Ciklum is looking for a Senior Legal Counselto join our team full-time in Prague.
We are a custom product engineering company that supports both multinational organizations and scaling startups to solve their most complex business challenges. With a global team of over 4,000 highly skilled developers, consultants, analysts and product owners, we engineer technology that redefines industries and shapes the way people live.
About the role:
We are looking for a Senior Legal Counsel to support our growing IT professional services business. The position is for part-time cooperation (2 days per week).
You will provide generalist legal support for Ciklum Western Europe/CN Group (part of Ciklum Group) across its business jurisdictions, primarily Czechia, Slovakia and Romania. You will also bring additional commercial legal capacity to complement our Western Europe business teams, supporting legal matters in DACH (Deutschland, Austria and Switzerland) region.
You will be part of the Ciklum Group Legal Team and support both legal and business teams on a day-to-day basis.
Responsibilities
Provide first-line legal advice and support to the management and shareholders of a fast-growing company. Work directly with other business teams, including sales, finance, HR, admin and procurement
Ensure corporate and regulatory compliance, advise of, and implement corporate governance and applicable regulatory framework, reporting and filings
Review and draft commercial agreements, including for digital projects, development and licensing of SW solutions and products; support commercial negotiations, ensuring consistency with commercial policies and standard T&Cs
Lead legal aspects of drafting and implementing corporate policies and standard documents within Ciklum Western Europe/CN Group and wider Ciklum Group
Advise on employment and contractor engagement matters in the company’s jurisdictions, including contracting
Protect the company’s business interests in various jurisdictions, including solid advice and efficient management of complaints and disputes resolution
Coordinate work of external advisors as needed, incl. advisory budgets and invoicing
Monitor legal risks and developments which may affect the company or its shareholders, advise of potential impacts, implement mitigations, and minimise future risk
Ensure responsiveness and alignment with line manager, legal and business teams
Provide regular updates/reports about legal developments, the status/progress of contractual and other projects
Design and implement internal policies and procedures, and establish sufficient internal controls, build and maintain repositories of corporate and contractual documents in internal systems/files in cooperation with other business teams
Requirements
Law degree from a reputable university, plus at least 5 years of experience as in-house or law practitioner at multi-national digital or IT business
Admitted to practice law in Czechia or Slovakia (legal degree/experience in Germany is a plus)
Excellent English language communication and legal writing skills (legal degree/experience in Germany is a plus)
Strong technology and transactional experience
Broad commercial legal knowledge to include different areas of law (e.g. commercial, intellectual property, data protection)
Solid commercial experience and in-depth knowledge of supporting commercial negotiations
Makes decisions in ambiguous situations using incomplete information or differing opinions
Able to adapt and work flexibly in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
Able to communicate clearly and explain often complex legal issues
What's in it for you
Care: your mental and physical health is our priority. We ensure comprehensive company-paid medical insurance and Mental Health (Soulmio) programs. We also provide you with meal allowance & company-paid yoga classes to fuel your mind and body
Development as a mindset: feel free to participate in building an IT community in your country (Czechitas workshops, lectures on universities, local DevTalk meetups etc.) during working time. Regular annual performance reviews with your manager will help you keep the right growth focus
Tailored education path: boost your skills and knowledge with our regular internal events (meetups, conferences, workshops) and external (international conferences, our formats of knowledge sharing)
Growth environment: share your experience and level up your expertise with a community of skilled professionals, locally and globally
Flexibility: Own your schedule – you are the one to decide when to start your working day. Just don’t miss your regular team stand-up
Opportunities: we value our specialists and always find the best options for them. We offer more than 100 projects you can rotate between: we work with top-notch technologies for international clients (Sweden, Switzerland, Germany, Austria etc.) in various domains (banking, health care, e-commerce, construction, logistics)
Global impact: work on large-scale projects that redefine industries with international and fast-growing clients
Welcoming environment: feel empowered with a friendly team, open-door policy, informal atmosphere within the company and regular team-building events, including weekly breakfasts
About us:
Join a well-established company and a strong team of professionals.
Seize the perks of global opportunities, local approach and start-up spirit.
Boost your skills with modern stacks and industry-leading clients!
Enjoy what you do, do what you enjoy!
Want to learn more about us?
Follow us onInstagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, stop by one of our IT meetups Nalejvárna or listen to podcastPodVocasem.
Be bold, not bored!
Experiences of tomorrow. Engineered together
Interested already?
We would love to get to know you! Submit your application. Can’t wait to see you at Ciklum.
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