Junior Lawyer
Description
Virtuozzo is the leading provider of virtualization and cloud infrastructure software that enables service providers, ISVs and enterprises to deliver secure, robust and highly-performant virtualization, software-defined storage and hyperconverged platforms for applications and cloud services.
Virtuozzo is looking for a junior lawyer/lawyer in Sofia, Bulgaria for its international Legal Department team to work remotely.
Key Responsibilities:
- Legal support of contracts workflow within the company, review, legal analysis and negotiation of various agreements (supply, services/works provision, intellectual property rights related agreements, license agreements, distribution agreements etc.);
- Legal due diligence and further support of company contracts database in electronic format and on hard copies;
- Legal support of corporate law issues within the company: amendments to the charters of the group companies, provision of powers of attorney, keeping the registry of PoAs;
- Monitoring the company's compliance with corporate procedures and internal regulations;
- Legal support of the company compliance processes, including data privacy, sanction compliance, etc.;
- Preparing various drafts of the company’s documents, including agreements, amendments, orders, official letters, etc.;
- Serving as one of the department’s main contacts and being responsible for the keeping of records and copies of contracts and other legal documents under the company’s policies;
- Support of other legal and regulatory issues within the company workflow.
Requirements
- Law degree obtained from an EU country;
- English – Upper Intermediate with strong knowledge of Legal English and legal writing skills;
- Proactive attitude, ability to work under pressure;
- Excellent research skills;
- Well-developed administrative and organizational skills
- Willingness to learn and to develop in a fast-paced environment;
- Knowledge of business and international law, IT IP law, data privacy regulation in Europe is an advantage;
- Couple years of work experience as a lawyer within a law firm with IP/IT specialization or as in-house lawyer in IT company is an advantage;