Associate Legal Counsel

About Us

Tamara is the leading fintech platform in Saudi Arabia and the wider GCC region with a mission to help people make their dreams come true by building the most customer-centric financial super-app on earth. The company serves millions of users in KSA, UAE and Kuwait, and partners with leading global and regional brands such as SHEIN, Jarir, noon, Amazon, IKEA, eXtra and Farfetch as well as small and medium businesses.

Tamara is Saudi’s first fintech unicorn and is backed by Sanabil Investments, SNB Capital, Checkout.com, amongst others, operating out of its headquarters in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia with other regional and global support offices.

Your role

We're seeking an Associate Legal Counsel for our Legal team. As Associate Legal Counsel, you will be crucial in forge strong connections across the company, working with leaders and teams in different areas to provide comprehensive legal support on a diverse range of matters.

Drawing on your proficiency in reviewing, drafting commercial contracts, you will be responsible for providing effective legal counsel to the business and acting as a legal advisor and Business Partner, negotiating contracts, managing litigation, and providing counseling on legal matters to create unique experience only Tamara can provide.

With a proven track record of execptional communication with bilingual fluency in English and Arabic, able to navigate complex negotiations and build strong relationships both internally across the business and externally with clients, and ultimately revolutionize the way millions of users shop, pay, and bank.

You are a driven, determined, curious team player, knowing that collective strength means we all win. With a positive outlook, you are solution-oriented–persevering regardless of circumstances, always finding a way through, no matter the challenges. 

You will effectively find a way to work with everyone through empathy and respect. You will be driven and comfortable with responding quickly with urgency, with the ability to change course without losing momentum and energy, resulting in great success.

Your responsibilities

• Build relationships with the business and stakeholders in various sectors and functions.
• Support a wide range of legal matters (e.g. transactions, disputes, intellectual property, mergers & acquisitions, and compliance issues).
• Work effectively with outside counsel.
• Support the Legal team, working alongside responsible sector attorneys, as appropriate.
• Assist with drafting, document review, document management, and business queries.
• Support in the use of technology to help us build a world-class and cutting-edge legal function.
• Provide other legal services and advice to the company as needed.

Your expertise

• Bachelor’s Degree in law with 1-2 years of relevant work experience in the MENA region.
• Must be fluent in both English and Arabic.
• Strong negotiation and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to multitask and work with different stakeholders within the business.
• Good at external relationship building.

All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.

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