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Legal Counsel

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First Circle is the leading and fastest growing, technology-led financial service business for SMEs in the Philippines. We've already transformed access to credit for thousands of businesses, and now we're building a full service digital-first small business bank offering multi-currency bank accounts, payments, FX, corporate credit cards, and payroll. As we enter this next phase of growth, we're hiring exceptional talent with a track record of excellence to join us in shaping the next chapter.

The Legal Counsel supports the General Counsel and handles the day-to-day legal operations of the business. This role is well suited to a mid-level lawyer who wants hands-on exposure across a broad range of legal matters, with direct mentorship from the GC. The role covers three core areas of support: general legal advice for daily operations, assistant corporate secretary/housekeeping support, and general support to the GC as needed.

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Key Responsibilities:

1. General Legal Advice Performance Objective: Legal is never the reason a transaction or project slips. Positions taken are commercial but defensible. Escalation is timely: material issues are escalated to the CEO/CIO.

  • Provide general legal advice and support for all FCGFC daily operations
  • Review, draft, and negotiate contracts and other legal documents in the ordinary course of business
  • Provide legal support across departments on day-to-day operational questions and requests
  • Escalate matters to the GC where legal or business risk requires senior input

2. Assistant Corporate Secretary & Housekeeping Support Performance Objective: Zero late or deficient statutory filings. Full corporate record set maintained. Any corporate record producible same day as requested.

  • Act as assistant to the GC in the Corporate Secretary function
  • Support the preparation and safe-keeping of board and stockholders' meeting minutes and corporate records
  • Assist in the preparation and filing of SEC certificates, GIS, and other corporate housekeeping submissions
  • Help ensure ongoing SEC compliance, including tracking statutory deadlines

3. General Support to the GC

  • Provide general support to the GC on strategic, transactional, compliance, and other workstreams as needed
  • Assist on ad hoc/special projects assigned to Legal
  • Help maintain corporate records, filings, and documentation in good order

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A successful candidate is:

  • Able to balance commercial mindedness with legal best practice.
  • Able to drive progress across multiple workstreams in a fast paced environment.
  • Comfortable voicing their opinions to strong-minded stakeholders.
  • Able to balance urgency with thoroughness.
  • Comfortable working in an expat-led organization.

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Team construct

The Legal counsel is supported by a team of five: General Counsel, a paralegal, Head of Compliance, a Compliance Assistance and a general administrative assistant.

Requirements

  • 3–5 years of relevant legal experience.
  • Experience in a startup or fintech environment.
  • Admitted to the Philippine bar and in good standing.
  • Experience supporting business operations legal needs (contracts, day-to-day legal questions).
  • Exposure to corporate secretarial/housekeeping work (minutes, SEC filings) is an advantage.
  • Strong drafting, negotiation, and communication skills.
  • Ability to work independently while knowing when to escalate to the GC.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work set-up: 2 days per week in our BGC office; remote the rest of the time.
  • Additional perks & benefits: HMO coverage from week one, free catered lunches, monthly fitness allowance, transportation & accommodation allowance, and more.
  • Join a team with a deeply collaborative culture! Learn more here: https://www.firstcircle.ph/careers
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