Senior Legal Counsel

- Provide legal advice on the wide range of issues encountered by organization
- Give accurate and timely counsel to executives in a variety of legal topics (labor law, partnerships, international ventures, corporate finance etc.)
- Assist in maintaining organization's operations and defending its legal interest within the scope established by law
- Collaborate with management to devise efficient defense strategies
- Give practical counsel to all levels of executive staff and manage the operations of legal department
- Specify internal governance policies and regularly monitor compliance
- Research and evaluate different risk factors regarding business decisions and operations
- Be responsible for identifying and analyzing legal issues
- Be flexible in solving legal problems and present all available options to Board of Directors for review and consideration
- Apply effective risk management techniques and offer proactive advise on possible legal issues
- Communicate and negotiate with external parties (regulators, external counsel, public authority etc.), creating relations of trust
- Draft and solidify agreements, contracts and other legal documents to ensure the company's full legal rights
- Deal with complex matters with multiple stakeholders and forces
- Provide clarification on legal language or specifications to everyone in the organization
- Conduct your work with integrity and responsibility
- Maintain current knowledge of alterations in legislation
- Train and monitor a team of junior legal assistants
- Be in charge of drafting key documents, presenting clear recommendations, and ensuring legal compliance
- Report to the CEO and board of management