Senior Payments Counsel - Lead Commercial Contracts

Meyssa Legal; Dubai; Vor Ort; AED 420.000 - 900.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Meyssa Legal is recruiting a Senior Legal Counsel for its Dubai hub, leading the commercial legal function within a fintech payments environment. The role oversees a small team and handles high-value agreements spanning merchant onboarding, PSPs, banks, card schemes and cross-border partnerships.

You will work closely with product and Compliance to shape agreements and ensure regulatory alignment, with relocation considered for the right candidate.

Qualifikationen

• Qualified lawyer with approximately 8 years of PQE.
• Strong payments experience across acquiring PSPs, e-money or payment institutions.
• Proven line management experience of junior lawyers.
• Exposure to high-risk merchant verticals such as iGaming is highly beneficial.
• Based in the UAE; UK or European training is welcome and relocation considered within budget.

Aufgaben

• Draft, review and negotiate merchant acquiring, PSP and partner agreements.
• Own standard merchant agreement and contract templates as products evolve.
• Negotiate with acquiring banks, card schemes and alternative payment method providers.
• Advise on complex or high-value agreements including supplier technology and SaaS contracts.
• Advise product and commercial teams on new products, markets and cross-border partnerships.
• Coordinate with Compliance on licensing, AML and card scheme rules in commercial deals.
• Advise on technology, SaaS and data protection terms within commercial agreements.
• Manage and develop a team of two, allocating work across the commercial contracts portfolio.
• Set the commercial contracting strategy: playbooks, templates, risk thresholds and escalation routes.

Kenntnisse

Payments experience

Team management

Commercial contracting

Cross-border / fintech

Relocation flexibility

Ausbildung

Law degree

Jobbeschreibung

Meyssa Legal is recruiting a Senior Legal Counsel for its Dubai hub, leading the commercial legal function within a fintech payments environment. The role oversees a small team and handles high-value agreements spanning merchant onboarding, PSPs, banks, card schemes and cross-border partnerships.

You will work closely with product and Compliance to shape agreements and ensure regulatory alignment, with relocation considered for the right candidate.