Senior Legal Counsel (Latin America)

Do you want to join a band of legal rock stars? Are you an entrepreneurial, curious, passionate, and self-driven legal rockstar? Does the sound of joining a team of high-performing hippies and innovative problem solvers excite you? Are you dynamic, adaptable, and able to work in a faced-paced environment? If this sounds like you read on…

Well, this might just be the job for you!

ABOUT SAND

Sand Technologies is a global leader in digital transformation, empowering leading organisations and governments worldwide to achieve their digital aspirations. 

We offer a comprehensive suite of services, including enterprise AI solutions, data science, software engineering, and IoT, delivered from our centres in the Americas, Europe, and Africa. 

Our training programmes, in partnership with organisations like the Mastercard Foundation, Amazon Web Services, Holberton, and ALX cultivate the next generation of agile digital leaders.

Through recent strategic acquisitions, Sand Technologies has further strengthened its capabilities in advanced analytics and intelligent software development, enhancing our ability to solve our clients' most pressing challenges across telecom, utilities, healthcare, and insurance industries. 

We believe in harnessing technology to deliver real impact and value, helping organisations bridge the gap between their current reality and digital future.

ABOUT ALX

ALX Africa, a Sand company, is at the forefront of addressing the global tech talent shortage. We provide the tech-fluent leaders of tomorrow with the skills and tools they need to succeed in today's digital world. Through our cutting-edge technology training programs, we empower individuals to build impactful careers in high-growth industries. Our partnership with Sand provides our graduates with access to a global network of career opportunities, ensuring a seamless transition from learning to employment.

ABOUT LeCoR

LeCoR stands for Legal, Compliance & Risk and is the legal arm of Sand Tech Holdings Ltd (the holding company of Sand Technologies and ALX). Our mission is simple: “Protect and defend the company”. and our strategy is to create world-class CATs and TRAPs to control RATs!

Yes, you heard it right. This means we do 3 things for our customers (our internal or external stakeholders):

1. We create Contracts, give Advice, and close Transactions (CATS), 
2. We deliver Training, conduct Regulatory Assessments, and manage Policies (TRAPS) 
3. And we do all these things to keep Risk At Tolerance (RATS). 

As Lecorians, we challenge each other with complex tasks and let innovation and creativity run their course. You will own projects and work streams and rotational management roles. We have a strong emphasis on systems and processes in order to optimize for efficiency and we value fun, freedom, and feedback!

Not convinced yet? Here are a few more reasons to join our team!

• Join a band of legal rockstars: We are entrepreneurial, curious, passionate, and self-driven global rockstars, and if you are too, we'd love to see you on stage! 

• From Garage Band to Coachella: Are you ready to rock!? This is a unique opportunity to break your own boundaries and upscale yourself in a forward-thinking and disruptive band. 

• The world is your stage: You know how you perform best. Rock from home, your favourite coffee shop, the top of a mountain, or a remote island, we encourage you to find your happy place! 

• Master of your time: Time is precious - make it count. Work at your own time, whether you’re morning person or a night owl!

Pretty cool, right!? If you are excited about these “unorthodox” concepts, you are in the right place…

ABOUT THE ROLE

We invite you to rock with us in our band. The role offers the perfect opportunity for professional and personal development in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. As a rock band, teamwork and collaboration are at the center of what we do. But in order to be in a band, you also have to have your own unique groove.

Your Mission: You’ll be in charge of creating innovative solutions for commercial transactions, compliance programs, and staff training. 

Your Goals/Activities

In this exciting role, you'll be instrumental in:

1. Drafting and negotiating commercial contracts for our various business units (today a lease for space in Cairo, tomorrow an MSA for a client in California, and next week a DPA for a vendor in Romania!).

2. Evaluate our the risk and compliance levels of our business operations to create compliance maps, risk reports and business improvement plans.

3. Manage commercial risk and entity structuring, oversee our litigation portfolio, manage outside counsel, and conduct due diligence on potential business partners

4. The LeCoR band plays in these stages (functions & projects):

• Privacy: ensuring that the organisation is compliant with data protection laws worldwide (frmo GDPR to POPIA to CCPA).

• Company Secretary: ensuring corporate compliance and up-to-date corporate records in +10 countries!.

• Intellectual Property: registering our trademarks and patents across the world.

• J.A.N.I.S (just a nonconformist innovative system): Develop and test JANIS - our automated  interactive tech solution for our legal & compliance products.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs): 

We are a data-driven band. We collect data to track how well we perform individually, and as a band. Some of the most important things we track to ensure we hit our goals are: 

1. CSAT (customer satisfaction score - how much do our fans love us?)

2. OTD (on time delivery - are we shipping those CATs and TRAPs on time?)

3. AHT (average handle time -how long did it take to get those CATs and TRAPs ready?) 

4. FRR (feedback response rate - are we getting enough feedback from our fans/customers?)

5. FCR (First Contact Resolution, are we solving problems in one hit?)

• a law degree
• 5 to 7 years experience working for a boutique law firm or startup
• Relevant experience in Corporate Law, Employment Law, Data Protection Law, or Intellectual Property Law
• Project Management experience in executing projects from start to finish and on time.
• G-Suite: proficient in G-Suite tools such as Google Sheets, Slides, and Docs

• Robocop Mindset: You are curious about the intersection of law and technology
• Magician Mindset: You believe things are never what they seem to be
• Spartan Mindset: You don't give up. No retreat, no surrender!
• Rockstar Mindset: You make it happen. The show must always go on! 
• Lego Mindset: You like to build. Every piece fits somewhere; every piece is movable!
• Master Yoda Mindset: Do or do not, never try! This is a place for doers, not just talkers; for the extraordinary, not the ordinary; and for the fearless, not the fearful.

• Experience in cross-border projects & transactions, including M&A or corporate finance
• French and/or Arabic language proficiency.
• You are qualified to practice law in countries in South America such as Brazil or Mexico
• Knowledge of contract management tools (like Docusign, Concord, PandaDoc, etc)