Legal counsel, compliance

At Bending Spoons, we’re striving to build one of the all-time great companies. A company that serves a huge number of customers. A company where team members grow to their full potential. A company that functions at unparalleled levels of effectiveness and efficiency. A company that creates value for shareowners at an extraordinary rate. And a company that does so while adhering to high ethical standards.

In pursuit of this objective, we acquire and improve digital businesses, not to sell on, but to own and operate for the long term. The transformations we make are often deep—designed to speed up innovation, benefit customers, and strengthen business performance. Here, hierarchy is minimal and teams are small and talent-dense. We operate established products with the ambition, agility, and urgency of a startup. Across the company, we integrate AI deeply into how we work so that human judgment and machine intelligence reinforce each other.

For a talented, driven, and collaborative individual, working at Bending Spoons is an opportunity to learn, make an impact, and progress their career at an exceptionally high rate. That’s our promise to such a candidate.Responsibilities

Guide compliance matters. Give practical and business-minded advice cross-functionally on a variety of compliance matters, including corporate criminal liability, corporate disclosures, sustainability reporting, health and safety, vendor contract review, sanctions and export controls, and law enforcement response processes.

Design and operationalize our compliance strategy. Assess risks and design and implement corporate governance and compliance frameworks, such as our Model 231 and Insider Trading policy, to minimize legal risks and align with applicable laws and regulations. Conduct audits, investigate potential violations, and coordinate remediations.

Optimize our insurance portfolio. Assess and secure appropriate insurance coverage, and improve our risk management strategies.

Support acquisitions and integrations. Help plan and navigate compliance-related matters in connection with business acquisitions across jurisdictions, from due diligence to integration.

Train and raise awareness. Design and deliver training and practical guidance for teams.

Build scalable legal tools. Create and maintain forms, playbooks, and other tools, integrating AI-powered workflows to support the company's high-growth business.

Stay ahead. Monitor legal and regulatory developments and proactively identify opportunities to unlock value and address evolving business needs.

Requirements

Reasoning ability Given the necessary knowledge, you can solve complex problems. You think from first principles, and structure your ideas sharply. You resist the influence of biases. You identify and take care of the details that matter.

Drive You’re extremely ambitious in everything you do—and your initiative, effort, and tenacity match the intensity of your ambition. You feel deeply responsible for your work. You hold yourself to a high—and rising—bar.

Team spirit You give generously and without the expectation of receiving in return. You support the best idea, not your idea. You're always happy to get your hands dirty to help your team. You’re reliable, honest, and transparent.

Proficiency in English You read, write, and speak proficiently in English.

Some experience After obtaining a law degree, you practiced at a law firm or as in-house counsel for a period of time, in which you encountered some of the main challenges you’ll face in the role.