Legal Manager

Responsibilities

Leadership of the legal function:

• Lead, develop and hold accountable the team leads across the legal function
• Hire and grow talent across the legal team
• Report regularly to the Group Head of Legal & Compliance and C-level on material legal risks, disputes and structural matters
• Work as a peer with Compliance, Finance, Product and HR leadership
• Set group-wide legal policies, standards and escalation frameworks

Oversight of legal matters:

• Disputes: strategy for commercial, corporate, client and employment disputes
• Corporate: the Group's holding and entity structure, corporate governance and company secretarial function
• Commercial: B2B, IT and vendor contracts, banking and PSP arrangements, IP and brand protection
• Regional operations: legal support for the Group's businesses across different regions, including cross-border employment and global mobility
• Data protection: oversight of the Group's privacy framework and GDPR compliance

Personal mandate:

• Lead group restructuring, the legal side of M&A, and the Group's most significant disputes and arbitrations
• Build contract playbooks, templates, approval workflows and legal tech that speed up time-to-contract
• Regulatory licensing and compliance sit with the Group's Compliance and Licensing teams. You will work closely with them

Requirements

• 8+ years of legal experience, including senior and leadership roles
• At least 3 years leading managers or team leads, not only individual lawyers
• Master's degree in law or equivalent
• Strong knowledge of Cyprus corporate and commercial law
• Hands-on experience structuring and maintaining multi-entity groups across offshore, midshore and onshore jurisdictions
• Track record of leading at least one cross-border acquisition, restructuring or major group reorganisation
• Experience managing a portfolio of disputes, arbitrations or regulatory matters through external counsel across several jurisdictions
• Deep experience with commercial contracts in financial services: client terms, partner agreements, IT and SaaS, PSP and banking
• Knowledge of GDPR and international data protection frameworks
• Experience with cross-border employment, global mobility and EOR models
• Knowledge of financial services regulation (e.g. MiFID II, CySEC) sufficient for close work with Compliance
• Experience managing external counsel and corporate service provider budgets and fee arrangements
• English at C1 level or higher
• Ukrainian or Russian (working language of the team). What makes you a strong fit

Will be a plus

• Diploma-level professional qualification in Compliance or AML (e.g. ICA, ACAMS, CISI)
• Senior legal experience at a global brokerage, a major crypto exchange or a Tier-1 neobank
• Admission to the Cyprus Bar, or bar admission in the UK, US or another EU jurisdiction
• LL.M. from a leading UK, US or EU university
• Awareness of digital-asset regulation (e.g. MiCA, VARA)
• Experience with legal tech or contract lifecycle management tools

We offer

• 21 paid vacation days per year
• 10 paid sick leave days per year
• Public holidays according to the Cyprus
• Flexible working schedule
• Hybrid mode (after probation period)
• Medical insurance (after probation period)
• Professional education budget (after probation period)
• Language learning budget  (after probation period)
• Wellness budget (gym membership, sports gear and related expenses)  (after probation period)

Role mission

To ensure the seamless and highly efficient operation of the Group’s global legal pipeline. The candidate will act as the primary bridge between the Group's commercial ambitions (Product, Sales, HR, Expansion) and its legal security. Candidate`s mission is to build a scalable legal support system that minimizes Time-to-Contract (deal approval time) and erects an impenetrable legal shield around the business across 4 critical axes: Corporate & Commercial Structuring, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Regional Operations & Global Mobility, and Data Protection.

Requirements hard skills

Strong knowledge of Cyprus corporate and commercial law.
Hands-on experience structuring and maintaining multi-entity groups across offshore, midshore and onshore jurisdictions (Cyprus, UAE, Seychelles, BVI, South Africa etc.).
A track record of leading at least one cross-border acquisition, restructuring or major group reorganisation.
Experience managing a portfolio of disputes, arbitrations or regulatory matters through external counsel across several jurisdictions.
Deep experience with commercial contracts in financial services: client terms, partner agreements, IT and SaaS, PSP and banking.
GDPR and international data protection frameworks, including group-level DPO models.
Cross-border employment, global mobility and EOR models.
Financial services regulation (for example MiFID II, CySEC) at a level that allows close work with Compliance.
Managing external counsel and CSP budgets and fee arrangements.

Requirements soft skills

Leader of leaders: leads through experienced managers, gives them room and keeps firm control of material risks.
Commercial judgement: looks for how to make a deal work safely and can tell a risk worth taking from one that is not.
Independence: can say no, explain why and hold that position with senior leadership when it matters.
Clear communication: can explain a complex legal risk to non-lawyers on one page.
Builder: designs processes, templates and playbooks that scale across countries.
Distributed team leadership: has led lawyers across several regions and cultures.
Composure: stays calm and decisive in complex disputes and urgent escalations.

Responsibilities

Leadership of the legal function:
• Lead, develop and hold accountable the Department Leads.
• Hire and grow talent across the Legal team.
• Report regularly to Group Head of Legal and Compliance Department and C-Level on material legal risks, disputes and structural matters.
• Work as a peer with Compliance, Finance, Product and HR leadership.
• Set group-wide legal policies, standards and escalation frameworks.
Oversight of the four streams:
• Litigation and Disputes: strategy for commercial, corporate, client and employment disputes.
• Corporate Legal: the Group's holding and entity structure, corporate governance and company secretarial function, B2B, IT and vendor contracts, banking and PSP arrangements, IP and brand protection,
• Regional Operations & Global Mobility: legal support for regional businesses across different locations (EU, MENA, LATAM etc.)
• Data Protection: oversight of the Group DPO, who sets a single privacy framework for the Group and supervises local DPOs.
Personal mandate:
• Lead M&A, group restructuring and the Group's most significant disputes and arbitrations.
• Build contract playbooks, templates, approval workflows and legal tech that speed up time-to-contract.

Will be a plus

Diploma-level professional qualification in Compliance or AML (e.g., ICA, ACAMS, CISI)
Senior legal experience at a global brokerage, a major crypto exchange or a Tier-1 neobank.
Admission to the Cyprus Bar, or bar admission in the UK, US or another EU jurisdiction.
An LL.M. from a leading UK, US or EU university.
Awareness of digital-asset regulation (for example MiCA, VARA).
Experience with legal tech or contract lifecycle management tools.