Junior Legal Counsel @ Genesis
Job description
Genesis is a Ukrainian co-founding IT company and one of the largest publishers of non-gaming applications. Together with the best entrepreneurs in Central and Eastern Europe, we create and develop global technology businesses. Our main markets are the USA, Europe and Africa. As a co-founding company, Genesis first provides promising startups with the necessary resources and expertise for development, and then supports the project until it becomes an independent business. Currently, 25 projects are developing in our ecosystem in four main areas: mobile applications, online media, e-commerce and R&D. We are looking for a talented, hard-working and ambitious lawyer to join the Head Office Legal Team. The potential candidate will have an exceptional opportunity for professional growth within a large-scale international IT business.
Qualifications and personal qualities:
- Fluency in English (including preparation of legal documents), international certificates such as IELTS/TOEFL will be an advantage.
- 1 year or more of relevant experience in an international or leading law firm or a Big Four audit firm.
- Successful studies at a top law university.
- Ability to learn quickly.
- Attention to detail.
- Initiative and willingness to work on a wide variety of legal tasks and apply creative thinking to solve legal issues.
- Hard work, organization, and the ability to work effectively in stressful situations.
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills, written and oral.
Desired skills:
- Ability to make practical business decisions and have strategic thinking.
- Participation in court debates (moot courts) will be an advantage.
- Experience working with contract law.
- Experience working with intellectual property law.
Responsibilities:
- Preparation, analysis and review of commercial contracts, internal policies and other legal documents.
- Improving legal processes and increasing the efficiency of operations within Legal Operations, including automation, standardization and optimization of work with documents and processes.
- Intellectual property rights protection, including trademark registration in the US, EU and other tier-1 countries, as well as copyright registration in the US.
- Analysis of the legislation of tier-1 countries and conducting legal research in various jurisdictions.
- Legal support for the company’s current operational activities in those jurisdictions where the company operates (with a focus on North America, Europe and Central Africa).
- Involvement in pre-trial dispute resolution and litigation under the supervision of senior colleagues.
- Communication with business partners, law firms, and service providers in different jurisdictions.
Genesis is a unique place for development and growth:
- Unique learning opportunities, including a variety of trainings and seminars within and outside the company, access to an internal knowledge library, courses to improve English, and opportunities to participate in key IT industry events.
- Expertise in developing popular products in the international market.
- Flexible working conditions, medical insurance.
- The opportunity to work on non-trivial legal tasks from various areas of law.
- Support from an experienced team of professionals with unique market expertise.
- Rapid development of professional expertise in a dynamic and innovative environment.
