Legal Counsel, Finergi

Optasia
Dubai
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Legal, Risk & ComplianceExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Drafting","Negotiation","Collaboration","Structured thinking","Risk awareness","Stakeholder management"]

Own the legal engine behind commercial expansion—drafting and negotiating MOUs and agreements with utilities, banks, MNOs, aggregators, and other partners. Support tenders and proposals, create reusable legal frameworks/templates, and build contract tracking and management systems. Partner closely with Commercial and Finance to keep deals aligned and identify legal/regulatory risk across jurisdictions, while using AI tools to streamline legal workflows.

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Legal Counsel, Finergi

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Job Summary

Own the legal engine behind commercial expansion—drafting and negotiating MOUs and agreements with utilities, banks, MNOs, aggregators, and other partners. Support tenders and proposals, create reusable legal frameworks/templates, and build contract tracking and management systems. Partner closely with Commercial and Finance to keep deals aligned and identify legal/regulatory risk across jurisdictions, while using AI tools to streamline legal workflows.
Location: Dubai
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance

Key Responsibilities

  • •Draft, review, and negotiate MOUs and commercial agreements with utilities, banks, MNOs, aggregators, and other partners.
  • •Provide legal input for tenders and proposals, including structure, risk, and terms.
  • •Develop reusable legal frameworks, templates, and playbooks for multiple deals and markets.
  • •Design and embed systems for contract tracking, filing, and management.
  • •Lead AI-enabled improvements to streamline drafting, review, and legal workflows, and manage legal/regulatory risk with Commercial and Finance.

Key Requirements

  • •Qualified lawyer with solid experience (typically 5+ years) in commercial or corporate law, ideally with in-house experience.
  • •Strong drafting and negotiation background, including commercial agreements and MOUs.
  • •Experience with commercial partnerships in fintech, payments, telecoms/MNO, energy/utilities, or financial services.
  • •Practical, structured mindset—turning one-off work into reusable frameworks and clean systems.
  • •Comfort working across multiple jurisdictions and multi-stakeholder deals, with excellent written and spoken English.
Experience:5+ yearsFintechPaymentsTelecomsMNOEnergy/utilitiesFinancial servicesAfrican marketsEmerging marketsIn-house legal
Skills:DraftingNegotiationCollaborationStructured thinkingRisk awarenessStakeholder management
Languages:EnglishFrench
Tech Stack:AI toolsContract lifecycle management (CLM)

Company Brief

Optasia
Operates a digital health platform delivering online mental health and therapy services, connecting users with licensed therapists and providing tools for wellbeing, counselling, and remote treatment management to improve access to behavioral healthcare.
Industry: Mental Health
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