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Lead of Legal Team

extra holidays
Remote: 
Hybrid
Contract: 
Experience: 
Senior (5-10 years)
Work from: 
Helsinki (FI)

Offer summary

Qualifications:

Higher legal education, +2 years as a team lead, +5 years as a legal officer, Experience in international contract review, Fluent in English (legal vocabulary).

Key responsabilities:

  • Supervise and mentor two legal team members
  • Develop long-term legal strategies for compliance
  • Lead efforts in corporate structure and governance
  • Ensure legal operations align with company goals
  • Oversee tax efficiency and risk management
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CoinsPaid Financial Services Scaleup https://coinspaid.com/
201 - 500 Employees
HQ: Tallinn
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Job description

CoinsPaid offers ready-to-use crypto payment solutions tailored to business’ every need. Standing at the forefront of mass adoption, our products help businesses gear up for the new era of digital assets. We showed a tremendous growth in terms of transactions and volumes since 2019 and in 2023 were marked by Forbes as the "Best Crypto Payment Gateway for High-Volume Transactions". 

Headquartered in Estonia and having 3 international hubs, we are still a remote-first company with employees working from 30+ countries around the world. At CoinsPaid, we are passionate about crypto, fintech and are putting great effort into building a team that will get the world ready for every-day crypto use. If these feel close to you - give us a shout!

We are looking for a Legal Team Lead with experience in the FinTech niche to help us grow our business on the international stage while ensuring compliance with legal regulations across multiple jurisdictions

Responsibilities:
  • Manage and Lead the Legal Team: Supervise, mentor, and develop the skills of two legal team members, ensuring their professional growth and capacity to handle complex legal matters
  • Strategic Legal Risk Mitigation & Planning: Develop and implement long-term legal strategies for compliance and legal operations aligned with the company’s goals for expansion, M&A, corporate governance, and international operations
  • Corporate Structure and Governance: Lead efforts in structuring the company legally for optimal tax efficiency, risk management, and scalability. Oversee corporate governance and ensure compliance with board and shareholder requirements

  • Requirements:
  • Higher legal education
  • Experience +2 years as a team lead
  • Experience +5 years as a legal officer
  • Experience in international contract review (including negotiations with partners on legal matters) is a must
  • Experience in software development, fintech, or crypto payments is a plus
  • Experience in corporate, economic, contractual, and labor law, and support of cross-border economic activities; experience in tax and IP matters is advantageous
  • Possesses strong commercial, contract, corporate, labor, and international private law knowledge
  • Is fluent in English (business and legal vocabulary)
  • Has business correspondence and negotiation skills
  • Why should you choose CoinsPaid?

    To become a part of this solid team, passionate about their jobs and the crypto industry as a whole. To feel a great team spirit and meet people supporting each other's growth and development. To become a part of a rapidly developing international company and a crypto payments leader. Only in 2023 CoinsPaid was awarded 8 times:

    - Forbes - “Best Crypto Payment Gateway for High-Volume Transactions”;
    - The Global Brands Magazine - "Leading Cryptocurrency Payment Solutions - Estonia";
    - Baltic TECH Awards - “Blockchain: Company of the Year”;
    - Global Payment Innovation Awards  - “Best Blockchain Payment Initiative“;
    - EGR B2B Awards  - “Cryptocurrency Services Supplier 2023 ”;
    - EiGE Awards - “Best Payment Provider in 2023”;
    - MiGEA Excellence Awards  - “Best Crypto Payment Provider”;
    - SiGMA Balkans  - “Crypto Payment Solution of the Year”.

    Solid facts about CoinsPaid:

    - Private and profitable company, registered and licensed in Estonia;
    - Secure business, with regular financial and regulatory audits;
    - Over 9 years of experience in the blockchain development;
    - Over €700M processed in crypto monthly;
    - Over 1M transactions processed monthly;
    - Over 800 merchants accounts serviced;
    - Over 220 team members across 30+ countries.

    By joining CoinsPaid now, you’ll participate in building the world's best crypto payment ecosystem, conquering new markets, and popularising cryptocurrencies.

    Sounds good? Well then, we can’t wait to see your resume!

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    Experience

    Level of experience: Senior (5-10 years)
    Industry :
    Fintech: Finance + Technology
    Spoken language(s):
    EnglishEnglish
    Check out the description to know which languages are mandatory.

    Other Skills

    • Strategic Planning
    • Mentorship
    • Team Leadership

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