The Role
Provides strategic legal support for global payments, fintech, and cross-border transactions. Reviews and negotiates commercial contracts, advises on licensing, compliance, data protection, product launches, and new markets, and structures payment partnerships. Maintains legal documents, contracts, policies, and compliance materials while supporting dispute resolution, regulatory inquiries, and external counsel management across multiple jurisdictions.
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Company Description
Tazapay provides payments infrastructure for global money movement, enabling businesses to accept cards and 80+ alternative payment methods across 173+ countries. The platform supports holding and converting funds in 100+ currencies and offers same-day payouts in 80+ markets, built on modern payment rails with USDC and USDT on/off ramps to simplify cross-border transactions. Founded in Singapore in 2020, Tazapay serves over 1,000 enterprises, including fintechs, marketplaces, and platforms in sectors such as travel, gaming, education, and digital goods, and operates under licensing and regulatory frameworks in key jurisdictions. The company recently raised a $36M Series B led by Circle Ventures with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Peak XV Partners, Ripple, and RTP Global, and has received multiple industry awards, including recognition by CNBC and CB Insights as a leading global fintech. Stablecoin services are provided through Tazapay Canada Corp., a registered Money Services Business.
Role Description
Do you want to make an impact? Behind every payment is a person, a business, an ambition. Someone waiting to be paid. A business reaching a new market. An entrepreneur taking their next step.
Tazapay helps make those steps possible by making cross-border payments more accessible, efficient and affordable. Its our ambition and daily work to make this easier and better every day.
In helping turn that ambition into a business that can grow responsibly - Legal counsel is critical. Our team helps the business:
- navigate different legal and regulatory systems;
- engage with regulators;
- support new products and partnerships; and
- help colleagues make difficult decisions with confidence.
This is what makes this role meaningful. Do you want to be part of this impact?
As Legal Counsel at Tazapay, you will provide strategic legal support for global payments, fintech, and cross-border transactions in a fast-growing, regulated environment. You will review, and negotiate commercial contracts with enterprises, partners, payment providers, and other stakeholders, ensuring alignment with regulatory, risk, and business requirements.
You will advise internal teams on legal issues related to licensing, compliance, data protection, product launches, and new markets, and help design legally sound structures for payment flows and partnerships. You will manage legal document preparation, maintain contract templates and policies, and oversee dispute resolution, external counsel engagement, and regulatory inquiries where needed.
This is a full-time hybrid role based in Singapore, with a combination of in-office collaboration and work-from-home flexibility.
Qualifications and character
- Kind and non-political in character.
- Must be very responsive - we are looking for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and communicates promptly. Being quick to read, acknowledge and respond to messages, and proactive in following through, is essential for success in this role.
- Be proactive - take the initiative to get things done. To make things happen.
- Be able to be pragmatic and practical in your advice.
- Be able to turnaround work efficiently and quickly. This is a fast-paced, dynamic environment - you have to be accurate in your law yet fast and agile to produce the work.
- Strong foundation in Law, with demonstrated expertise in commercial, payments, fintech, or financial services regulation.
- Proficiency in contract negotiation, including structuring agreements, managing stakeholder interests, and securing favorable terms.
- Experience in Legal Document Preparation, including drafting, reviewing, and maintaining contracts, policies, and compliance documentation.
- Ability to identify, assess, and mitigate Legal Issues across multiple jurisdictions and regulatory frameworks.
- Track record of providing clear, practical Legal Advice to cross-functional teams, including product, operations, compliance, and leadership.
- Law degree (LL.B or equivalent) from a recognised commonwealth jurisdiction; admission to practice in a relevant jurisdiction is strongly preferred.
- Ability to work in Singapore (Singapore citizen or Permanent Resident of Singapore).
- Background in fintech, payments, or financial services, ideally with cross-border or multi-market exposure is an added plus.
- Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work independently.
- Ability to work hard but yet have fun at work - to make colleagues feel valued and to demonstrate the value that Legal brings to the Business.
Tazapay is great to work in! Its a non-toxic work environment, super understanding and nurturing senior management and fun working culture! You will be the right hand of the Group General Counsel and Regulatory Officer. You will learn a lot and grow both as a lawyer and as a licensing regulatory expert. You will have loads of fun too!
Lunch is on us! Some of the many perks include daily S$20 food allowance, work-from-home policy, very competitive pay, medical insurance, usage of external legal counsel to support you, global firm trip(s), usage of enterprise Claude and enterprise ChatGPT to aid you in your work, fun gatherings & team bonding - most crucially, lots of fun and kind colleagues. Can we also say that we are located at Tower 3 of Suntec City - which is the closest tower to the MRT station (Circle line and Blue line), so imagine how convenient it would be to get to work every day. Suntec City is also a way cooler place to work at - a plethora of food and dining options all at your conveniece (and did we mention the constant bazaar sales at Suntec City's atrium) when you take the lift down from your Tazapay office (all in air contioned comfort). Raffles Place and Tanjong Pagar, what do you have to say about that?
At the end of the day, when you retire, - you will look back and be glad that you joined Tazapay and had a very meaningful and fruitful career here. Its the positive memories and the laughter that will be cherished, long after you had sent your last work email. Tazapay - it begins today.
If you’re kind, hardworking, have a positive attitude and just ready to learn, come join us!
Skills Required
- Strong foundation in law with demonstrated expertise in commercial law, payments, fintech, or financial services regulation
- Proficiency in contract negotiation, agreement structuring, stakeholder management, and securing favorable terms
- Experience drafting, reviewing, and maintaining contracts, policies, and compliance documentation
- Ability to identify, assess, and mitigate legal issues across multiple jurisdictions and regulatory frameworks
- Track record of providing clear, practical legal advice to product, operations, compliance, and leadership teams
- Law degree such as an LL.B. or equivalent from a recognized Commonwealth jurisdiction
- Admission to practice in a relevant jurisdiction
- Singapore citizenship or Permanent Resident status, with ability to work in Singapore
- Background in fintech, payments, or financial services with cross-border or multi-market exposure
- Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment
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The Company
What We Do
Tazapay is a Singapore-based fintech company, designed to redefine the cross-border payment experience. Since its inception in 2021 by industry veterans, Tazapay has raised a successful $16.9 million Series A funding round, with significant investment from prestigious institutions such as Sequoia and the PayPal Alumni Fund. The platform allows businesses to transact with ease in 173+ countries, offering an array of card and local payment options. Its unified interface simplifies the onboarding process, allowing businesses to partner with just one entity, thereby streamlining their payment process. Tazapay continues to drive global business growth by offering a trusted and accessible platform for cross-border e-commerce transactions.
