In House Counsel

About Legaline Platform

Legaline Platform is an AI-native LegalTech company with headquarters in Dubai, currently expanding across the Gulf Region and into global markets. The platform connects clients with licensed lawyers through a technology-driven legal marketplace. Clients can post legal tasks with a budget, and licensed lawyers bid in a closed auction. All communication, negotiation, signing, payment, and milestone execution occur within the platform.

In addition to Legaline Platform, the company is developing Meta Legal Space, an ecosystem focused on legal education, simulation, and professional development. This initiative aims to integrate legal education, practical legal training, technology, and the next generation of legal professionals.

The Role of In-House Counsel

Legaline Platform is seeking an In-House Counsel to support its expansion into the Saudi Arabian market. This full-time position, based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, involves establishing the legal and compliance framework for Legaline's operations in the region from the ground up. The In-House Counsel will work closely with leadership, product, technology, commercial, and operations teams.

The role involves advising on the legal requirements for launching and scaling a technology-driven legal marketplace in Saudi Arabia, while also supporting the broader company ecosystem, including Meta Legal Space. This position will directly influence the structure of Legaline's Saudi operations, contracting with lawyers and clients, partner relationships, data and AI-related matters, employee onboarding, and the integration of regulatory requirements into the platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day legal support for Legaline's expansion and operations in Saudi Arabia.
• Advise on Saudi corporate, commercial, employment, technology, regulatory, and data-protection matters.
• Establish the legal and compliance framework for Legaline's Saudi operations.
• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, partnership agreements, NDAs, employment documentation, platform terms, and lawyer/client agreements.
• Advise on relationships with Saudi lawyers, clients, institutions, technology partners, and other local stakeholders.
• Support employee onboarding and employment-related legal matters in Saudi Arabia.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to embed legal and compliance requirements directly into the Legaline platform.
• Advise on the legal positioning, disclosure, and use of AI-assisted legal drafting, research, and other AI functionality.
• Support Legaline's AI and technology teams on data processing, intellectual property, cybersecurity, and technology-related legal matters.
• Support the establishment and operation of Meta Legal Space initiatives in Saudi Arabia, including legal education, professional training, simulations, partnerships, and related activities.
• Monitor Saudi regulatory developments relevant to LegalTech, AI, professional services, marketplaces, data, payments, and technology.
• Translate regulatory developments into practical recommendations for management and product teams.
• Manage relationships with external Saudi counsel when specialized advice is required.
• Support corporate governance, risk management, intellectual property, and cross-border matters.
• Work closely with Legaline's Dubai headquarters and other country teams as the company expands.

Preferred Experience

• Experience with Saudi technology, fintech, marketplace, or digital-economy regulation.
• Experience with data protection or AI governance.
• Experience advising two-sided marketplaces or SaaS platforms.
• GCC cross-border experience.
• Experience working with licensed professionals or regulated businesses.
• Experience in legal education, legal training, legal technology, or professional-development initiatives.