Head of Legal

- Provide legal advise and support to all departments and business lines in the region while cooperating with team of local Legal Councils
- Act as main contact point for all stakeholders (e.g. business, finance, compliance) in regards to consulting complex legal issues regarding all aspects of the company's activity - products, regulations, labour
- Respond promptly and effectively to legal requests from senior management, marketing, corporate finance and other internal clients, and advise on recommended course of action and legal risks within the region
- Support the continuous improvement of standard form agreements and legal processes
- Maintain and update corporate compliance policies
- Manage relations with external legal advisory firms
- Manage and develop a team of lawyers

- University degree in law (post-graduate education will be an asset)
- Legal Counsel certification
- Min. 5 years of experience as a in-house Legal Counsel
- In-depth experience handling distribution, licensing, and other commercial transactions
- Experience with issues pertaining to product development, open source issues, IP, technology licensing, commercial law, patent law, and/or revenue recognition is preferred
- Excellent drafting and negotiation skills; client management skills; as well as business judgment and strategic thinking
- Profound knowledge of the labour law in Poland
- Hands-on approach
- Excellent verbal and written command of the English and Polish languages