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Head of Legal - Assets, Technology & Disputes (Relocation to Cyprus)
Freedom24
Dubai, UAE
Full Time
Director
Onsite
3 days ago
Legal draftingNegotiationContract managementIntellectual propertyCorporate governanceDispute resolution
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About the Role
Freedom24 is seeking a Head of Legal to own legal architecture across assets, technology, IP, HR, governance, and disputes. The role involves building legal infrastructure, managing a team, and working with C-level executives.
Key Skills for This Role
Legal draftingNegotiationContract managementIntellectual propertyCorporate governanceDispute resolution
Responsibilities
- Legal support for subsidiaries, SPVs, tied agents and branches; visibility over corporate approvals, powers of attorney, resolutions and authority documents; coordination with Corporate Administration on legalisation, apostille and banking/KYC processes
- Drafting and negotiating lease and office related agreements; managing risks (title, warranties, liability, termination, renewal); tracking key dates and obligations
- Software development agreements, SaaS / on premise licensing, MSAs, SLAs, NDAs and vendor contracts; structuring models for brokerage and fintech platforms; playbooks and negotiation standards
- Chain of title for software, code, content and brand; IP assignment and licensing; trademark and domain portfolio; support for disputes and infringement matters
- Complex dismissals, disputes, cross border and high risk cases; templates and policies; separating operational HR from legal escalation
- Pre litigation matters, claims, cease and desist, asset protection; legal positions and strategies; managing external counsel; assessing risks and consequences
- Support for resolutions, powers of attorney and authority documents; checking signing authority before execution
- Developing and maintaining the department's templates, playbooks and knowledge base, and supporting their ongoing use across the team
- Leading and developing the legal team; setting quality standards, priorities and escalation rules; converting recurring work into scalable tools; cooperating with Legal Operations
Requirements
- Law degree (civil law or common law jurisdiction); an LLM or strong international background is an advantage
- 12+ years of relevant experience, including substantial in house or law firm experience supporting regulated financial institutions, fintech, IT/software companies, brokerage groups or international corporate structures
- Proven experience managing legal teams and cross functional stakeholders
- Strong hands on experience in several of the following areas: technology/software agreements; IP (ownership, licensing, protection); real estate and infrastructure; employment and contractor law; corporate governance; disputes and pre litigation; cross border coordination; external counsel management
- Strong drafting and negotiation skills in English; the ability to work with English law style commercial contracts
- Fluent English
- A solid understanding of legal risk allocation: liability, warranties, indemnities, limitation of liability, confidentiality, data/security, termination and dispute resolution
- The ability to translate legal risks into business options and practical decision making materials
- Experience working in a fast paced, high volume, multi jurisdictional environment
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About The Company
- Freedom24 / Freedom Finance Europe is a regulated European online brokerage group headquartered in Cyprus and operating across multiple jurisdictions. We run a fast growing investment, brokerage and technology business with a broad legal landscape: EU regulated brokerage operations, subsidiaries and
- We are now transforming our legal function into a proactive, object based and operationally disciplined team — built around managed legal objects, clear ownership, risk based escalation, legal technology, standardisation, trackers and playbooks.
About The Role
- This is an ownership role for a lawyer who wants to build and architect a critical legal infrastructure block. You will own the legal architecture, standards, priorities and risk management across assets, technology, intellectual property, HR related legal matters, corporate governance and disputes
- You will be the department's portfolio owner, escalation point and senior expert, turning recurring matters into templates, playbooks, trackers and standard processes. Your goal is to ensure that the Group's assets, technology, rights, documents, approvals, disputes and post execution obligations ar
What You Will Do
- Legal infrastructure and entities. Legal support for subsidiaries, SPVs, tied agents and branches; visibility over corporate approvals, powers of attorney, resolutions and authority documents; coordination with Corporate Administration on legalisation, apostille and banking/KYC processes
- Assets, real estate and infrastructure. Drafting and negotiating lease and office related agreements; managing risks (title, warranties, liability, termination, renewal); tracking key dates and obligations
- Technology and platforms. Software development agreements, SaaS / on premise licensing, MSAs, SLAs, NDAs and vendor contracts; structuring models for brokerage and fintech platforms; playbooks and negotiation standards
- Intellectual property and trademarks. Chain of title for software, code, content and brand; IP assignment and licensing; trademark and domain portfolio; support for disputes and infringement matters
- HR related legal matters. Complex dismissals, disputes, cross border and high risk cases; templates and policies; separating operational HR from legal escalation
- Disputes and protection. Pre litigation matters, claims, cease and desist, asset protection; legal positions and strategies; managing external counsel; assessing risks and consequences
- Corporate governance. Support for resolutions, powers of attorney and authority documents; checking signing authority before execution
- Templates and knowledge base. Developing and maintaining the department's templates, playbooks and knowledge base, and supporting their ongoing use across the team
- Team management. Leading and developing the legal team; setting quality standards, priorities and escalation rules; converting recurring work into scalable tools; cooperating with Legal Operations
Requirements
- Law degree (civil law or common law jurisdiction); an LLM or strong international background is an advantage
- 12+ years of relevant experience, including substantial in house or law firm experience supporting regulated financial institutions, fintech, IT/software companies, brokerage groups or international corporate structures
- Proven experience managing legal teams and cross functional stakeholders
- Strong hands on experience in several of the following areas: technology/software agreements; IP (ownership, licensing, protection); real estate and infrastructure; employment and contractor law; corporate governance; disputes and pre litigation; cross border coordination; external counsel managemen
- Strong drafting and negotiation skills in English; the ability to work with English law style commercial contracts
- Fluent English
- A solid understanding of legal risk allocation: liability, warranties, indemnities, limitation of liability, confidentiality, data/security, termination and dispute resolution
- The ability to translate legal risks into business options and practical decision making materials
- Experience working in a fast paced, high volume, multi jurisdictional environment
Advantageous
- Experience in a Cyprus Investment Firm, EU regulated financial institution, fintech, brokerage, payment institution or technology company
- Knowledge of the EU regulatory environment, GDPR, DORA / operational resilience and sanctions restrictions
- Experience with tied agents, subsidiaries, cross border structures and KYC processes
- Experience implementing templates, playbooks, trackers, knowledge bases and legal tech / matter management tools
- Experience managing external counsel budgets and deliverables
- Experience with IP/trademark portfolios and platform ownership structures
- Experience with HR related legal matters across European jurisdictions
What We Value
- An ownership mindset, the ability to build systems rather than only solve individual tasks, senior legal judgement and early risk identification, strong prioritisation, the ability to manage complexity, mentoring skills, a business oriented approach without compromising legal robustness, and confide
Benefits
- On site work in a modern, well located office in Limassol
- Competitive salary
- Annual performance based bonus
- Child benefit for each child under the age of 18
- VISA sponsorship for the employee and family members
- Relocation package, including compensation for the flight, two checked bags, and accommodation for one month
- The company covers 50% of the annual cost of the Healthy Plan, which the employee can set up with any insurance company
- Company provided life insurance
- 21 working days of paid vacation
- Public holidays under applicable law are substituted by the Employer with 12 alternative days off. The employee can take 1 (one) additional day off per month — 12 (twelve) additional days off per year
- Up to 3 days of sick leave per month without a medical report from a licensed general physician justifying such absence
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