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Senior Legal Counsel handling legal agreements and support across multiple jurisdictions in a fintech startup. Collaborating with teams while managing compliance and regulatory matters.
About the role
- Provide advice, counsel and guidance on compliance with applicable sanctions and other foreign trade laws and regulations.
- Monitor global sanctions developments and evaluating impacts on FME’s operations.
- Develop and advise on sanctions risk control and mitigation strategies, documentation and processes (such as sanctions screening, sanctions compliance guidelines for business in high-risk countries, contractual documents and clauses, trainings, etc.).
- Conduct sanctions risk assessments of FME’s business models/set-ups.
- Assess (potential) sanctions screening hits and providing guidance to business sponsors on the implementation of risk mitigation measures.
- Advise and support on sanctions license requests.
- Support sanctions-related KYC requests of financial institutions and vendors.
- Provide sanctions support in M&A–transactions (acquisitions and divestments).
- Support trade governance due diligence processes.
- Provide sanctions compliance trainings for business and other relevant stakeholders.
- Support the roll-out and implementation of FME’s sanctions governance materials and processes within FME’s business units.
- Test and review effectiveness and adherence to sanctions compliance processes and controls in day-to-day operations.
Requirements
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in the area of economic sanctions and other foreign trade matters in a major international law firm and/or in-house legal department of an internationally operating organization.
- Experience in design, roll-out and implementation of sanctions compliance policies, processes and trainings.
- Ideally, experience in a medical technology, pharmaceuticals or the broader healthcare sector.
- Strong expertise in global sanctions and other foreign trade laws and regulations.
- Lawyer experienced in EU and/or US sanctions is preferred.
- Ability to translate complex regulatory requirements into actionable processes.
- Excellent written and spoken English, additional languages highly welcome.
- Strong MS Office skills, experience with other relevant software (e.g. SAP GTS, Dow Jones Risk Center), with ability to learn and adapt to new technology.
Benefits
- Flexible working hours
- Professional development opportunities
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