Senior Counsel, Governance

🕒 July 31

🌐 Portugal, Romania, +3 more countries – Remote

🇵🇹 Portugal – Remote 🇷🇴 Romania – Remote 🇭🇺 Hungary – Remote 🇸🇰 Slovakia – Remote 🇵🇱 Poland – Remote

💵 €100k - €125k / year

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟠 Senior

⚖️ Legal Counsel / General Counsel

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Oyster

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2020

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

👥 HR Tech

Consulting • Logistics • HR Tech

Oyster® is an automated global employment platform that simplifies the process of hiring and managing international talent. With coverage in 180+ countries, Oyster provides solutions for global payroll, compliance, employee benefits, and talent mobility, allowing companies to onboard and manage both full-time employees and contractors efficiently. By leveraging deep local knowledge and expert guidance, Oyster helps businesses navigate the complexities of international hiring and scaling their workforce globally.

📋 Description

• Lead governance and structuring decisions for each new direct entity launch • Determine corporate form, ownership structure, and licensing pathway for each jurisdiction • Drive the practical work of standing up new entities, including filings, registered agents, director and officer appointments, bank account and licensing paperwork • Conduct jurisdiction-specific legal and regulatory research • Draft, review, and maintain formation documents, board minutes, governance policies, and powers of attorney • Maintain clean, audit-ready governance records • Partner with Legal, Finance, Operations, People, Payroll, and Treasury teams to sequence entity launches • Identify governance, licensing, and regulatory risks and develop practical mitigation solutions • Document repeatable entity-formation and governance processes and playbooks for handoff to the entity management team

🎯 Requirements

• Qualified lawyer with 7+ years' experience in corporate governance, entity formation, and multi-jurisdictional entity management • Experience personally establishing and maintaining corporate entities across multiple jurisdictions, including filings, registered agents, and licensing applications • Experience interacting directly with external counsel, corporate secretarial providers, regulators, and registered agents across multiple jurisdictions • Comfortable holding a power of attorney to represent company directors/officers where needed • Ability to work autonomously on a fast-moving, ambiguous, high-stakes project with minimal ramp-up time • Availability for an 11-month fixed-term engagement • Strong judgment translating legal and regulatory requirements into practical execution plans • Experience in fast-paced, high-growth, or startup environments • Reliable home internet connection • Fluency in written and spoken English • Authorization to practice law in the candidate's jurisdiction • Familiarity with corporate governance tools such as Klea, Notion, and Asana • Experience with e-signature platforms and wet signature flows • Experience managing jurisdiction-specific signing formalities, including notarization, legalization/apostille, and witness requirements • Familiarity with D&O insurance coverage and director indemnification agreements

🏖️ Benefits

• Offers equity • Fully remote work from home • Work from anywhere, subject to authorization to work where you live • 40 days off per year, including holidays and vacation, or more if required locally • Mental health support through Plumm • Monthly wellbeing allowance through ThanksBen • At least three months' paid parental leave with job protection for up to 12 months or as required locally • WFH stipend for laptop and home office equipment • Asynchronous, collaborative work • Inclusive, global work environment