Senior Legal Counsel

Summary

Join Leadtech, a company redefining digital businesses since 2009, and become their Legal Counsel. Leadtech offers a flexible career path with personalized internal training and an annual budget for external learning opportunities. You will provide legal advice and support for existing and new business models, manage legal and compliance matters, and ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Responsibilities include preparing and reviewing legal documents, ensuring data protection and privacy compliance, supporting the definition of internal policies, collaborating in trademark registration, and responding to inquiries from regulatory authorities. Leadtech offers a competitive salary, full-time permanent contract, top-tier private health insurance, 25 vacation days plus a birthday off, flexible vacation options, and unique perks such as free coffee, fresh fruit, snacks, a game room, and a rooftop terrace in their Barcelona office.

Requirements

• Degree in Law and proven experience (no less than 5 years) in a corporate legal department or law firm
• Strong background in digital business, privacy matters, intellectual property and software contracting
• Strategic vision
• Excellent ability to analyze and assess processes, spot issues and propose/implement solutions to effectively support business strategies
• Communicate and negotiate with external third parties (partners, providers, lawyers, public bodies, among others)
• Proactivity and ability to accomplish business goals and mitigate risks
• Fluent in English and Spanish

Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice and support for existing business models (website and apps) as well as new ones
• Managing legal and compliance matters to ensure the achievement of commercial objectives while minimizing risks
• Ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations
• Reporting legal risks to the Board of Directors
• Prepare and review NDA’s, agreements, legal texts as well as other documents to help and support the business growth and expansion
• Ensure through cooperation with the Security team the proper compliance in terms of data protection and privacy (GDPR, LSSI, LOPGDDD, RIA)
• Support in the definition of internal corporate policies and procedures
• Collaborate in the process of trademark registration of the different projects of the company and ensure compliance with Intellectual Property and legal defense of the company's rights
• Ensure adequate response to inquiries from regulatory authorities and/or third parties concerning the Company’s operation in different market niches

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of international laws and regulations related to corporate matters (e.g. US/China)
• Knowledge of corporate affairs, procedures and operations (M&A)
• Effective communication with non-legal stakeholders, such as marketing, product or IT
• Familiarity with document management in cloud environments (Google Drive)
• Pragmatic, business-oriented approach
• Adaptability to planned or unplanned changes
• Team player
• Stay aligned to corporate and team guidelines

Benefits

• Growth and career development
• Work-Life balance
• Competitive salary, full-time permanent contract, and top-tier private health insurance (including dental and psychological services)
• 25 days of vacation plus your birthday off, with flexible vacation options—no blackout days!
• If you wish to come, in our office in Barcelona you’ll find it complete with free coffee, fresh fruit, snacks, a game room, and a rooftop terrace with stunning Mediterranean views
• Additional benefits include ticket restaurant and nursery vouchers, paid directly from your gross salary
• Enjoy a flexible career path with personalized internal training and an annual budget for external learning opportunities
• Benefit from a flexible schedule with flextime (7 - 9:30 a.m. start, 3:30 - 6 p.m. end) and the option of working full remote or from our Barcelona office
• Enjoy free Friday afternoons with a 7-hour workday, plus a 35-hour workweek in July and August so you can savor summer!