Legal Counsel (Team Lead)
- We are looking for a Legal Team Lead to manage the day-to-day operations of our legal team, ensuring smooth workflows, efficient task allocation, and adherence to deadlines. This role is focused on the administration, coordination, and management of the legal department rather than high-level strategy, which falls under the Chief Legal Officer (CLO).
- The Legal Team Lead will act as the bridge between legal specialists, compliance teams, and business stakeholders, ensuring that legal processes run efficiently across various business areas, including payments & fintech, digital ed-tech (essay writing services), online gambling, and subscription-based apps.
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job description
Responsibilities:
- Oversee and manage day-to-day legal operations, ensuring tasks are properly assigned and deadlines are met.
- Maintain and optimize internal legal workflows, documentation processes, and compliance tracking.
- Ensure smooth collaboration between legal, compliance, and other departments (finance, risk, payments, etc.).
- Act as the first escalation point for legal team members, resolving operational and administrative challenges.
- Monitor and enforce compliance with internal legal policies, contract templates, and documentation standards.
- Implement task management tools and reporting systems to track legal deliverables.
- Lead, manage, and develop the legal team by providing regular feedback, supporting skill development, setting clear performance expectations, and fostering a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
- Assist in the preparation, organization, and review of contracts, agreements, and compliance documents.
- Coordinate regulatory filings, licensing renewals, and compliance submissions in collaboration with the CLO.
- Support KYC/AML compliance processes by coordinating between legal and compliance teams.
- Ensure proper record-keeping and version control for legal documents.
- Help manage external legal vendors and law firms when additional support is required.
- Ensure the legal team adheres to regulatory timelines and compliance obligations across multiple jurisdictions.
- Work closely with compliance specialists to track and document regulatory changes affecting fintech, gambling, and digital services.
- Identify and address inefficiencies in legal workflows to improve turnaround times and reduce bottlenecks.
- Assist in internal audits and legal risk assessments.
- Maintain legal dashboards and reporting structures to provide the CLO with real-time insights into legal operations.
- Work with finance, HR, compliance, and product teams to ensure legal processes align with business needs.
- Organize and oversee internal legal training sessions to keep team members updated on new procedures.
- Ensure legal team resources are effectively allocated based on project priorities.
WHAT WE EXPECT FROM YOU
- 5+ years of experience in a legal operations, legal project management, or legal team coordination role.
- Experience working in regulated industries such as payments, gambling, fintech, or digital services is a plus.
- Ability to manage multiple deadlines, track legal requests, and optimize workflows.
- Strong organizational and project management skills.
- Experience with contract management systems, document tracking tools, and compliance software.
- Excellent communication skills to liaise with multiple stakeholders.
- Attention to detail with a structured and analytical approach to problem-solving.
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HOW IT WORKS
- Stage 1: pre-screen with a recruiter.
- Stage 2: interview.
- Stage 3: test task.
- Stage 4: interview with HRBP.
- Stage 5: reference check.
- Stage 6: job offer!
A trial period for this position is 3 months, during which we will get used to working together.
WHAT WE OFFER:
- 28 business days of paid off
- Flexible hours and the possibility to work remotely
- Medical insurance and mental health care
- Compensation for courses, trainings
- English classes and speaking clubs
- Internal library, educational events
- Outstanding corporate parties, teambuildings
WHAT WE OFFER:
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