Senior Legal Counsel

We're building an ecosystem of digital products and services that power everyday life across the Middle East - fast, scalable, and deeply customer-centric. Our mission is to deliver to every door every day. We want to redefine what technology can do in this region, and we're looking for a Senior Legal Counsel who can help us move even faster.

noon's mission: Every door, every day. What you'll do:

Team noon has some of the fastest, smartest, and hardest-working people we've encountered. With a young, ambitious, and talented team, we're driving major missions forward.

We are seeking a commercially sharp and business-focused Senior Legal Counsel to act as the lead legal partner for designated UAE businesses. This role will serve as the primary legal authority for day-to-day legal decision-making, new initiatives, and commercial strategy execution, while ensuring governance, risk mitigation, and regulatory compliance.

The role operates with high ownership and visibility, working closely with business and finance leaders and reporting directly to the Deputy General Counsel.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as the ultimate reviewer and quality controller for all NUB-level commercial and non-commercial contracts, business partnerships, and MOUs, ensuring quality standards and SLAs are consistently met.
• Be accountable to the Deputy General Counsel for NUB-level contract quality, governance adherence, and turnaround time (TAT) control.
• Lead drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex commercial agreements, including non-standard contracts and strategic partnerships.
• Drive contract standardization, scalability, and playbook implementation across relevant UAE businesses.
• Serve as the escalation point of contact for Business-level POCs on complex or high-risk matters.
• Escalate material risks, deviations, and emerging themes to the Deputy General Counsel and support incident management and legal remediation.
• Maintain strong, trusted relationships with business leaders and proactively manage overall stakeholder trust and satisfaction.
• Provide practical, commercially sound legal advice to finance and operational teams to enable business growth.
• Work closely with the Deputy General Counsel on regulator engagements, policy interpretation, and translating regulatory requirements into clear operational guidance.
• Support dispute management, enforcement actions, and pre-litigation settlements for relevant businesses.
• Ensure implementation and enforcement of finalized TATs, prioritization frameworks, playbooks, and decision-making structures.

What you'll need:

• 6-10 years PQE with strong experience in corporate, commercial, IP, and contract law.
• Significant experience handling MSAs, supply agreements, partnership contracts, leases, influencer engagements, and complex commercial negotiations.
• Proven experience working with contract lifecycle management systems (CLMs), playbooks, and structured governance frameworks.
• Strong background in e-commerce, retail, fintech, or high-growth digital businesses.
• Experience at a top-tier law firm and/or within a fast-paced in-house environment (experience in both is strongly preferred).
• Regional exposure to UAE regulations and regulatory authorities is essential; exposure to KSA and Egypt is an added advantage.

Who will excel?

• A decisive legal leader who combines technical strength with commercial instinct.
• Someone who thrives in high-ownership, high-visibility environments.
• A strategic thinker who balances risk mitigation with business enablement.
• A professional who drives standardization, process excellence, and scalability.
• Relentlessly resourceful with a strong bias for action.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and building structure where needed.

noon is not for everyone. Readiness to adapt, pivot, and continuously raise the bar is essential.