# Legal Director

**Company:** [ZainCash](http://jobs.workable.com/companies/eQiV9Wf1838m3qnTLaYN3Y.md)
**Location:** Baghdad, Iraq
**Workplace:** on site
**Employment type:** Full-time
**Department:** Legal

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## Description

-   Ensure full legal compliance across core digital banking initiatives, including e-KYC/digital onboarding frameworks, micro-merchant acquiring, consumer protection guidelines, and national switch (ACH/RTGS/Mobile Switch) integrations.
-   Act as a key strategic partner to executive leadership (COO/C-Suite) and cross-functional teams to legally structure, vet, and launch innovative digital banking products, card programs, and financial features.
-   Draft, negotiate, and review high-value commercial contracts, vendor agreements, and strategic partnerships with payment processors, technology providers, and financial institutions.
-   Manage and mentor the internal legal unit, building operational capabilities across banking regulatory affairs and commercial law.
-   Monitor changes in Iraqi law and CBI regulation (payments, e-money, banking, consumer protection, data, tax, labor) and advise leadership on their business impact.
-   Manage litigation, arbitration, and pre-litigation disputes, including selection and supervision of external counsel and management of the external legal budget.

## Requirements

-   Law degree.
-   10+ years of legal experience, with at least 4 in a senior/leadership role — ideally in banking, payments, fintech, telecom, or a CBI-regulated institution.
-   Full professional fluency in Arabic and English (drafting and negotiation in both).