About Alaan

Alaan is an AI-native finance platform for businesses in the Middle East. The platform combines corporate cards, expense management, cross-border payments, accounting automation, treasury, business banking*, and more, with AI doing the work finance teams used to do by hand: coding transactions, chasing approvals and receipts, flagging policy breaches, placing treasury deposits, and closing the books.

Our mission is to simplify finance for businesses so they can save time and money.

Over 3,000 businesses use Alaan, from first-time founders to enterprises like Careem, G42, Tabby, Al Barari, and Rivoli. Since 2022, they have saved more than 2.2 million hours of manual finance work.

Alaan has raised $55Mn to date, including one of the largest Series A rounds in Middle East history, backed by Peak XV (formerly Sequoia India), Y Combinator, 468 Capital, and 885 Capital, among others. Headquartered in Dubai, Alaan has more than 250 employees across its Dubai, Riyadh, and Bangalore offices, with a team that comes from Careem, McKinsey, BCG, Goldman Sachs, Amazon, Revolut, Rippling, and the world’s leading firms.

Alaan has been named to the Forbes Fintech 50 list, UAE Future 100 list, selected as an Endeavor company, and ranked the No. 1 spend management platform in EMEA by G2.

*Alaan is a fintech company, not a bank. Business bank accounts are issued by ruya.

About the role

We’re looking for a hands-on Legal Associate to support the day-to-day legal operations of Alaan’s B2B fintech business across the GCC. This role is designed to own execution and legal operations, enabling the Head of Legal. You’ll work closely with Sales, Product, Operations, and Marketing teams, supporting commercial contracting, legal workflows, and compliance hygiene in a fast-growing Series A–B fintech environment.

This is a strong opportunity for a commercially minded lawyer who wants broad exposure, high ownership, and a clear path to growth in a fintech environment.





What you'll do

1. Commercial & Operational Support

- Support Sales and Business teams with day-to-day legal needs across UAE and India jurisdictions.
- Review, draft, and manage standard commercial agreements (MSAs, NDAs, DPAs, vendor and partnership contracts).
- Coordinate contract execution, tracking, renewals, and basic lifecycle management.

2. Legal Operations and Automation

- Own contract management processes and legal trackers.
- Contribute and maintain templates, playbooks, precedent libraries and AI processes.
- Support implementation of scalable legal processes and workflows.

3. Cross-Functional Support

- Assist product, marketing and operations teams to ensure activities align with applicable regulatory and compliance requirements.
- Support ongoing corporate governance and entity maintenance.
- Support internal stakeholders with practical legal guidance on standard use cases.

What we're looking for

- Qualified lawyer in a common-law or civil-law jurisdiction.
- 4-6 years of experience in a top-tier law firm or in-house legal team.
- Experience with commercial contracts (MSA, NDAs, DPAs) and operational legal support.
- Familiarity with the UAE and India financial regulatory landscape.
- Working understanding of financial services regulation and corporate compliance.
- Solid written and verbal communication skills.
- Practical, execution-focused mindset with good business judgment.

What would amaze us

- You speak and write Arabic.
- You have any exposure to fintech, financial services, or technology industries in jurisdictions different from UAE and India.

What's in it for you

- Contribute to building the Middle East’s most beloved fintech brand from the ground up
- Benefit from a role with significant ownership and accountability
- Thrive in a flexible hybrid culture with ample work-life balance
- Participate in exciting offsite events
- Competitive salary and equity
- Enjoy additional perks like travel allowances, gym memberships, and more

📌 Legal Associate (Bengaluru)
🏢 Alaan
📍 Bengaluru