Assistant Manager Legal- Real Estate Tokenisation & Blockchain

Job Purpose:

We are seeking an experienced Commercial Legal Officer with expertise in real estate tokenization, blockchain technology, digital asset structuring, and exchange/marketplace compliance. The ideal candidate shall be innovative, solution-oriented, and capable of driving commercial and legal frameworks from concept to execution.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Legal & Regulatory Advisory

Provide expert legal guidance on:

- Real estate tokenization and digital asset structuring

- Blockchain-based marketplaces and trading mechanisms

- Platform compliance and investor protection frameworks

- Interpret and comply with regulatory requirements, including but not limited to: RER, REGA, CMA, Digital asset/VASP-related guidelines, and support regulatory filings, licensing, and approvals for digital trading environments.

Commercial & Contractual Support

Draft, review, and negotiate:

- Token issuance and offering documents

- Smart contract legal frameworks

- Platform service-level agreements

- Real estate sale, acquisition, leasing, and investment agreements

- Establish legal models for property tokenization, fractionalization, and compliant digital trading.

- Provide risk assessments and ensure regulatory alignment across product, tech, and operational teams.

Project & Stakeholder Management

- Work cross-functionally with tech, compliance, and strategy teams to align legal frameworks.

- Engage with regulators, external counsel, and financial institutions to support platform operations.

- Resolve legal blockers with innovative, commercially focused solutions.

Requirements:

- Bachelor's in Law, with a specialization in business or in a related field preferred

- 6–8 years of experience in real estate, fintech, or digital assets.

- Strong working knowledge of real estate regulatory frameworks in Saudi Arabia or other GCC countries, digital asset legal structures, exchange and trading platform regulations, and blockchain commercial contracting.

- Proven ability to design and implement complex legal frameworks in regulated or digital market environments.

- Strong understanding and experience in KSA law.

- Post qualification, practical experience in KSA preferred.

- Legal drafting in English and Arabic

- Fluent in Arabic and English.