Role details:
You will be responsible for:
• Ensuring commercial contracts are effectively drafted and interpreted, proposing helpful and pragmatic solutions to problems. This will include, but not limited, to supporting commercial contracts with agents, third party contractors & consultants and service providers.
• Providing support and advice in corporate law matters including, but not limited to acquisitions and corporate governance matters including managing the Mercantile Register (or equivalent) in jurisdictions you are assigned.
• Providing support and advice on Data Protection matters, including the GDPR legislation.
• Reviewing and drafting customer-facing documentation and advising on various facets of customer services including design and implementation of new systems, products and services
• Provide robust commercial and strategic advice
• Review new business relationships with vendors and subcontractors
• Manage key internal relationships with relevant stakeholders including but not limited to HR, IT, and Finance
• Manage key External Relationships including external lawyers clients, business partners and regulators, as appropriate
• Draft legal documents, policies and manuals as required.
• Analyse legal issues relating to proposed products, services and/or new markets
• Provide supervision to outside lawyers hired to assist the corporation with their specialized legal services. This may include managing legal advice from other jurisdictions in relation to international agreements.
• Participate in legal and compliance related projects
• In coordination with local external counsel, researching and monitoring changes to applicable laws and regulatory requirements and advising on implementation of resulting changes to the regulatory environment
• Advising on local regulatory requirements including principally those relating to payments and money transmission, foreign exchange spot and derivative contracts, and consumer protection laws
• Reviewing and advising on marketing (including financial promotions) and other external publications
Person Specification:
At a minimum you will:
• Have University degree in Law or Bachelor of Law granted by a European University (Spain`s university law degree is advantageous)
• Have 2-3 years’ experience in similar positions/functions
• Have a high level of fluency in Spanish and English
• Be able to travel (no more than 15%)
In addition, it would be valuable if you had knowledge of some or all of:
• Payments Services sector (EU Payment Service Directive),
• Up to date knowledge of Data protection/GDPR,
• Spanish and/or International Corporate law, and
• Contract Law.