Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
Thunes operates in the infrastructure layer of fintech, where SaaS-adjacent platforms often scale through regulated, multi-jurisdictional expansion rather than purely product-led distribution. A Senior Legal Counsel focused on corporate and company secretarial work is therefore central to how a global network business formalises entities, governance, and strategic transactions while supporting a product that moves money across markets.
For a SaaS career, the role offers durable exposure to the operating realities that sit behind recurring-revenue platforms: entity management, cross-border compliance coordination, and the legal mechanics of partnering with other platforms and financial institutions. Experience advising on M&A, intragroup agreements, and regulatory change management translates well across SaaS companies that grow via acquisitions, internationalisation, or complex ecosystems of vendors and channel partners.
This position fits a counsel who prefers being embedded with stakeholders and shaping decisions early, rather than acting as a downstream reviewer. It will suit someone comfortable balancing pragmatic commercial guidance with governance discipline, and who values breadth—corporate, CoSec, and transaction support—over a narrow specialism.
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Job Description
About Thunes
Thunes is the Smart Superhighway for money movement around the world. Thunes’ proprietary Direct Global Network allows Members to make payments in real-time in over 130 countries and more than 80 currencies.
Thunes’ Network connects directly to over 7 billion mobile wallets and bank accounts worldwide, via more than 350 different payment methods, such as GCash, M-Pesa, Airtel, MTN, Orange, JazzCash, Easypaisa, AliPay, WeChat Pay and many more. Members of Thunes’ Direct Global Network include gig economy giants like Uber and Deliveroo, super-apps like Grab and WeChat, MTOs, fintechs, PSPs and banks.
Thunes’ Direct Global Network differentiates itself through its worldwide reach, in-house Smart Treasury Management Platform and Fortress Compliance Infrastructure, ensuring Members of the Network receive unrivalled speed, control, visibility, protection and cost efficiencies when making real-time payments globally.
Headquartered in Singapore, Thunes has offices in 12 locations, including Barcelona, Beijing, Dubai, London, Manila, Nairobi, Paris, Riyadh, San Francisco, Sao Paulo and Shanghai. For more information, visit:https://www.thunes.com/
Context of the role
As Senior Legal Counsel - Corporate/Cosec, reporting into our General Counsel, your focus will be supporting the Legal & Compliance function in building a world-class legal and regulatory infrastructure for sustainable business performance into the future. You will assist the General Counsel in providing corporate and company secretarial legal advice to the group, advising on legal risks, providing legal advice and support with regards to all aspects of corporate and M&A matters and company secretarial administration as well as other corporate events. You will be part of a team that ensures full compliance with regulatory requirements; including all obligations relating to customer payments data and payment processing services as well as acquiring and maintaining all relevant licences to perform our business activities globally (incl. payment institution licences, money remittance licences, etc).
The successful candidate must be a highly motivated self-starter with a proven ability to work in a fast-paced environment, both independently and as a member of a team.
The primary tasks, duties, and responsibilities are
- Assist in managing the legal and company secretariat aspects of the Thunes group company structure
- Serve as integral member of Thunes' Legal team and liaise between other departments, anticipating their requirements
- Provide pragmatic but always legally sound guidance and maintain a culture of excellence to cross-functional stakeholders
- Maintain relationships with external counsel and other strategic advisors
- Provide appropriate legal and contractual support for all business areas in respect of intragroup services, agreements and legal entity establishment
- Work closely with the Legal & Compliance leaders in monitoring and responding to relevant statutory, regulatory and policy changes
- Play an active role as requested in M&A activities, including negotiation, due-diligence and closing
- Reinforce culture of compliance with all relevant rules and regulations, including assisting in the formulation of and compliance with internal policies, rules and procedures.
- Ensure the proper balance of internal and external legal resources and their effective allocation
What we are looking for
- Law qualification from a reputable institution; admitted as a solicitor/lawyer ideally in a common law jurisdiction such as Singapore or England & Wales
- Demonstrable legal negotiation and drafting experience either from within a reputable law firm or similar in-house role
- Minimum 5 years of post-qualification legal experience
- Broad legal experience including corporate, M&A, company secretariat
- Ability to “roll up your sleeves” and ensure effective operations; identify best practices in legal and apply to Thunes
- Strong alignment with Thunes’ culture and values and be comfortable in changing corporate environments
- Committed to building a world-class legal organisation that supports Thunes’ efforts to achieve its goals
- Willingness to work from Thunes’ office in location, e.g. in London
- Willingness to travel and work across different time zones
Sounds like you? Apply now!
