Lead Counsel, Corporate and Employment

Taptap Send; Dubai; On-site; AED 200,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Taptap Send is seeking a dynamic Lead Counsel for Corporate and Employment, based in Dubai. This legal role includes advising on strategic projects, drafting commercial agreements, and leading the People Operations team in a fast-paced fintech environment. Ideal for a legally qualified lawyer ready for a broader business leadership challenge in a mission-driven organization.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Fast-paced startup environment

Opportunity to impact cross-border finance

Qualifications

• Excited by new challenges and comfortable operating outside your comfort zone.
• Able to explain complex concepts simply.
• Excels at identifying root causes of complex problems.

Responsibilities

• Advise the business on debt/equity financing and new market expansions.
• Draft, review, and negotiate key commercial agreements.
• Manage complex employee relations matters.

Skills

Organizational skills

Communication

Analytical thinking

Education

Legally qualified lawyer

Job description

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Our Mission

Reduce inequity by helping immigrants move money home, and become the leading cross-border fintech for emerging markets.

Our Mission

Reduce inequity by helping immigrants move money home, and become the leading cross-border fintech for emerging markets.

The Team

Founded by Harvard grads / 3rd-time founders also founded Segovia (successful exit) and GiveDirectly (>

300M revenue, fastest-growing NGO).

Top performers from top and varied organizations (e.g., Bain, Bolt, Google, McKinsey, SafeBoda, Uber, Zipline) we like moving fast, and we hire people that do as well.

Driven by mission, guided by values (see below) – in deed, not just word.

Team as global as the mission, >

30 languages from 25 countries (i.e., if you’re interested in learning to make Chicken Moambe, we’re the place).

About Us

Taptap Send is backed by top VCs (Spark, Canaan, Reid Hoffman, Breyer Capital, etc.), rapidly growing and a great place for those looking for both impact and a fast-paced tech startup environment. Read more about the journey in Reid Hoffman’s words or TechCrunch article

Launched in 2019, Taptap is tapping into a transformative shift in global finance : from banks to phones. While this has affected wealthier countries as well, it has been nothing short of a revolution for the emerging markets where the overwhelming majority of population had been unable to access digital finance previously. Taptap Send allows immigrants to send money home instantly and with no fee

• saving money in the process. With a formal market size of >

700B alone, we’ve got a lot more saving to do for our users. Our mission is to reduce inequity by helping immigrants move money home, and become the leading cross-border fintech for emerging markets. And that’s just the beginning...

• We charge fees for transfers on fixed exchange rate corridors (e.g., XOF, XAF).

Our Investors

Spark Capital, Canaan, Reid Hoffman, Breyer Capital (Jim Breyer), Unbound (Shravin Mittal), Wamda (Fadi Ghandour), Firstminute Capital, Slow Ventures (Sam Lessin), Helios Partners (Souleymane Ba), Crossbeam Ventures (Ali Hamed), Nikesh Arora, Samih Toukan, and many other context-specific angels

Role

We are looking for an ambitious legal professional who is excited to take on a broader business leadership role. You will be a key member of our legal team, handling a variety of matters from corporate / financing projects to key commercial contracts, and you'll be able to take on an exciting challenge : leading our People Operations team. This role is perfect for a lawyer who thrives on variety and isn't afraid to step outside their comfort zone. You’ll get hands-on experience with complex legal work in a high-growth environment, while simultaneously developing the people leadership skills.

Location : London, New York, Paris or Dubai

Responsibilities

• Advise the business on and manage key projects such as debt / equity financing or expansion into new markets, with the help of external counsel
• Draft, review, and negotiate key commercial agreements
• Assist in a variety of other legal areas such as disputes, intellectual property, and employment law as needed
• Collaborate with the broader legal team to assess and communicate risks, crafting innovative solutions that align business objectives with the evolving legal landscape
• Proactively identify risks and work with internal and external stakeholders to create actionable strategies
• Handle complex employee relations matters

Requirements

• Based in one of the locations mentioned above
• Legally qualified lawyer (any jurisdiction)
• Ideally, have in-house experience (preferably at a start-up / scale-up)
• Have strong organizational skills and can autonomously manage multiple deliverables in a fast-paced environment
• Excited by new challenges and comfortable operating outside your comfort zone
• An exceptional communicator, able to explain complex concepts simply
• Capable of holding firm on policies and handling complex situations
• Excel at identifying root causes of complex problems and designing practical solutions
• Highly analytical and proficient in Excel

Also you are

• Outgoing - you love speaking to people and enjoy building meaningful relationships
• Execution Oriented - we have an ‘impact first’ philosophy and a lot to get done. You should be able to take an idea to implementation
• Mission Oriented - you are passionate about working for a net positive organisation / tech for good
• Organised - you have a system for how you approach your work that can keep you on track in a scrappy startup environment
• Driven - you thrive in a fast-paced, target oriented company

Taptap Send Values

• Impact first
• Team next
• Accept reality
• Propose solutions
• Win with grit
• Be proactively candid, with yourself and others
• Love the particular
• Own it
• Maybe, even have fun

Taptap Send is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce. All employment decisions are decided on the basis of qualifications, experience and business need. We strongly encourage applications who are members of underrepresented communities to apply.

If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to let us know. Any information you provide us in this respect will only be used to accommodate your requirements.

Note : we recognize imposter syndrome is real - any candidate that does not perfectly fit every characteristic of this role is still strongly encouraged to apply.

Taptap Values

Impact first

Team next

Accept reality

Propose solutions

Win with grit

Be proactively candid, with yourself and others

Love the particular

Own it

Maybe, even have fun

Taptap Send is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce. All employment decisions are decided on the basis of qualifications, experience and business need. We strongly encourage applications who are members of underrepresented communities to apply.

If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to let us know. Any information you provide us in this respect will only be used to accommodate your requirements.

Note : we recognize imposter syndrome is real - any candidate that does not perfectly fit every characteristic of this role is still strongly encouraged to apply.

Seniority level

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Job function

Legal

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