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Clara is the leading platform in Latin America for companies to execute and manage every payment operation. The company serves over 50,000 leading and fast-growing businesses through corporate cards, bill pay, financing, and B2B payments. Named the region's fastest-growing company by the Financial Times in 2025, Clara is backed by Notable Capital, Coatue, Kaszek, monashees, DST Global, ICONIQ, General Catalyst, and Goldman Sachs.
You will join Clara's Legal team in Colombia as a Legal Specialist, serving as a senior individual contributor and cornerstone of the legal function. Operating with significant autonomy, you will navigate a complex, evolving regulatory landscape and handle high-stakes legal work while serving as a trusted advisor to leadership and internal teams. You will own the day-to-day legal operations of Clara's Colombia entity while ensuring local execution aligns seamlessly with global standards across LATAM.
Key responsibilities include:
• Participate in high-stakes global financial transactions, including major loan facilities and capital markets deals.
• Structure and negotiate equity and debt financing rounds alongside venture capital and private equity stakeholders.
• Own Clara's regulatory compliance in Colombia, including financial sector requirements, AML/CFT obligations, and data protection frameworks.
• Manage communications, filings, and deadlines with regulatory bodies, and lead responses to administrative requests or inquiries.
• Draft, review, negotiate, and manage commercial agreements, including client contracts, vendor agreements, NDAs, and strategic partnerships.
• Lead legal negotiations on product-related matters, partnering closely with Product, Sales, and Finance teams to enable business momentum while protecting Clara's interests.
• Collaborate with the Product team on the legal architecture of new financial products, ensuring regulatory risk is addressed at the design phase.
• Manage and protect Clara's regional intellectual property portfolio, including trademark registrations and renewals.
• Maintain rigorous, up-to-date legal records and documentation across internal systems.
• Identify and implement process improvements, leveraging automation tools and AI to automate contract workflows, simplify research, and scale legal operations efficiently.
This is a hybrid role with flexible office attendance. You will split time between the office, customers, and home, with no set minimum office days for most roles.
**Requirements:**
Must haves:
• Law degree and valid license to practice law in Colombia.
• Minimum 5 years of legal experience in corporate, commercial, financial, or fintech law.
• Deep understanding of Colombian financial regulation, AML/CFT obligations, and consumer/data protection laws.
• Proven track record in complex commercial contract negotiation and structuring financial transactions.
• Experience in a high-growth fintech or technology environment, acting as a strategic business enabler.
• Working proficiency in English and Spanish.
• Experience or interest in AI tools to automate workflows.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Adaptability to fast-changing environments.
• Proven role-specific execution and strong ownership.
Nice to haves:
• Direct experience advising regulated financial institutions or payment companies in Colombia.
• Familiarity with regional LATAM legal frameworks or cross-border financial transactions.
• Basic proficiency in Portuguese or a desire to learn it.
• Independent analytical skills using spreadsheets, SQL, or Python.
• A good sense of humor.
