Eqvilent

Role Description We are looking for a Senior Legal Counsel who will serve as a trusted partner to the business and a project-owning operator within the legal team. This is not a support function — you will own mandates end-to-end, lead cross-functional initiatives, and when needed communicate directly with the CEO. - Lead legal support for Eqvilent’s expansion into new markets, including entity setup, regulatory approvals, and commercial launch - Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements, including trading, technology, services, vendor, and partnership contracts - Support corporate transactions, including M&A, joint ventures, and investment structures - Own legal and cross-functional projects, working closely with compliance, operations, finance, technology, and senior leadership - Monitor regulatory developments in key jurisdictions and translate them into clear, actionable guidance for the business - Support licensing and ongoing compliance matters in regulated markets, including Malta, India, and the UAE/DIFC - Act as a key legal partner to internal teams, advising on commercial, regulatory, employment, and people-related matters - Manage external counsel to ensure high-quality, practical, and cost-effective legal support Qualifications - Qualified lawyer with 7+ years of post-qualification experience - Meaningful time spent at a major international or top-tier regional law firm — you bring structured, rigorous legal thinking to every problem - Proven track record managing complex, multi-jurisdictional legal projects independently and to deadline - Strong commercial instincts — you understand business objectives and calibrate legal advice accordingly - Advanced user of Google Workspace and modern AI platforms including Gemini, Claude, and equivalent tools; you leverage these daily to increase output quality and speed - Exceptional written and verbal communication — you can translate complex legal analysis into clear, actionable guidance for non-lawyers - Highly organised, deadline-driven, and composed under pressure across competing priorities Benefits - Direct collaboration with the CEO and senior leadership — real access, real impact - Full project ownership from day one — you lead mandates, you do not just support them - Fully remote from anywhere in the world - International mandate spanning a vast number of jurisdictions and a genuine variety of legal work - A team that operates with modern tools and an AI-native mindset — no outdated workflows - 40 paid days off per year - Competitive compensation reflecting the seniority and scope of the role

• Collect and analyze trading data across various exchanges and asset classes • Structure, organize, and maintain collected data in a clear and consistent format • Perform reconciliations of financial trading data • Aggregate and process data from multiple sources using Python • Design, develop, and maintain automated workflows and integrations using no-code/low-code platforms (Make, n8n, Workato, or similar) to improve finance operations and reporting • Identify inefficiencies in existing processes and propose structured solutions to enhance automation and overall performance • Collaborate with Finance teams and cross-functional stakeholders

• Coordinate and manage travel arrangements for employees, including flights, hotels, transportation, and visas • Stay updated on visa requirements and immigration laws in different countries • Ensure compliance with immigration regulations and maintain accurate records • Liaise with government officials and external organizations regarding visa applications and travel requirements • Provide support and guidance to employees throughout the visa application process • Continuously review and improve travel processes and procedures to enhance efficiency and cost-effectiveness • Handle any escalated travel-related issues and resolve them on time

• Ensuring storage is reliable, predictable, and not a bottleneck for any critical workloads across the company • Owning performance and stability of storage systems, and continuously improving them as data volumes and workloads grow • Designing and evolving data placement, resiliency, and lifecycle strategies to balance performance, cost, and reliability • Ensuring the platform behaves predictably during failures, maintenance, and scaling events • Improving how storage integrates with compute environments (GPU/HPC, Kubernetes, data pipelines) • Driving faster and more reliable incident detection, resolution, and prevention • Improving capacity planning to avoid emergency scaling and unexpected degradation • Continuously improving tooling, automation, and operational practices to make the platform easier to operate and scale

• Analyze trading conditions and rules across multiple exchanges • Research and structure diverse exchange mechanisms • Organize and maintain gathered information in a clear and structured format • Collect and compare market activity statistics across exchanges and asset types • Study raw exchange product data • Prepare technical tasks for developers • Aggregate data from multiple sources using Python • Communicate regularly with external counterparties • Collaborate with different teams across the company

• Implementation of complex computational algorithms on GPU and CPU with demanding latency and throughput requirements • Refactor existing solutions to improve their scalability

• Design and build ELT pipelines for data processing and analysis. • Construct MLOps pipelines for automated retraining and validation of models. • Implement CI/CD pipelines for deploying models and ML services. • Create services for monitoring ML models in production.

• Directly oversee and manage high-stakes, multi-jurisdictional disputes, including: • Сommercial litigation (e.g., breach of rental agreements, breach of contract for defective equipment) • International arbitration (e.g., cases involving fraudulent misrepresentation and damages recovery) • Financial recovery cases involving frozen balances, unauthorized transactions, or overpaid funds • Draft and file pleadings, motions, and other legal documents in various jurisdictions (UAE, UK, EU, HK) • Independently manage and direct all phases of litigation, including high-value discovery, depositions, and trial preparation • Coordinating local counsels • Conduct legal research and analysis to support case strategies • Assist in all phases of litigation, including discovery, depositions, and trial preparation • Develop and maintain case files, ensuring all documents are properly organized and easily accessible • Prepare legal memoranda and briefs on various legal issues • Conduct document reviews and manage e-discovery processes • Assist in settlement negotiations and alternative dispute resolution proceedings • Maintain and update case management systems and litigation calendars • Collaborate with expert witnesses and other professionals to build strong cases • Contribute to the development of litigation strategies and case theories • Stay current on relevant laws, regulations, and court decisions affecting our practice areas • Contribute to the firm's knowledge management initiatives by creating and maintaining legal templates and research databases • Assist in preparing internal communications and status reports • Participate in various operational activities, including drafting proposals and assisting with client presentations

• Own communication with stakeholders and other teams, structure requirements, set priorities, and assure delivery commitments. • Manage the team effectively, understanding each member’s strengths and weaknesses, and assign tasks based on their abilities and development goals. • Own team capacity planning—tracking load, forecasting needs, and ensuring new hires, processes and tools are in place before capacity becomes a bottleneck. • Conduct regular 1:1 meetings, performance reviews, and implement measures to improve team performance as needed.

• Work closely with Accounting, Reporting, Tax and Financial Controllers to support the monthly management reporting close by cleansing, validating, and consolidating data from diverse sources (ERP, procurement system, and cross-functional inputs) • Own procure-to-pay monitoring for assigned entities: track requests/payments, resolve issues, and ensure complete audit/tax/reporting documentation through rigorous compliance checks (contract terms, allocation, classification) in coordination with process stakeholders • Maintain financial data integrity across complex Google Sheets models, ensuring critical financial data is accurate and accessible for the wider Finance team • Build high-quality reports and presentations for leadership (PowerPoint storytelling, dashboards, clear takeaways) • Partner with stakeholders across the business to gather timely inputs for short-term forecasting cycles • Prepare supporting calculations (e.g., intercompany charges) and incorporate them into reporting and forecasting to support financial decision-making • Proactively optimize processes by identifying data 'pain points' and support implementation of scalable solutions to continuously improve data quality and reporting efficiency.