Paralegal & Compliance Associate –Abu Dhabi
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Role Overview
The Legal and Compliance Associate supports the Legal and Compliance function across the business.
The role provides legal research, document drafting, KYC/AML assistance, and regulatory or compliance coordination.
The position works with Legal, Compliance, Risk, Operations, and external counsel.
The role offers early-career exposure to financial market infrastructure, derivatives, and cross-border regulatory frameworks.
Key Skills for This Role
Full Job Posting
Role Overview
The Legal and Compliance Associate supports the Legal and Compliance function across the business.
The role provides legal research, document drafting, KYC/AML assistance, and regulatory or compliance coordination.
The position works with Legal, Compliance, Risk, Operations, and external counsel.
The role offers early-career exposure to financial market infrastructure, derivatives, and cross-border regulatory frameworks.
Legal Assistance
- Assist in drafting, reviewing, and maintaining membership agreements.
- Support rulebooks and policies, including data protection and GDPR materials.
- Maintain client onboarding documentation, commercial contracts, NDAs, and board or committee documentation.
Compliance and KYC/AML Support
- Assist with client onboarding checks, KYC, enhanced due diligence, AML risk assessments, sanctions screening, and monitoring.
- Support compliance policies, procedures, and the compliance monitoring programme.
- Liaise with Compliance, MLRO, and CCO teams.
- Maintain logs, registers, compliance trackers, and audit trails.
Regulatory Support
- Support regulatory submissions and responses to supervisory queries.
- Maintain regulatory records, map obligations, and support emerging regulatory projects.
- Monitor developments relating to digital asset derivatives, market infrastructure, CCP regulation, and FMIs.
- Prepare regulatory updates.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in law, regulation and compliance, or a related discipline.
- 3–5 years of experience in a legal, regulatory, or compliance function.
- Exposure to financial services, fintech, or ADGM market infrastructure is advantageous.
- Strong legal drafting ability, attention to detail, analytical skills, and research skills.
- Understanding of KYC/AML frameworks and GDPR or data protection obligations.
- Ability to interpret regulatory texts and translate them into practical requirements.
- Proficiency in AI tools and Microsoft Office; document management tools experience is preferred.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, regulated environment and manage multiple priorities.
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