What you'll do

📍Provide clear and actionable counsel to the business on risk management, finance, corporate governance and reporting, data protection, anti-money laundering and other functional and operational units. 📍Provide practical advice on legal issues and risks in a risk-tolerant, but compliance-oriented environment, including the impact on the company’s long-term strategy for business. 📍Provide innovative legal solutions for complex projects involving new technologies to support commercial objectives including the analysis and advice on new regulatory guidance in the fintech industry. 📍Draft, review, and negotiate a range of commercial contracts, such as but not limited to vendor contracts and investment agreement. 📍Serve as part of a multi-jurisdiction legal team. 📍Assist in guiding and driving licensing efforts and eliminating regulatory and operational blockers by collaborating with cross-functional teams internally and engaging with local regulators. 📍Attend case conferences and hearings with courts and government agencies. 📍Other responsibilities not listed here but reasonably assumed to be a function of the Junior Legal Counsel’s position/role.

What we expect from you

📍Minimum 5 years of post-qualification experience in general corporate law, contracts, labor laws and regulatory compliance (e.g. BSP, SEC, BIR, LGU, AMLC). 📍Familiarity with, and a working knowledge of, key government organizations such as BSP, SEC, BIR, and LGUs will be essential. 📍Excellent judgment, analytical rigor, clear communication, and business pragmatism. 📍A good team player, agile, and can adapt to a fast-paced, high-intensity environment. 📍Motivated, self-starter with a passion for payments and cryptocurrency and requires minimal supervision. 📍Fluency in English with outstanding writing and communication skills.