Position: Head of Legal
Company: Talent First
Experience required: 5y
Category: Other
English level: fluent
Published: 2023-07-01T00:00:00+03:00

Our client, a product IT company is looking for a prominent Head of Legal with international law experience (focus on the UK and USA) to join and lead the team of 5-7 people. 

**What will you do:**
— Team management
— Participation in quarterly planning
— Closing all issues related to the functioning of the Legal department 
— Communication with other companies, and lawyers regarding any cases related to projects
— Business risk management
— Product consultation on issues of user data protection, patent law
— Patenting of the company's technologies

**What we expect from you:**
— Initiative
— Responsibility for decisions
— Effective work of you and your department
— Effective communication within the company
— Building effective processes aimed at the growth of the company's financial indicators
— Empathy, focus on growth, effective management

**Key competencies:**
1. Legal knowledge in the field of IT in the US market: Knowledge and understanding of complex legal aspects related to the industry, such as copyrights, patents, trademarks, software licenses, protection of personal data, cyber security, etc.
2. Corporate law: Understanding of corporate law and the ability to provide legal advice on issues of company management, charter changes, shareholder relations, etc.
3. Agreements and Negotiations: Experience in drafting, reviewing and negotiating a variety of agreements, including partnership agreements, license agreements, service agreements, investment agreements, M&A, etc.
  4. Legislative requirements and regulation: Monitoring changes in legislation in the IT industry and implementing the necessary policies and procedures to comply with relevant legal requirements.
5. Risks and Disputes: Ability to identify legal risks in the company's activities and develop strategies to reduce them, as well as experience in dispute resolution, including out-of-court settlement of disputes.
6. Labor law: Understanding of labor law, including working conditions, employment contracts, confidentiality and non-competition, handling discrimination complaints and other labor disputes.
7. International experience: USA, UK
8. Leadership and Communication: Ability to effectively manage the legal department, provide consultation and advice to other departments of the company, and the ability to interact with various departments within the company, partners and external legal representatives.

**Benefits and opportunities:**
— Being part of the most prominent Ukrainian products 
— Very competitive social package and fair compensation
— The hybrid model of work in Kyiv
— Working with a global market and a huge audience.
— Creating products that provide genuine value and impact