Assistant General Counsel
WillHire
Cloud
Job Level
JuniorMid-Level
Tech Stack
Cloud
About the role
- Support business with contract support
- Cooperate with internal and external stakeholders
- Support contract negotiations in multijurisdictional environment
- Deal with external advisors regarding contract law matters
- Understand internal policies and reflect them in contracts/negotiation process
- Advise on legal risks and manage risks proactively
- Research and evaluate risk factors in foreign jurisdictions
- Understand company products and contractual legal risks
- Monitor legal and regulatory developments (export controls, sanctions, anti-bribery)
- Detect compliance risks and advise on non-compliance, support third party risk management
- Test compliance procedures, define remediation and monitor improvements
- Support internal stakeholders on various compliance topics
Requirements
- 1 to 4 years experience in legal work
- Law degree (LLB/LLM); additional LLM/Diploma studies is an advantage
- Bar exam (or equivalent professional qualification exam) is an advantage
- Strong analytical skills
- Ability and willingness to work in global environment
- Full professional fluency in English
- Ability to work in foreign language in addition to English is an advantage: German, French, Spanish, Italian,... etc.
- Strong negotiation skills in international environment and problem solving – solution orientated mindset
- General understanding of compliance system, compliance program and identification of compliance risks
- Effective task management
- Team player with learning agility
- Organizational, analytical and writing skills; quick learner, strong sense of initiative
- Strong work ethic, dedicated and efficient in handling multiple tasks in fast paced environment
