About the role
Responsibilities
Leadership of the legal function: • Lead, develop and hold accountable the team leads across the legal function • Hire and grow talent across the legal team • Report regularly to the Group Head of Legal & Compliance and C-level on material legal risks, disputes and structural matters • Work as a peer with Compliance, Finance, Product and HR leadership • Set group-wide legal policies, standards and escalation frameworks
Oversight of legal matters: • Disputes: strategy for commercial, corporate, client and employment disputes • Corporate: the Group's holding and entity structure, corporate governance and company secretarial function • Commercial: B2B, IT and vendor contracts, banking and PSP arrangements, IP and brand protection • Regional operations: legal support for the Group's businesses across different regions, including cross-border employment and global mobility • Data protection: oversight of the Group's privacy framework and GDPR compliance
Personal mandate: • Lead group restructuring, the legal side of M&A, and the Group's most significant disputes and arbitrations • Build contract playbooks, templates, approval workflows and legal tech that speed up time-to-contract • Regulatory licensing and compliance sit with the Group's Compliance and Licensing teams. You will work closely with them
Requirements • 8+ years of legal experience, including senior and leadership roles • At least 3 years leading managers or team leads, not only individual lawyers • Master's degree in law or equivalent • Strong knowledge of Cyprus corporate and commercial law • Hands-on experience structuring and maintaining multi-entity groups across offshore, midshore and onshore jurisdictions • Track record of leading at least one cross-border acquisition, restructuring or major group reorganisation • Experience managing a portfolio of disputes, arbitrations or regulatory matters through external counsel across several jurisdictions • Deep experience with commercial contracts in financial services: client terms, partner agreements, IT and SaaS, PSP and banking • Knowledge of GDPR and international data protection frameworks • Experience with cross-border employment, global mobility and EOR models • Knowledge of financial services regulation (e.g. MiFID II, CySEC) sufficient for close work with Compliance • Experience managing external counsel and corporate service provider budgets and fee arrangements • Commercial judgement: ability to find ways to make a deal work safely, and to tell which risks are worth taking and which are not • Independence: ability to say no, explain why, and stand by the position with senior leadership when it matters • Clear communication: ability to explain complex legal risks to non-lawyers in a clear and short way • English at C1 level or higher • Ukrainian or Russian (working language of the team). What makes you a strong fit
Will be a plus • Diploma-level professional qualification in Compliance or AML (e.g. ICA, ACAMS, CISI) • Senior legal experience at a global brokerage, a major crypto exchange or a Tier-1 neobank • Admission to the Cyprus Bar, or bar admission in the UK, US or another EU jurisdiction • LL.M. from a leading UK, US or EU university • Awareness of digital-asset regulation (e.g. MiCA, VARA) • Experience with legal tech or contract lifecycle management tools
We offer • 21 paid vacation days per year • 10 paid sick leave days per year • Public holidays according to the Cyprus • Flexible working schedule • Hybrid mode (after probation period) • Medical insurance (after probation period) • Professional education budget (after probation period) • Language learning budget (after probation period) • Wellness budget (gym membership, sports gear and related expenses) (after probation period)
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