Legal Counsel

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About the Role
We are seeking a skilled and proactive Associate Counsel to join our fully remote in-house global legal team. Safeguard Global enables clients to navigate the complexity of recruiting, hiring, and paying its expanding international workforce by providing local expertise to provide outstanding and reliable services. In this role, you will advise on a variety of legal and business matters with a focus on commercial contracts.

Key Responsibilities:

• Draft, review, redline, and negotiate customer, partnership and supplier contracts for cross-border transactions, including U.S. and international commercial contracts such as master service agreements, lease and vendor agreements, indemnity agreements, and related transactional documents.
• Collaborate closely with Sales to ensure efficiency and alignment in the negotiation process.
• Support internal stakeholders in contract interpretation, risk assessment, and understanding the impact of local laws on business activities.
• Ensure transactional documents and company actions comply with local laws, U.S. contract standards, and global company policies, including data protection regulations (GDPR, CCPA, LGPD, etc.).
• Prepare and maintain corporate governance documents, such as articles of incorporation, powers of attorney, certificates, and meeting minutes, in alignment with Mexico/Costa Rica corporate requirements.
• Deliver internal training on commercial contracting best practices, compliance, and data protection.
• Identify and analyze legal issues, providing clear, practical recommendations to business stakeholders.
• Participate in cross-functional teams to resolve complex business issues and improve legal processes.
• Assist with dispute resolution and coordinate with outside counsel when necessary.
• Contribute to industry trade organization activities and perform other legal tasks as assigned by the Director of Legal.

• Licensed attorney in Mexico or Costa Rica, with the ability to work on cross-border legal matters.
• 3+ years of experience handling U.S. commercial contracts in a law firm or in-house setting.
• Strong knowledge of local corporate law and exposure to international and U.S. business law. Knowledge of local employment law is a plus.
• Excellent legal drafting and negotiation skills in English and Spanish.
• Understanding of data privacy principles (GDPR, CCPA, U.K. privacy law) preferred.
• Ability to deliver business-focused, risk-balanced legal advice in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively.
• Proactive, solutions-oriented mindset with strong organizational skills.
• Law firm experience is preferred; in-house experience with cross-border contracts is a plus.
• In-house experience with cross-border contracts is preferred

Our Global Benefits 

• 👨‍💻 Autonomy & Flexibility (Work in Any Way): Remote first, with the flexibility to include school runs and gym breaks in your schedule all while maintaining a high standard of work.

• 🎁 2 Charitable Days: Contribute to causes you believe in.  

• 🏆 Reward & Recognition Program: Be rewarded for your success and championing our values.  

• 💰 Corporate bonus/SIP: All Guardians are eligible for our annual bonus scheme or sales incentive plan. 

• 🏢 Coworking Space: Need to meet with a client, utilize admin services or just get out of the house? We’ve got you covered with flexible workspace options based on location.

Next Steps: 

To express your interest, please click on the following link. We wish you the best with your application. Our Guardian promise to you is to keep in touch to arrange the next stage should your application meet the position's requirements, and or a gentle update if you have been unsuccessful at this time. 

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