Job details

Romania

Role overview

The Legal Counsel will be responsible for providing day-to-day legal support to Symfonia’s Softeh operations, in particular to teams working directly with customers, including sales, customer support and marketing.

The role combines local business support with group-level legal alignment. Functionally, the Legal Counsel will report to the Group General Counsel based in Poland, ensuring consistency with group standards, governance and risk management. On a local level, the role will report to the Local CFO, supporting the Romanian business in its operational and commercial activities.

Key responsibilities

·        Negotiating and reviewing commercial agreements with customers and business partners, including service agreements, sales agreements, IT system implementation agreements and strategic partnership agreements. Working closely with sales, marketing, services and R&D teams;

·        Providing legal support in matters related to data protection and privacy;

·        Advising business teams on legal aspects of optimizing internal processes;

·        Drafting and updating internal and external regulations, policies and procedures;

·        Cooperating closely with the Group General Counsel on corporate governance matters, alignment with group legal standards and implementation of group-wide legal initiatives.

·        On going monitoring of legislation changes that may affect the activity of the Company;

·        Supporting customer-facing teams in pre-litigation disputes with clients;

·        Liaising with external lawyers involved in outsourced matters, including but limited to litigation and employment law;

·        Building strong and trust-based relation with top management of the Company.

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Requirements

·        University degree in law (local bar qualification or traineeship is an advantage);

·        Minimum 3-5 years of experience in the IT sector, gained in an in-house legal team or a law firm advising technology companies;

·        Very good knowledge of civil and commercial law, intellectual property law, e-commerce regulations and data protection law;

·        Experience in the public  procurement  law, including  subcontracting agreements, joint venture agreements, back to back supplier agreements would be a plus;

·        Strong working knowledge of MS Office and legal research tools;

·        Excellent interpersonal and communication skills;

·        Ability to work effectively in an international environment and with business stakeholders;

·        Strong organisational skills, accuracy, reliability and ability to manage multiple priorities.