Legal Counsel

Responsibilities

• Review and negotiate contracts in French and English, including framework agreements, commercial contracts and NDA's
• Conduct legal research on banking regulations, data protection, consumer laws, and other relevant topics with a particular focus on the African market;
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of Fintech African regulations, and apply this expertise to relevant contracts and operations;
• Advise the executive team and various departments on regulatory and compliance issues, particularly regarding telecommunication and banking products;
• Collaborate cross-functionally with other departments to support business objectives and ensure legal compliance;
• Provide legal support on corporate law matters as needed;
• Qualifications and Experience:
• Master of Law (LLM) or other relevant legal degree;
• 4+ years of experience in legal practice, with a focus on commercial contract negotiation;
• Fluency in both French and English is mandatory;
• Understanding of data protection laws (including the GDPR), consumer laws, and banking regulations;
• Prior experience or knowledge of telecommunications or fintech industries is highly desirable;
• Familiarity with African regulations is a significant asset;
• The ideal candidate is someone who:
• Ability to adapt to a fast-paced environment;
• Excellent communication skills - both written and verbal, fluency in French is required
• A hard-working and resilient approach to handling multiple tasks and tight deadlines;
• Cross-functional collaboration and teamwork mindset;
• Strong business orientation, with the ability to align legal strategies with business goals
• Company overview:
• Our flagship products are Airtime Credit Services (ACS), Nano and BNPL.
• ACS is an airtime or data advance offered to prepaid mobile subscribers at the point of low credit.
• Nano is a micro cash advance offered to mobile wallet users on demand.
• BNPL facilitates payment installments for products and services
• As a FinTech company, our business is entirely technology and data driven, from determining subscriber eligibility, generating relevant offers, managing risk, loan issuance, recovery, optimizing performance and reporting, reconciliation and billing.
• Each day we process approximately 21M loan requests and 1.4 TB of data across our markets. This process needs to be robust, reliable and secure.
• But it doesn't end there. We're exploring new ways of using our platform and transactional data to improve our products and develop new product opportunities.

Additional Information

Job Title: Legal Counsel Location: Dubai, UAE Reports to: Managing Director

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