Legal Counsel (Product Regulatory)

We are the leading all-in-one finance operating system for growing businesses in South-East Asia. We are on a mission to reinvent business finance for a new generation of entrepreneurs and business owners, empowering startups and SMBs to realize their full potential.

We have successfully closed an oversubscribed US$ 100 million Series C equity round in 2023 led by Sequoia and Lightspeed with participation of Tencent and PayPal. Since its inception in 2018, we have raised over US$ 300 million from world-class investors to power our solutions we have partnered with some of the best companies in the world such as Visa and Wise and help more than 15,000 businesses using our suite of products.

In 2020 we were awarded Hottest Startup by Singapore Business Review and Finalist MAS Fintech Awards. In 2021 and 2022 we were named in LinkedIn's Top 5 Startups in Singapore and awarded Best Employer of the Year and best Payments Tech 2022 by Asia Fintech Awards .

You will be amazed by our energy and ambition. We are a team of ex-entrepreneurs, ex-founders, and A players with international and diverse (45% of us are women) backgrounds. We team up to excel in what we do, and don't take NO for an answer.

We are expanding rapidly. Are you a top talent? Are you passionate about entrepreneurship? Join us and make an impact in the Fintech space!

About the role:

Aspire is looking for an experienced Legal Counsel in Product Regulatory to work alongside our product and network teams to assist them with the launch of new payment services across jurisdictions, as well as further enhancing existing product offerings.

As part of Aspire's regional legal team, you will work closely together with the product, compliance, risk and commercial teams. You will be part of a group of people always looking for opportunities to innovate and challenge the status quo. You're familiar with the APAC regulatory landscape covering payment services and financial products, are able to understand the regulatory and legal challenges and find pragmatic solutions, in line with commercial and strategic objectives, which allow for scale.

What will you be doing?

• Collaborate with product teams to understand the commercial and technical needs for the envisioned product proposition;
• Anticipate and spot key regulatory risks and ensure these are addressed in a practical and scalable way;
• Identify opportunities to improve new and existing products and challenge interpretations and market practice;
• Provide concise and practical regulatory advice on payment and financial services law in line with Aspire commercial and strategic objectives which allow for scale;
• Coordinate with external counsel to scope regulatory requirements and validate solutions.

We would love to get to know you if you have the following:

• You have experience in providing regulatory advice related to payment services and financial products, either in-house or at a reputable law firm;
• You have proven hands-on experience working with regulators in the financial services sector, or have experience working for a financial regulatory authority;
• You are able to understand complex product and regulatory challenges and convert them into structured, practical and actionable solutions;
• You have strong written and verbal communication skills and have the ability to communicate the solutions you designed to both internal and external stakeholders;
• You have awareness of relevant risks, the ability to determine the impact of these risks and are able to consider these when making decisions with product teams;
• Your strong sense of initiative and self-motivation will add value to a fast-growing technology driven environment;
• You have an LLB or LLM degree from a top tier university

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