Senior Lawyer

Company is looking for experienced Senior Lawyer with strong leadership capabilities to lead legal function transformation and ready to growth beyond key accountabilities

Company profile:

?  International Logistics Company with HQ in France;

?  Leader in Logistics segment in Ukraine with operations over 25+years on local market;

?  Family atmosphere and entrepreneur spirit in decision making;

?  Turnover around 1 billion UAH including: warehouse, transport, customs, construction activities;

Core accountabilities:

?  Co-Pilot Company's core operations in ensuring sound legal framework to drive governance & performance using the most modern Digital technologies and best practices;

?  Provide valuable, high quality, accurate and timely legal advice to Company's Management Team and other key Stakeholders in order to achieve strategic targets within secured environment;

?  Contribute toward development and implementation of effective & simple in-house legal business process and internal controls using the most modern best practices.

Functional responsibilities:

• Lead Digital projects implementation: in-house electronic document approval system, electronic signature document turnover with customers and vendors (agreements, service acts, eTTN);
• Redesign and implement efficient in-house legal processes: Agreements, claim management, Internal Documentation, Invoicing that will support business growth;
• Provide key legal expertise and advice in all business operations corporate, commercial, tax, labor, law matters;
• Coordinate with HQ legal department key corporate policies (legal, compliance, commercial) and practices to be implemented on local market;
• Engage subordinated legal team development and growth (2 junior lawyers);
• Timely support other departments with requests from government authorities;
• Draft, review, negotiate and approve template contracts and documents, including orders, opinions, POA, DOA;
• Participating in legal negotiations with Company's clients and vendors;
• Managing claim and litigations processes with customer, vendors and insurance companies;
• Manage all types of company insurances;
• Organize effective due diligence of potential new counterparties before agreement signature;
• Manage and support proper legal framework for construction activities of real estate legal entity;

Personal & Professional requirements:

?  Higher education in Law from a reputable Ukrainian university;

?  4+ years of relevant experience including knowledge of all types of in-house legal work, leading teams and projects;

?  Self-motivating, excellent communication skills, result- and client-oriented approach;

?  Leadership capabilities to work in local/international teams and manage multiple engagements within deadlines;

?  Fluency in English, Ukrainian and Russian to draft and negotiate contracts;

?  Excellent analytical, research, and legal writing skills;

?  Ability to work in a team and to;

?  Strong knowledge of MS-Office, G-Suite, legal databases (Liga, etc.) and soft (document approval systems);

Company Offers:

?  Active development of leadership and professional capabilities in a leading international logistics company within dynamic working environment and family atmosphere;

?   Ability to initiate & lead interesting legal/cross-functional project in flexible local or international environment;

?  Challenging and interesting tasks requiring proactive efforts and accountability beyond key duties;

?  Individual adaptation and development plan, training budget, medical insurance, meals, mobile communication.