Legal Operations Associate

Fuse Finance; Dubai; On-site; AED 220,000 - 294,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fintech company in Dubai is seeking a Legal Operations Associate to manage contracting processes such as NDAs and enterprise agreements. This hands-on role requires strong drafting skills and the ability to balance legal risks with business priorities. Candidates should hold a law degree and have practical legal experience. The company offers unlimited vacation, private healthcare, and wellness days.

Benefits

Unlimited vacation time

Private Healthcare

Employee stock ownership (ESOP)

Wellness days

Flexible working and autonomy

Qualifications

• Practical legal experience from a law firm, in-house role, or internship.
• Comfortable working with bespoke, non-standard agreements.
• Commercial mindset balancing legal risk with business priorities.

Responsibilities

• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating NDAs and contracts.
• Managing contract workflows and ensuring turnaround times.
• Coordinating with stakeholders to align contract terms.

Skills

Strong drafting and negotiation skills

Detail-oriented with strong organisational skills

Ability to manage multiple contracts

Strong interpersonal skills

Education

Law degree

Job description

About Fuse

Fuse is rebuilding clearing from the ground up. Fintech has gone global and emerging markets have becomegrowthmarkets, transitioning from high risk jurisdictions to must have corridors, but clearing banks haven’t evolved. We believe the clearing stack needs to be rebuilt. Treasury pooling and/or stablecoins fix surface level issues, but no one is rebuilding the underlying infrastructure in each market - from correspondent nostro account networks to clearing on local central banks.

We’re building a new type of clearing bank, connecting globally important growth markets (such as the Middle East, China, India, Turkey and many more) to G7 currencies through named virtual accounts in every jurisdiction. We take quality very seriously - using our own direct central bank clearing where possible, applying for global banking licenses, operating a universal reliance KYC model - all to ensure the same few lines of code enables a correctly named payment from a local account in every market, making us the ideal clearing partner for any cross border payment.

The Role

We’re looking for a Legal Operations Associate to join our Dubai HQ and take ownership of our day-to-day legal contracting processes. You’ll be working on NDAs, enterprise customer contracts, and supplier agreements — most of which are bespoke, high-value, and critical to our business.

This is a hands-on role for someone who’s detail-oriented, commercially minded, and able to balance legal risk with business priorities. You’ll work closely with our sales, partnerships, and leadership teams to make sure contracts are negotiated efficiently, risks are managed, and processes are followed — enabling Fuse to move fast while staying protected.

Your day to day will include:

• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating NDAs, supplier contracts, and complex enterprise customer agreements.
• Managing contract workflows from initial request to signature, ensuring turnaround times are met.
• Coordinating with internal stakeholders (sales, partnerships, operations) to align contract terms with business requirements.
• Keeping track of contract versions, amendments, and obligations in a structured system.
• Maintaining and improving our contract templates and playbooks.
• Escalating legal or commercial risks appropriately and providing recommendations to mitigate them.
• Liaising with external counsel as needed for specialist advice.
• Supporting process improvements to make contract negotiation more efficient and scalable.

This is an opportunity to be at the heart of Fuse’s commercial engine, working on deals that shape our global growth.

• Law degree and some practical legal experience — this could be from a law firm, in-house role, or internship.
• Strong drafting and negotiation skills, ideally with exposure to B2B or enterprise contracts.
• Comfortable working with bespoke, non-standard agreements.
• Detail-oriented with strong organisational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple contracts and deadlines simultaneously.
• Commercial mindset — able to balance legal risk with business priorities.
• Strong interpersonal skills to work effectively with internal teams and external counterparties.

Bonus points for:

• Experience in fintech, payments, banking, or technology sectors.
• Exposure to cross-border or multi-jurisdictional contracts.
• Familiarity with enterprise SaaS or API service agreements.
• Previous experience creating or managing contract playbooks.

• A Macbook
• Opportunity to travel (if applicable)
• Unlimited vacation time
• Private Healthcare
• Employee stock ownership (ESOP)
• Flexible working and autonomy
• Pay it forward days - we offer 2 annual pay it forward days where you can take time to volunteer for a charitable cause that is important to you.
• Wellness days - we believe you can only work your best when you feel your best, and we know working at Fuse is intense, so we offer 3 wellness days every quarter where you can take time to re-energise.