Position: Associate Legal Counsel
Company: PDFfiller
Category: Other
Experience required: 2y
English level: upper
Published: 2021-04-01T00:00:00+03:00

**Required skills:**

— A Masters Law degree in Ukraine. Legal degrees in other countries (such as an LL.M. degree) are a plus.
— English language skills (including writing and speaking) must be advanced (C1 or higher under the CEFR Global Scale).
— 2+ years’ minimum experience in commercial contract negotiations, with at least 1 year working in the software or IT space.
— The candidate must have demonstrated attention to detail and have a positive, problem solving, business focused attitude with good judgment and able to prioritize workload in a fast-paced environment.
— The candidate must be a team player and also able to self-start and work independently.
— Relevant experience handling commercial contracts, preferably for an international technology company is an asset.
— The ideal candidate should have knowledge of legal processes and terminology and must be able to conduct basic legal research.
— The candidate must possess the ability to compose correspondence and draft legal documents in English, Ukrainian, and Russian in an organized manner and in a clear language.
— Interpersonal skills must include excellent oral and written communication skills in English, Ukrainian, and Russian and a focus on customer service.

**What we offer:**

— The members of our team get monthly bonuses and options contracts (each of us has a share in pdfFiller, so that company growth is a capitalization growth of one’s interest);
— All of pdfFiller employees have access to the company’s financial reports regardless of their role in the team. When the company goes public, the employees get their one-off payments according to their options contracts;
— Regular sports activities in the office with professional coaches: yoga, stretching (3 times a week) and TRX training;
— Paid upgrade career courses, conferences for professionals and English classes are common practice at pdfFiller;
— Medical insurance;
— Staff massage therapist;
— We’ve organized PHP, JS and QA Automation schools based in our office where the trainers are our employees. Anyone may try their hand at one of the schools and attend the course.

**Your responsibilities will include:**

— Provide legal support for product development teams including inbound commercial licenses, open source, and product readiness.
— Provide legal support for the corporate, HR, tax, and other administrative operations in our Kyiv office.
— Review, draft, negotiate, approve, and close a broad variety of agreements within the Legal team worldwide, including confidentiality agreements, procurement services agreements, professional services agreements, and other various related actions for the support of these transactions.
— Review and refine standard templates for recurring commercial transactions in support of the procurement and channel and direct sales teams. Collaborate with sales, finance, privacy, and compliance, as necessary, to support revenue and process transactions in accordance with corporate policies.
— Coordinate between procurement, marketing, sales, finance, engineering, and other business functions, as necessary, to address corporate policies/processes and legal issues as they arise.
— Assist with special project assignments, e.g. localization/translation, legal operations, compliance, IPR, and corporate projects as needed and other duties as requested.