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Ref: GP186-2698
Job description / Role
Charterhouse is working with a leading Regional development and investment organisation. Our client is looking to hire a Head of Legal for one of their newly created enterprises.
Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, this position will take ownership of all legal issues in consumer and business lending, technology, consumer protection and financial services / operations.
Requirements
The successful candidate should be a qualified lawyer with at least 8 years’ PQE. You should ideally already be based in a MENA country with a track record in payment products / services and managing a legal team. You should also possess strong commercial contract drafting / negotiation experience relating to e-commerce.
It is essential you have had exposure to banking and payment regulations alongside anti-money laundering and privacy / data protection and other laws affecting payment products and consumer / business products. Experience in e-commerce, payments, credit cards or other credit and payments products would also be advantageous.
About the Company
The Charterhouse brand and business was launched in Dubai and the Middle East in April 2004 by a team of international recruiters and management consultants, after its inception in Sydney, Australia in September 2003. Charterhouse Middle East is now positioned as the leading regional recruiter within its area of disciplines and functional markets.
Charterhouse offers professional and bespoke contingency and retained search services to all sectors of the market. Service quality is guaranteed, thanks to a particular focus on flexibility. Charterhouse was the first international search and selection business to establish Dubai as its base. The growth in the Middle East region has been mirrored by Charterhouse globally, with offices now in Qatar, Hong Kong, Singapore, Melbourne and Sydney.