Legal and Compliance Assistant
Xanadu
Legal and Compliance Counsel
Matsmart - Motatos
full-time
Posted on:
Origin: • 🇸🇪 Sweden
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JuniorMid-Level
About the role
- Balance risk and reward as the go-to person for compliance matters across existing and potential future markets, including data privacy, consumer protection/legislation, and food safety
- Hold overall responsibility for data privacy and GDPR compliance
- Deliver training to staff on legal and compliance topics
- Draft and negotiate larger contracts, and support the organization with template agreements and self-service tools
- Oversee corporate governance topics, including shareholder communications, formal compliance requirements, and decision documentation
- Act as the main point of contact with external law firms, ensuring their advice is interpreted and implemented effectively
- Play an active role in funding-related activities and lead legal due diligence processes
- Explore and assess new business opportunities and their regulatory landscapes
- Collaborate with the IT team to ensure compliance with information security regulations, such as NIS2
- Report to the CFO and work within the Finance department
Requirements
- Law degree from a Swedish university or a master’s degree in business and commercial law (Affärsjuridisk masterexamen)
- At least two years’ work experience in a law firm or in a similar in-house role
- Preferably experience at a global growth company
- Excellent communication skills in both Swedish and English, written and verbal
- Attention to detail with ability to deliver quickly and efficiently
- Solid risk assessment skills, balancing the company’s need for speed with commercial interests
- Ability to independently stay up to date with relevant legislation
- It’s a plus to have additional language skills, especially German
- Experience advising or working within a company operating across the EU or in e-commerce
- Previous experience with data privacy matters (GDPR)
- Experience handling corporate governance related matters, such as AGMs, SHAs etc.
- Experience collaborating with IT on information security regulations (e.g., NIS2)
