Legal Counsel – Employment

Responsibilities:

• Draft and handle high-level agreements and contracts, including but not limited to commercial, corporate, employment, intellectual property, distribution, and marketing
• Liaise with the Chief Legal Officer and legal team in reviewing and creating important legal documents.
• Liaise with the Chief Legal Officer and legal team in drafting new contracts or agreements for the Company.
• Support the HR team with various employment law matters.
• Handling applications for and assisting employees in obtaining permits.
• Liaise with the migration office and other officials in connection with relocation and permits of employees.
• Support the legal team on various transactions such as acquisitions, partnerships, and collaborations.
• Support the legal team on any other matters arising to ensure the smooth operation of the business.
• Reviewing, managing and processing documentation and handling internal and external due diligence requirements.
• Support in the general internal corporate and compliance needs of the Company.
• Creating and administering compliance policies, documents and guidelines.
• Assisting on specific projects as may be required on an ongoing basis.

Requirements:

• Excellent academic credentials.
• Experience in corporate, commercial and employment legal matters.
• A current licence to practice in one or more jurisdictions (UK or Cyprus is preferred).
• A minimum of 3 to 5 years’ practice experience at a well-regarded law firm, or in-house experience.
• A team player with the ability to proactively identify problems, drive projects, make complex cost/benefit assessments, and identify pragmatic/creative legal and business solutions.
• Willingness to learn and take responsibility on tasks.
• Ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively and to juggle competing priorities in a fast-paced, challenging environment.
• A quick and flexible learner, intellectually curious, open-minded, adaptable, comfortable with ambiguity and risk, and excited by dynamic change.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to quickly learn the confidence of your colleagues and effectively communicate with people at all levels of the organization.
• High standards, impeccable integrity and ethics, unquestionable good judgment, well-honed analytical skills, superior oral and written communications skills.
• Experience in different jurisdictions will be considered an advantage.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary Package.
• Corporate Events.
• Team building events.
• Professional and formal training.
• An opportunity to travel to our foreign offices.
• Learning and Development opportunities.
• Personal development opportunities.
• Flexible Working Policy (8-5 or 9-6).
• A chance to work with an exceptional international, highly productive, creative, and fun team!

Please send us yoru CV at vacancies@sigma.world