance/privacy qualification.