Legal Specialist

Clara is the leading platform in Latin America for companies to execute and manage every payment operation. More than 50,000 leading and fast-growing businesses run on our corporate cards, bill pay, financing and B2B payments, and in 2025 the Financial Times named Clara the region’s fastest-growing company. We’re passionate about helping every company we work with become more effective—and, through that, raising the region’s competitiveness. We’re ~400 people, backed by Notable Capital, Coatue, Kaszek, monashees, DST Global, ICONIQ, General Catalyst and Goldman Sachs, among others.

What you'll do

We're looking for a Legal Specialist to be a cornerstone of Clara's Legal team in Colombia. In this senior individual contributor role, you will navigate a complex, evolving regulatory landscape and handle high-stakes legal work with significant autonomy. You will serve as a trusted advisor to leadership and internal teams, owning the day-to-day legal operations of Clara's Colombia entity while ensuring local execution aligns seamlessly with our global standards across LATAM.

• 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 Google Drive, Slack, and internal systems.

• Identify and implement process improvements, leveraging N8N and AI tools to automate contract workflows, simplify research, and scale legal operations efficiently.