Legal Specialist – Create the Legal Framework for a Growing Organisation

Exciting, clear and rewarding career progression
Play a key role in supporting the continued growth and future success of an established entity
Unique opportunity to help build and shape an in-house legal function from the ground up

This Legal Advisor opportunity is with a rapidly expanding entity with a strong local & international presence, offering you the chance to become part of an exciting initiative at a defining stage of its expansion. This is an opportunity to make your mark across a varied and exciting portfolio of Group-wide initiatives, providing commercially focused advice while helping create a progressive legal function designed to support the organisation’s continued growth and success, allowing you to gain unique hands on exposure.

Reporting directly to the Senior Lawyer as the Group’s first legal hire, you will take on significant responsibility from day one and play a central role in building the legal function, giving you broad exposure across corporate and commercial matters, whilst engaging closely with the Senior Lawyer as you help shape the function as it grows.

You will be at the forefront of a modernising legal environment, gaining hands-on exposure to innovative systems, emerging technologies and AI-enabled solutions that are transforming the way in-house legal teams operate, enabling you to keep at the forefront of the latest trends. Your new position provides strong long-term career prospects, with the scope to advance your career as the legal function takes shape and evolves alongside the ambitious plans your new employers has in store, meaning you will have a structured growth plan available.

You will:

Assist the Senior Lawyer with corporate and commercial matters
Liaise closely with internal stakeholders and external advisers
Lead legal projects and matters through to successful completion
Play an active part in establishing and embedding the Group’s legal function
Help design and enhance legal processes, systems and operational frameworks
Explore and support the adoption of innovative legal technology and AI solutions

Skills / Experience:

Warranted Lawyer in Malta (Maltese Qualified Lawyer)
2+ years of post-qualification experience
Proven experience in commercial contracts, together with solid practical knowledge of corporate and commercial law.

Salary / Remuneration: €40,000 – €50,000, depending on experience, plus parking and an excellent benefits package.

For more information contact Giorgio Scollo confidentially on + 356 2601 6769

I specialise in recruiting for Legal, if you wish to discuss this or other Legal-field opportunities, please feel free to contact me.

About Accelerate – Accelerate Recruitment is a Specialist Finance and Legal Recruitment Consultancy based in Malta.

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