Compliance and Legal Counsel

Responsibilities:

The expected scope of responsibilities is approximately 60–80% Compliance and 20–40% Corporate Legal, depending on business needs. 1) Compliance & Risk Management:
• Develop and maintain the company’s compliance framework covering ESG/environmental compliance, sanctions, anti-bribery and anti-corruption, AML/KYC, and other applicable requirements.
• Monitor legal and regulatory requirements; conduct compliance risk assessments, identify gaps, and coordinate remediation.
• Develop and maintain compliance policies, procedures, controls, risk registers, and training programs.
• Conduct third-party compliance due diligence, including KYC, AML, sanctions, and integrity screening, and monitor relevant restrictions.
• Maintain and monitor the Environmental and Social Management System (ISO 14001), including relevant risks, objectives, controls, audits, and documentation; provide legal support for the Information Security Management System (ISO 27001) and support the implementation of new management systems as required.
• Coordinate ESG compliance activities, including assessments, reporting, recordkeeping, and liaison with relevant internal and external stakeholders.
2) Corporate Legal:
• Draft and review corporate documents and facilitate their approval.
• Provide legal support for legal entity matters, permits, certificates, and statutory filings.
• Handle trademark registration, maintenance, and protection.
3) Contract Management:
• Draft, review, and negotiate finance-related agreements and provide legal support for tender documents.
4) Legal Advisory & Administrative Support:
• Provide legal advice on corporate and regulatory matters and support regulatory submissions.
• Liaise with regulators, external counsel, auditors, and certification bodies.
• Monitor relevant legal and regulatory developments.
• Maintain corporate, contract, and compliance records and support other governance, compliance, and environmental matters.

Requirements:

• University degree in Law.
• 2+ years of relevant experience as a Legal or Compliance Counsel.
• Understanding of document registry procedures.
• Experience working with document templates.
• Knowledge of contractual documentation related to the sale of the company’s main products.
• Curiosity, perseverance, and attention to detail.
• Results-oriented, highly ambitious, responsible, and able to work independently and take ownership of results.
• Strong communication skills.
• Upper-Intermediate English or higher, with strong legal writing skills.