General Counsel

1 semana atrás


Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal Socium Tempo inteiro
Are you an experienced General Counsel looking to embark on a new challenge?


Socium is proudly supporting a global and market-leading scale-up EdTech business looking to revolutionise educational assessment methods via their innovative, reliable and secure remote platform.


Using their pioneering technology, they provide an end-to-end service that ensures fair and inclusive assessments for educators across the world.

Their active users cover over 190 countries, as well as support over 180 established education providers.

With over 10 million submissions to date and continued growth and investment, this is a fantastic opportunity to be a part of the business's rapid growth, whilst also having the chance to reinvent traditional educational assessment methods


They are now looking to onboard an experienced Global General Counsel to act as the firm's primary source of legal advice by offering legal counsel and guidance to the business and executive leadership team on all legal matters relevant to the business.

In return, you will benefit from a strong remuneration package, working in a fast-paced collaborative scale-up business with over 100 EdTech entrepreneurs to shape and define the future of the company

Please note this position requires you to be based in Portugal.

Responsibilities:

  • Act as the firm's primary source of legal advice by offering legal counsel and guidance to the business and executive leadership team on all legal matters relevant to the business.
  • Anticipate and identify legal issues to the business and executive leadership team in order to develop legal strategies and solutions.
  • Reviews, researches, interprets and prepares both written and oral opinions on a wide variety of legal issues.
  • Draft, review, and approves policies and procedures, regulations, bylaws, and other legal documents.
  • Act as a member of the commercial leadership team, and reviews contracts, leases, and other legal documents.
  • Design, establish, and maintain the organisation's structure and staffing to effectively accomplish its goals and objectives.
  • Develops and manages annual budgets for the organisation and performs periodic cost and productivity analyses.
  • Provide training to the business and executive leadership team on various legal issues through seminars and meetings.

Requirements:

  • Must have previous demonstrated experience in building a startup to scaleup global business.
  • Must have a demonstrated ability to successfully manage a global centralised legal office as well as effectively manage risk.
  • Extensive experience with budget preparation and fiscal management.
  • You will also be familiar with contract law and financial and business analysis.
  • Strong leadership skills through being able to supervise and coordinate the work of legal professionals, paraprofessionals, and consultants.
  • Excellent communication skills with an ability to communicate and liaise at all levels of business, internally and externally.
  • Excellent negotiation skills.
  • Have a growth mindset and passion for personal development through seminars, workshops, and professional affiliations to keep abreast of the latest developments in college and university law and in other related areas.

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