Vice President Corporate & Legal counsel

The Darkboot Investment Group is a global private equity firm specializing in diverse businesses across various stages of their life cycle, from seed-stage to scalable companies. We are committed to expanding our ecosystem with like-minded partners, leveraging advanced technologies, resources, and human ingenuity to foster shared prosperity. To facilitate this n, we are seeking a dynamic legal counsel to connect the dots by providing innovative advice and guidance helping to bridge the gap between Innovation/Cutting Edge Tech and ever adapting regulatory landscape.

The role:

We are seeking for an analytical, savvy, strategic and business-minded experienced attorney to lead our Legal & Commercial Department , oversee and enforce all legal aspects, provide legal counsel to various commercial entities. The consultant includes both local and international clients on a variety of complex and innovative legal issues. This includes providing ongoing counsel in fields such as real estate, payments, banking, financial regulation, consumer protection, environmental protection, intellectual property, internet law, and more

Responsibilities

• strategic legal guidance to unit managers in transactional development and legal frameworks.
• legal frameworks for innovative ventures.
• creative problem-solving skills to address specialized legal challenges.
• interdisciplinary workgroups, including senior stakeholders like BU Strategic leaders, CEOs, CFO, COO and Tax lead.

Overseeing legal affairs across group entities, ensuring compliance with employment contracts, retirement plans, supplier agreements, customer contracts, and strategic partnership agreements and also Work closely with, and guide, our local and foreign counsels.

• Regulation and Compliance, ensuring organizational compliance with GDPR, privacy regulations, and fostering a respectful workplace culture.
• risk and exposures through regular assessments and strategic planning.
• Company-wide Training.
• responsible for the Group’s day to day corporate legal matters and create standardized templates, business processes and internal policies to help protect and scale the businesses

Qualifications

• engagement with people from diverse backgrounds
• thinking while having deep understanding of the details and the complexity of problems.
• to anticipate future legal needs and requirements.
• and confident leadership
• collaboration and high interpersonal skills and teamwork
• to work within a cohesive team and with the group’s CEO and C- level officers in different fields of activity
• in managing external legal service providers.

Strong organizational and interpersonal skills, including ability to work effectively within a complex global group with a globally distributed team and a fast-paced business environment.

Self-driven and highly motivated to contribute to the success of the Group, and the ability to work independently with minimal supern, including management of workload and proactive and creative thinking.

• to work independently, manage relationships with customers and suppliers.
• ability and experience in operating and managing external entities, law firms, and subcontractors.

Knowledge:

Minimum 5 years’ experience in practicing law, preferably in a corporate or group of companies.

preferably in the technology and online sector, including several years at a large law firm or a boutique law firm specializing in the technology and online sector (in-house work acceptable as well).

expereinced in the initiation and setup of international joint ventures, partnerships and joint stock companies internationally

Commercial experience and negotiations relatong to commercial terms, disputes and challenges

General commercial law experience. Experience in high-tech, on-line/web platforms, software, information technology, app stores, data privacy, Fin-tech, banking and similar fields, are a significant plus.

Ability to draft and close day to day and commercial agreements with minimal support from senior staff.

Bachelor's degree in Law (LL.B) from an accredited institution; a Master's degree in Law (LL.M) or equivalent is preferred.

• and financial legal regulations.
• expertise in international commercial law, corporate law, and contract law.
• in negotiating and drafting complex agreements.
• English language skills.
• with real estate, internet law, privacy regulations, and banking industries.