Senior Legal Counsel - Commercial 🔥
Are you looking to be a part of the most influential company in the blockchain industry and contribute to the crypto-currency revolution that is changing the world?
Responsibilities
- Drive the development and implementation of group legal strategy and contribute to the development of the organization’s general business strategy
- Provide proactive, in-depth, business focused advice and counse
- Manage legal efforts in response to matters encountered by the company and internal stakeholders and provide sound and robust legal advice and support; and taking charge of external communication on legal matters including negotiation with external parties where needs
- Assist in negotiation of contracts for different business lines in the ecosystem, and support in a variety of transactional and corporate governance initiatives
- Be responsible for drafting and reviewing legal documents and provide holistic risk assessment and suggestions to enhance business value while mitigating downside risk across multiple areas of the company
- Partner with cross-functional and regional teams and provide support on legal matters of varying complexity, sensitivity, and tangibility
- Provide legal business partner training and counsel non-Legal associates to enable stronger legal acumen across the company
- Anticipate and maintain up-to-date knowledge of current laws relevant to your own substantive area to provide strategic advice and foster compliance
- Identify legal framework developments, align and promote consistency of approach in legal matters between the internal stakeholders
- Take prudent risks within the context of the overall business, and advise and implement solutions to address issues identified
Requirements
- Qualified to practise law in Brazil or Argentina
- At least 8 years of relevant legal experience at a global law firm, and/or as a corporate counsel at a fast-paced technology company, specialized in tech contracts
- Strong team player and good business sense
- Possesses solid legal technical expertise as well as sound business and people judgement sense
- Hands on at work and can be independent in managing complex projects
- Can develop relevant and creative solutions to meet current and evolving business needs
- Excellent legal drafting and interpretation skills
- Excellent problem solving, analytical and organizational skills
- Sound interpersonal and communication skills
- Excellent command of written and spoke English and Spanish or Portuguese