Senior Legal Counsel

Currently we are looking for candidates for the position of:

Senior Legal Counsel
Location: Lodz (hybrid work) /Poland (remote)

Responsibilities:

• Undertake drafting structuring and reviewing a broad range of commercial agreements such as Master Service Agreements, Local Service Agreements, Alliance Agreements, License Agreements, Teaming Agreements, Vendor Agreements, Business Alliance Partner Agreements, Non-disclosure Agreements, Letter of Engagements, Statement of Work, Data Transfer Agreements, Payment strategies and other agreements relevant to the IT and ITeS industry.
• Review proposals, assisting in preparing proposals and providing assistance in responding to tenders, RFP's etc.
• Participate in contract negotiations with both internal business teams and clients/vendor (across multiple jurisdictions).
• Assist with dispute resolution relating to commercial contracts.
• Collaborate with various internal and external stakeholders for addressing contractual requirements/queries.
• Collaborate with the global legal team and support with global legal matters in line with the guidelines of the group/corporate legal team.
• Work on group/corporate legal projects, assignment, matters in line with the guidelines of the group/corporate legal team.
• Advise internal stakeholders on legal matters pertaining to policies and/or litigation, regulatory compliance, contractual positions and labor matters by assessing the risk and proposing appropriate mitigations.

• Co-ordinate and support in formulating legal strategy of the company for legal matters/ litigations pertaining to the Company.
• Review and approve contracts, compliance submissions, work visa applications, regulatory requirements and internal policies.
• Analyzing legal issues and issues related to commercial risks, and presenting clear recommendations, and assuring legal compliance.

• Creating and managing standard templates and knowledge repositories in line with the group level legal mandates. Support with standardizing processes for effective delivery of legal support.

• Advising on various risk management strategies, cross-border legal issues and coordinating with external counsels.
• Training and mentoring of new joiners and junior members of the legal team.
• Support with investigations of violations of policy on business ethics, anti-bribery and corruption and immigration
• Support with inspections/audits conducted by government agencies and external auditors.
• Track laws and regulations that are relevant to the Company's business and policies.
• As and when required represent the Company before government offices for application, petition, transaction or legal matter.
• Represent the Company and participate in activities, programs and initiatives of industry associations.
• Conduct legal and ethics trainings to internal teams and vendor personnel on-site.
• Assist in preparing board resolutions and filings done with KRS, authorities

• Member of the Polish Bar Counsil
• At least 7-10 years in the practice of law
• At least 5 years of experience as Counsel in an BPO/IT Company
• At least 5 years of experience in litigation and handling of labor and immigration cases
• Fluent English
• knowledge of contracts, business laws and regulations, labor, immigration, data privacy, intellectual property, customs and tax laws
• Strong background in review and negotiation of technology and business process management contracts, vendor contracts, and other business contracts
• Good communication, drafting and research skills.
• Good domain knowledge (including understanding of Commercial and Data Privacy laws).
• High cognitive ability and ability to conduct effective negotiations.
• Analytical ability to tap and integrate all relevant data and to quantify all risk elements.
• Ability to represent (internally and externally) the best interests of the organization.
• Ability to identify customer/stakeholder needs and provide inputs for solutions, whilst adhering to company policies.
• Good people management skills and ability to build collaborative partnership with internal/key stakeholders.
• Ability to provide timely legal advice to the business stakeholders and support with pressing matters and deliverables.
• Ability to foster a culture of learning, sharing and constant improvement of legal knowledge management.