# Legal Manager at JustMarkets

Legal Manager at JustMarkets in Cyprus Hub, Remote Europe.. Remote. Posted November 5, 2026.

- Company: JustMarkets
- Location: Cyprus Hub, Remote Europe.
- Workplace: Remote
- Experience: 8+ years
- Posted: 2026-11-05
- Apply: https://job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/justmarkets/jobs/5011596101
- Source: https://jobmagic.ai/jobs/legal-manager-justmarkets-q9k4gr

## Requirements

- 8+ years of legal experience, including senior and leadership roles
- At least 3 years leading managers or team leads, not only individual lawyers
- Master's degree in law or equivalent
- Strong knowledge of Cyprus corporate and commercial law
- Hands-on experience structuring and maintaining multi-entity groups across offshore, midshore and onshore jurisdictions
- Track record of leading at least one cross-border acquisition, restructuring or major group reorganisation
- Experience managing a portfolio of disputes, arbitrations or regulatory matters through external counsel across several jurisdictions
- Deep experience with commercial contracts in financial services: client terms, partner agreements, IT and SaaS, PSP and banking
- Knowledge of GDPR and international data protection frameworks
- Experience with cross-border employment, global mobility and EOR models
- Knowledge of financial services regulation (e.g. MiFID II, CySEC) sufficient for close work with Compliance
- Experience managing external counsel and corporate service provider budgets and fee arrangements
- English at C1 level or higher
- Ukrainian or Russian (working language of the team). What makes you a strong fit

## Description

**Responsibilities**

Leadership of the legal function:

- Lead, develop and hold accountable the team leads across the legal function

- Hire and grow talent across the legal team

- Report regularly to the Group Head of Legal & Compliance and C-level on material legal risks, disputes and structural matters

- Work as a peer with Compliance, Finance, Product and HR leadership

- Set group-wide legal policies, standards and escalation frameworks

Oversight of legal matters:

- Disputes: strategy for commercial, corporate, client and employment disputes

- Corporate: the Group's holding and entity structure, corporate governance and company secretarial function

- Commercial: B2B, IT and vendor contracts, banking and PSP arrangements, IP and brand protection

- Regional operations: legal support for the Group's businesses across different regions, including cross-border employment and global mobility

- Data protection: oversight of the Group's privacy framework and GDPR compliance

Personal mandate:

- Lead group restructuring, the legal side of M&A, and the Group's most significant disputes and arbitrations

- Build contract playbooks, templates, approval workflows and legal tech that speed up time-to-contract

- Regulatory licensing and compliance sit with the Group's Compliance and Licensing teams. You will work closely with them

**Requirements**

- 8+ years of legal experience, including senior and leadership roles

- At least 3 years leading managers or team leads, not only individual lawyers

- Master's degree in law or equivalent

- Strong knowledge of Cyprus corporate and commercial law

- Hands-on experience structuring and maintaining multi-entity groups across offshore, midshore and onshore jurisdictions

- Track record of leading at least one cross-border acquisition, restructuring or major group reorganisation

- Experience managing a portfolio of disputes, arbitrations or regulatory matters through external counsel across several jurisdictions

- Deep experience with commercial contracts in financial services: client terms, partner agreements, IT and SaaS, PSP and banking

- Knowledge of GDPR and international data protection frameworks

- Experience with cross-border employment, global mobility and EOR models

- Knowledge of financial services regulation (e.g. MiFID II, CySEC) sufficient for close work with Compliance

- Experience managing external counsel and corporate service provider budgets and fee arrangements

- English at C1 level or higher

- Ukrainian or Russian (working language of the team). What makes you a strong fit

**Will be a plus**

- Diploma-level professional qualification in Compliance or AML (e.g. ICA, ACAMS, CISI)

- Senior legal experience at a global brokerage, a major crypto exchange or a Tier-1 neobank

- Admission to the Cyprus Bar, or bar admission in the UK, US or another EU jurisdiction

- LL.M. from a leading UK, US or EU university

- Awareness of digital-asset regulation (e.g. MiCA, VARA)

- Experience with legal tech or contract lifecycle management tools

**We offer**

- 21 paid vacation days per year

- 10 paid sick leave days per year

- Public holidays according to the Cyprus

- Flexible working schedule

- Hybrid mode (after probation period)

- Medical insurance (after probation period)

- Professional education budget (after probation period)

- Language learning budget  (after probation period)

- Wellness budget (gym membership, sports gear and related expenses)  (after probation period)