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Konfio is Mexico's leading fintech company, serving over 100,000 customers with innovative financial solutions including lending, credit cards, and payments for small and medium-sized enterprises. The company is on a mission to empower entrepreneurs and drive economic growth across Mexico.
You will lead the Legal Corporate function, managing the full lifecycle of contracts, litigation strategy, and intellectual property protection. This is a strategic management role with direct team leadership and cross-functional impact across Risk/Collections, Accounting, and FP&A.
Key Responsibilities:
- Contract Management: Lead drafting, review, and negotiation of third-party and vendor contracts; develop or update product terms and conditions.
- Judicial Collection & Litigation: Define and oversee judicial and extrajudicial collection strategy with external law firms to maximize recovery of overdue portfolios; validate and refine litigation approaches.
- Strategic & Tax Support: Provide legal support for tax deduction strategies related to uncollectible credits; offer internal consulting on collection matters.
- Regulatory & Authority Relations: Handle requirements and reports from judicial and administrative authorities (Profeco, Fiscal offices, etc.) related to company litigation.
- Intellectual Property: Manage and maintain Konfio's intellectual property registrations to protect intangible assets.
You will work in a high-execution culture that values resilience, critical thinking, and cross-functional collaboration to solve complex challenges.
Requirements:
- Law degree with specialization in Corporate/Financial Law; 10+ years in the financial, banking, or insurance sector.
- 10+ years of solid experience in contracts and litigation (primarily commercial and civil law), overdue portfolio recovery, external law firm coordination, and portfolio sale transactions.
- Deep expertise in commercial, civil, financial, and corporate law; knowledge of intellectual property law; advanced English proficiency.
- Strong negotiation, problem-solving, results orientation, and organizational skills; demonstrated critical thinking and resilience (GRIT).
