The Legal Counsel at Crystal Intelligence will serve as a legal counsel of Crystal Intelligence, and its subsidiaries, (collectively – “Crystal”).
He/she will provide Crystal with day-to-day work with respect to legal transactional work, operations and risk management of Crystal globally.
The successful candidate needs to be deadline focused and result-driven, with a strong sense of responsibility, a team player, with good communication skills with colleagues and third parties within and outside Crystal’s team, able to multi-task and deliver under stress, adapt quickly, assess processes, permanently prioritise and implement improvements.
Duties and responsibilities:
- Advise the Crystal management with respect to the legal issues, transactions and strategies of Crystal;
- Together with Crystal’s Senior Legal Counsel, coordinate day-to-day operations of Crystal companies and potential claims;
- Guide and support non-legal functions with transactions of Crystal’s companies involving legal issues, including preparation of legal documentation, as well as negotiation, completion and implementation of transactions;
- Draft, negotiate, review, organise execution, amend and terminate all kinds of contracts and other transactions between Crystal companies and with third parties as necessary;
- Perform the KYC checks and other due diligence on new counterparties and/or business transactions;
- Serve as the primary point of contact for and respond to queries related to compliance, including the GDPR and AML/KYC;
- Work with key internal stakeholders in the review of projects and ensure compliance with international/regional laws, and where necessary update policies and T&Cs for Crystal’s websites and products;
- Ensure that all operations of Crystal are compliant with local/regional laws as well as bylaws and procedures of Crystal’s ultimate parent entity and liaise with relevant parties for this purpose;
- Monitor changes in legislation to ensure ongoing compliance of operations with applicable laws, assist and provide internal recommendations and monitor implementation, where needed;
- Co-operate with the parent entity’s legal team and contribute to legal and organisational aspects of global corporate governance;
- Provide input and on-topic communications involving legal points and analysis to non-legal functions as necessary;
- Seek to ensure compliance with company policies/procedures and minimization of risks to the Crystal companies;
- Populate, organize, and maintain an up-to-date data room containing documents and other legal information of Crystal; and
- Work on other projects and tasks as assigned from time to time.
Requirements:
- 3-5 years working experience as a (junior) legal counsel or similar role;
- Masters Degree in Law or similar;
- Experience in KYC checks and other due diligence on new counterparties and/or business transactions (would be a plus);
- Working experience in international companies (consulting + in-house preferred);
- Excellent drafting and written and verbal communication skills;
- Experience in working with cross border transactions, preferably;
- Experience in revising complex commercial contracts and deals;
- Self-starter who is capable of operating in a start-up environment;
- Experience working with internal and external stakeholder on controls and compliance relates issues.
