In-House Legal Counsel (10 month contract) The Role Does the thought of a contract review fill you with excitement? Could you talk for hours on end about Data Protection law? If so ding* is calling. We are looking for an enthusiastic In-House Legal Counsel (at least 2 years PQE) for a 10 month maternity leave contract commencing mid-October 2014. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Legal Counsel to Top-Up their career in one of Ireland's fastest growing technology companies. Are you commercially focused with excellent negotiation skills? Are you are excited at the prospect of a lot of responsibility very quickly? Do you have a "can-do" attitude? If so this could be just the position for you. You will report to our Head of Legal (who works part-time) so you must be confident in your ability to work with and advise senior management daily. The role is a commercially focused role involving daily interaction with existing and potential business partners. It involves managing ding*'s general legal business requirements so we need you to tick a few boxes for us; You're amazing at providing legal support and advice across all areas of the business You live for the opportunity to draft, negotiate, review and advise on contracts and contract renewals with operators and distributors worldwide. Your dream task is to manage the company's current (and future) intellectual property rights. You'll support the identification of the company's IP rights across multiple jurisdictions, including but not limited to patents and trademarks. You get a kick out of advising the company in respect of its regulatory, compliance and licensing obligations, e.g. anti-money laundering regulation, sanction issues, payment services regulation. You're the best, or aspire to being the best, at advising in respect of data protection issues So what experience should you have acquired? A qualified solicitor with at least 2 years PQE Experience in commercial contract drafting Excellent negotiation skills – you're the person your friends get to haggle with the street vendor at the holiday markets Proven commercial awareness – you know that ensuring legal compliance is important but that there's also a business to be run too Strong attention to detail is required – yes you've already had an eye out for typos as you've been reading this. Proven track record of working on your own initiative and as part of a team Ability to prioritize own workload and work to deadlines Pro-active, confident and facilitative approach You've mastered the art of Microsoft Office and won't keep hounding Helpdesk to know how to change a font colour. What's it like working here? ding* is currently providing 200 people the opportunity to top-up their careers every day. If you're looking for a regular 9-5 role then this isn't the place for you. If you want lots of challenges, a long to do list and plenty of opportunities then we're your kind of place. Like our service, we're all super fast and super reliable. We're informal but productive. You'll be expected to get through high volumes of work and to keep coming back looking for more. In return we throw great parties and like to mark record days or other occasions with impromptu surprises. Working at ding* gives you the opportunity to work with, and learn from, genuinely passionate and driven people. Like our customers, our team members have joined us from all around the world. We come from different cultures, speak different languages yet we all share one thing in common; we care about sending top-up instantly and reliably. If you're lucky enough to join the team, you'll get to work in a great office environment without a gimmicky music room or sleep area but with truly spectacular coffee. And the best bit……we don't hire schmucks, only team players with a sense of fun. ding* ding* is the world's largest top-up provider. Created to help people working abroad to support and keep in touch with loved ones back home, ding* provides the simplest, quickest and best top-up service ever. By keeping mobiles topped up, ding* is making a real difference to people's lives. It is an exciting time at ding*, our CEO is the winner of the Ernst & Young 2014 Irish Entrepreneur of the Year and we're also the winners of the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Award in 2012 & 2013. We've our head office in Dublin and also have homes in Miami, Dubai, Bucharest, Dhaka and San Salvador.