Legal Counsel - Corporate
HybridMontevideo, Montevideo Department, Uruguay
Job Summary
Draft, review, and negotiate intercompany agreements, service agreements, loan guarantees, and corporate support documentation to enable seamless Group operations. Support M&A transactions, corporate restructurings, and capital markets activities by conducting due diligence, preparing documents, and coordinating with external advisors. Assist with banking, financing, and treasury matters, including credit facilities, derivatives documentation, and KYC onboarding. Manage corporate governance and secretarial responsibilities, ensuring compliance with local legal and regulatory requirements across global entities. Partner with legal team members and senior leaders on strategic projects, regulatory issues, and product development. Create templates, policies, and procedures to address new requirements while supporting regulatory filings and internal approvals.
Required Qualifications
- A qualified lawyer with a law degree
- Minimum of 5 years of post-qualification experience
- General legal background with solid experience in commercial, contractual, and corporate law matters
- Fluent in English
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong business-oriented mindset
- Ability to effectively collaborate with commercial and operations teams
- Tech-savvy and comfortable working with digital tools, platforms, and legal technology solutions
- Ability to proactively identify relevant business and legal issues
- Skilled at applying the law to novel situations and finding pragmatic, creative solutions to business challenges
- Highly analytical with strong attention to detail
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to quickly assimilate information and work under pressure
- Creative thinker with solid problem-solving skills
- Ability to remain calm in challenging circumstances
- Team player with the ability to contribute effectively to international and cross-functional teams and projects
- Self-motivated, intelligent, and enthusiastic
- Ability to work independently
- Flexibility to work with colleagues across South America, Europe, the United States, Africa, and Asia, including accommodating time zone differences for calls and deadlines
Desired Qualifications
- ideally gained at a major law firm and/or in-house in the Financial Services industry or M&A
- Knowledge and understanding of payments, financial services, or fintech
- Proficiency in Spanish
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