Legal Counsel - Genesis

Overview

The organization is seeking a talented, hardworking, and ambitious lawyer to join the Head Office Legal Team. This role offers strong opportunities for professional growth within a large international technology business.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, review, and analyze commercial contracts, internal policies, and other legal documents.
• Implement and support legal compliance across business areas (including personal data protection, marketing, payments, consumer rights protection, etc.).
• Analyze tier-1 countries’ legislation related to personal data protection, consumer rights, and artificial intelligence regulation; develop practical recommendations and an action plan to ensure the business meets requirements in practice.
• Work closely with product managers and teams of developers, analysts, and marketers to reduce legal risk in day-to-day operations and ensure compliance.
• Resolve consumer complaints and liaise with government authorities during investigations.
• Proactively identify, analyze, and address potential legal risks in jurisdictions where the organization operates (with a focus on North America, Europe, and Central Africa).
• Provide legal support for ongoing operational activities.
• Communicate with business partners, law firms, and service providers across different jurisdictions.

Requirements

• Proficiency in English, including preparation of legal documents.
• International certifications (e.g., IELTS/TOEFL) are an advantage.
• 3+ years of relevant experience in an international or top-tier law firm, in-house in a product IT company, or at a Big Four accounting firm.
• Successful graduation from a top law university.
• Ability to learn quickly.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Initiative and a desire to work on a wide variety of legal tasks, using creative thinking to solve legal issues.
• Hardworking, organized, and able to work effectively under stressful conditions.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills (written and verbal).

Preferred Qualifications

• Understanding of how product IT companies operate.
• Knowledge of laws related to consumer rights protection and personal data protection in the United States, the EU, and other tier-1 countries.
• Experience participating in court debates (moot courts).

Compensation & Benefits

• Flexible working hours and the ability to work from any convenient location.
• Medical insurance.
• 20 paid working days of vacation per year and unlimited sick leave.
• Provision of all necessary equipment for work.
• Professional learning compensation, access to an internal learning platform, and lectures.
• Corporate events and networking.
• Free sports training, office massage, and corporate discounts.
• Support for colleagues and their relatives in the Armed Forces.
• Support for veterans.
• Assistance in case of health or property damage due to the war.

Location

This position is based in Ukraine.