Senior Legal Counsel (Generalist)
9.0/10
Eqvilent
$115,000 – $189,750 USD
Remote
senior
14 days ago
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Description
What You’ll Be Doing
- •Lead legal support for Eqvilent’s expansion into new markets, including entity setup, regulatory approvals, and commercial launch
- •Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements, including trading, technology, services, vendor, and partnership contracts
- •Support corporate transactions, including M&A, joint ventures, and investment structures
- •Own legal and cross-functional projects, working closely with compliance, operations, finance, technology, and senior leadership
- •Monitor regulatory developments in key jurisdictions and translate them into clear, actionable guidance for the business
- •Support licensing and ongoing compliance matters in regulated markets, including Malta, India, and the UAE/DIFC
- •Act as a key legal partner to internal teams, advising on commercial, regulatory, employment, and people-related matters
- •Manage external counsel to ensure high-quality, practical, and cost-effective legal support
Why Should You Join Our Team?
- •Direct collaboration with the CEO and senior leadership — real access, real impact
- •Full project ownership from day one — you lead mandates, you do not just support them
- •Fully remote from anywhere in the world
- •International mandate spanning a vast number jurisdictions and a genuine variety of legal work
- •A team that operates with modern tools and an AI-native mindset — no outdated workflows
- •40 paid days off per year
- •Competitive compensation reflecting the seniority and scope of the role
Requirements
What We Look For In You
- •Qualified lawyer with 7+ years of post-qualification experience
- •Meaningful time spent at a major international or top-tier regional law firm — you bring structured, rigorous legal thinking to every problem
- •Proven track record managing complex, multi-jurisdictional legal projects independently and to deadline
- •Strong commercial instincts — you understand business objectives and calibrate legal advice accordingly
- •Advanced user of Google Workspace and modern AI platforms including Gemini, Claude, and equivalent tools; you leverage these daily to increase output quality and speed
- •Exceptional written and verbal communication — you can translate complex legal analysis into clear, actionable guidance for non-lawyers
- •Highly organised, deadline-driven, and composed under pressure across competing priorities
- •Not a perfect match on paper? We hire for potential and mindset, not just credentials. If you think you'd bring something valuable to the team — we'd still love to hear from you. Use your cover letter to tell us why.
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