Legal Counsel

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Islamabad, Punjab, PAK
Hybrid
Mid level
Blockchain • Information Technology • Software • Cryptocurrency
The Role
Provide in-house legal support for a crypto/fintech platform: draft, review, and negotiate commercial contracts; support product launches, customer terms, and regulatory/compliance initiatives; perform legal research; manage contract lifecycle and support disputes, corporate housekeeping, and cross-functional legal requests.
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About Fasset

Fasset is an American founded banking and investment platform focused on enhancing financial inclusion in emerging markets, enabling individuals and businesses to securely invest from anywhere in the world. Founded by Mohammad Raafi Hossain and Daniel Ahmed, Fasset has raised more than $80 million in funding and holds regulatory approvals in several countries, including the UAE, Indonesia, Malaysia, the EU, Türkiye, Pakistan, and others.

Requirements

  • Experience level: 1–4 years post-qualification (or equivalent relevant legal experience)
  • Core background:
    • Prior in-house legal experience and/or
    • Demonstrable experience in crypto, virtual assets, fintech, or financial services
  • Industry fit (ideal):
    • Exposure to crypto exchanges / digital asset platforms or adjacent regulated FS/fintech businesses
  • Day-to-day responsibilities
    • Support the Legal team on day-to-day contracting, including drafting, reviewing, redlining, and negotiating:
      • NDAs, vendor/service agreements, SaaS/tech agreements, marketing agreements, referral/partnership agreements, and standard commercial templates
    • Assist with product and commercial legal support for exchange/OTC and platform initiatives:
      • Review product flows, new feature launches, and customer-facing terms/disclosures for legal risk and consistency
    • Help maintain and update customer terms and related documentation (as applicable):
      • General terms & conditions, platform terms, OTC agreements, risk disclosures, privacy/cookie notices
      • Provide first-pass legal review for cross-functional requests from Compliance, Product, Operations, Finance, and Sales
    • Support regulatory and compliance-led initiatives by:
      • Coordinating responses, preparing supporting material, tracking deliverables, and maintaining evidence/records
    • Perform legal research and prepare short, practical internal notes on:
      • Crypto/fintech regulatory developments, cross-border issues, sanctions/AML-adjacent legal queries (in coordination with Compliance)
    • Manage contract lifecycle hygiene:
      • Maintain trackers, assist with approvals, monitor renewal dates, and help keep document repositories organised
    • Support disputes and risk management tasks:
      • Compile facts, review correspondence, escalate issues, and support external counsel where needed
    • Support corporate housekeeping (light-touch, as required):
      • Entity documentation support, board/shareholder paperwork coordination, signature processes

Skills Required

  • 1-4 years post-qualification or equivalent relevant legal experience
  • Prior in-house legal experience
  • Demonstrable experience in crypto, virtual assets, fintech, or financial services
  • Exposure to crypto exchanges or regulated fintech/financial services businesses
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The Company
HQ: Dubai
119 Employees
Year Founded: 2019

What We Do

Redefine the way money works for you, with Fasset. Fasset lets you seamlessly and securely manage all of your digital and real-world financial assets - from wherever you are, in your currency of choice. We believe in democratizing access to global assets, and that everyone, everywhere should be able to use their hard-earned money to buy high-quality, globally-traded assets to build and preserve their wealth. Through Fasset, you can: ⚫ Invest in both digital as well as real-world assets like stocks, bonds, commodities and precious metals. ⚫ Tap into our trading platform and take advantage of a wide range of tokenized assets, including real-time market data. ⚫ Connect to a digital wallet that makes shopping and transferring funds user-friendly, with integrated payment solutions for easy conversion. ⚫ Transfer or receive funds securely and conveniently from wherever you are worldwide with the Fasset Connect Network. The security of our customers’ funds, data and earnings are our top priority. We are regulated by the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA). No aspect of this platform is intended to provide, or should be interpreted as providing, any investment, tax, legal, financial, or other advice of any kind. The materials presented on this platform should not be considered a substitute for professional advice. If you decide to engage in transactions based on any material found on this platform, the decisions, transactions, and any consequences that arise are solely your responsibility. While other users may share investment advice or opinions, please be aware that such advice or opinions are merely conversational exchanges between individuals who may be anonymous or unidentifiable. Fasset explicitly does not provide investment advice directly, indirectly, implicitly, or in any manner whatsoever. It is recommended that you use any information obtained from this platform as a starting point for your own independent research.

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