Position: Head of Legal Department
Company: Rocket 🚀
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper

Rocket is a Ukraine-based startup and one of the fastest-growing food-tech companies in Europe. Having food delivery as our core business we aim for rapid expansion to scale and grow our business in the international arena.
Our ambition goes beyond delivery volumes, but best-in-class customer service and top-performing 3-sided marketplace to challenge existing approaches and industry standards.
We aim high and think boldly to build great things that matter.

**Key skills**
• Graduation or post-graduation in Law; 
• 10+ years of experience out of which at least 5 years of experience as a Legal Head of the company;
• Should have sound knowledge of legal matters and should have updated knowledge of Ukrainian and European Laws;
• Demonstrated ability to successfully manage a legal office;
• Knowledge of current and developing legal issues and trends in the area of expertise;
• Ability to supervise and coordinate the work of legal professionals, paraprofessionals, and consultants;
• Employee development and performance management skills;
• Negotiating skills and stress management;
• A person with strong analytical skills;
• Super motivated, highly effective, result-oriented, positive-minded team player.

**You will do:**
• Ability to analyze legal implications of various issues and advising various internal stakeholders and management on it;
• Dealing with all legal matters including criminal, civil, police liaison, and arbitration matters;
• Drafting and vetting of various cross-border agreements, contracts, and other documents;
• Handling of cases, consumer case notices, recovery, defamation, attend court & liaison with advocates, etc.; 
• Anticipates and identifies legal issues and counsels management in order to develop legal strategies and solutions, often in situations of political, public relations, or financial risk or significance, and with limited time for assessing alternatives;
• Reviews, researches, interprets, and prepares both written and oral opinions on a wide variety of legal issues;
• Drafts, reviews, and approves policies and procedures, regulations, bylaws, and other legal documents and support various business activities/functional departments;
• Negotiate, review and draft documentation for business transactions and prepare and advise on various aspects of laws to various functional departments;
• Prepare weekly, monthly and quarterly reports for the legal department for management meetings;
• Responsible for litigation, legal notices, keep records of all licenses & compliances, and all litigation matters.

We can offer:
• Flexible working hours;
• Challenging tasks;
• Skilled management;
• Regular team events and activities;
• Abilities to visit conferences, master classes, pass certifications;
• Comfortable office in the city center;
• Tea, coffee, cookies, fruits;
• 20 working days of paid vacation per year.