Senior Associate Legal

Listing expiry: 21 October 2026

About the role

Role Overview

The role involves providing legal support and business advisory services across employment law, intellectual property, transactional matters and commercial technology agreements. The legal professional will collaborate with business, sales and other functions, draft and negotiate agreements with customers and vendors, manage internal and external stakeholders, and advise on legal risks across multiple jurisdictions.

Key Responsibilities

• Draft, negotiate and manage legal assignments, coordinating with internal and external stakeholders and managing external legal advisers.
• Provide legal advice and opinions on matters affecting the business and develop solutions to minimize or manage legal risks across the company's operations in different jurisdictions.
• Communicate effectively with internal stakeholders, including management, leadership teams, Finance, HR and Information Security, as well as external stakeholders such as customers, vendors, investor representatives and industry association representatives.
• Continuously improve legal drafts and templates based on lessons learned from customer engagements.
• Simplify contract drafting to improve turnaround times and make legal agreements easier for non-legal stakeholders to understand.
• Support employment law advisory, intellectual property advisory and portfolio management, and transactional matters.
• Draft, review and negotiate SaaS agreements with potential customers and agreements with SaaS vendors supplying services for internal consumption or integration into the company's SaaS offerings.

Qualifications & Experience

• A five-year BA LL.B. (Hons) degree from a reputed national law university or college is mandatory.
• An LL.M. or postgraduate law degree from a reputed international law university, specifically in technology law, is optional.
• Seven years of post-qualification experience in a top-tier law firm, preferably in its technology law practice, or experience involving technology contracts.
• Alternatively, experience as in-house counsel at a technology company is required; SaaS company experience is preferred, although experience at a non-SaaS technology company is also accepted.
• Candidates with prior law-firm experience who are currently working as in-house counsel are preferred over candidates without prior law-firm experience.
• Excellent understanding of laws and market practices relating to technology agreements, including SaaS Master Service Agreements, Professional Services Agreements and Software Development Agreements.
• Knowledge of data protection laws and contractual issues, intellectual property and related areas.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively as required.
• Integrity, honesty and the ability to maintain strict confidentiality.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to understand business requirements and communicate appropriate legal solutions across different cultures and professional backgrounds.
• Ability to explain contractual risks and obligations to non-lawyers.
• Attention to detail, speed and efficiency in reviewing and drafting documents.

Additional Details

• The employer describes itself as a banking technology company providing cloud-native banking and payment platforms.
• The organisation states that it is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and an inclusive working environment.
• Artificial intelligence tools may be used to support parts of the recruitment process, including reviewing applications, analysing resumes, assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials.
• AI tools assist the recruitment team but do not replace human judgment; final hiring decisions are made by humans.
• Applicants seeking more information about how their data is processed may contact the employer.