Senior Legal Counsel - Dubai - Heavy regulatory slant - 5 years pqe++ -

Our client is one of the largest independent regulator of financial services conducted in or from the DIFC in Dubai.  Their regulatory mandate includes asset management, banking and credit services, securities, collective investment funds, custody and trust services, commodities futures trading, Islamic finance, insurance, an international equities exchange, and an international commodities derivatives exchange. In addition to regulating financial and ancillary services, they are responsible for supervising and enforcing anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CTF) requirements applicable in the DIFC.

They are now seeking a Senior Legal Counsel who reports into the Director of legal to assist with all regulatory aspects of the regions financial services industry, and you will find yourself heavily involved in Dubai's markets and frameworks. You need to work closely with their risk and business development teams in order to ensure that the company is doing business with the highest levels of professionalism and protection.

You will need to have 5+years of post-qualified experience.in a magic circle or presently working within the legal team of a financial services regulator.  Fantastic opportunity for a senior regulatory lawyer in Dubai.

Please reach out to our MD Nigel Byrne  nigel@legal-route.com for a strictly confidential chat.