• Act as a strategic legal advisor to executive leadership, proactively identifying risks and opportunities to support informed, high-impact decisions. • Assess UpGuard's current legal and compliance posture across key areas; identify gaps against applicable standards; and develop a sequenced, prioritised roadmap that reflects business risk, organisational capacity, and realistic timelines — then lead the company through the change required to close those gaps. • Lead and develop the in-house legal team, implementing scalable processes and metrics-driven practices to accelerate deals and reduce risk. • Build and execute a scalable compliance program covering data privacy (GDPR, CCPA), OFAC/trade compliance, anti-bribery, AI governance, and ethics — with particular emphasis on driving organisational alignment and adoption beyond policy creation. • Identify and mitigate legal and regulatory risks across the business, working cross-functionally to embed compliance awareness into day-to-day decision-making. • Manage corporate legal activities, including governance, equity administration, and any M&A or financing activity as it arises. • Advise People and Finance teams on employment law matters across UpGuard's global workforce, including hiring, employee relations, equity programs, and local labor law compliance. • Support board governance functions, including preparation of board materials, maintenance of corporate records, and management of director obligations across jurisdictions. • Provide strategic product counselling to product, engineering, and go-to-market teams, addressing legal issues and enabling compliant, successful product launches. • Direct intellectual property strategy, proactively protecting and managing UpGuard's trademarks, copyrights, patents, and trade secrets. • Advise on the legal and regulatory implications of AI-driven features, data handling practices, and cybersecurity product capabilities as the platform evolves.

• Conduct viability analyses of cases, identifying risks, opportunities, and the optimal social security strategy for each matter; • Draft initial social security pleadings for litigation; • Prepare judicial appeals; • Draft interim filings and motions; • Gradually assume additional responsibilities within the litigation practice, including participating in hearings and delivering oral arguments.

• Review, draft, negotiate, and approve various legal agreements • Provide legal guidance related to diverse projects including Electrical and Communications Infrastructure • Advise on employment law and corporate compliance • Partner with Finance, HR, Operations, and Safety teams to reduce legal exposure • Advise executive leadership on strategic growth and corporate governance

• Provide strategic, commercially pragmatic advice on employment law matters in APAC • Advise on day-to-day employment matters across Canva’s employee and contingent workforce, including performance management, exits, investigations, and regulatory issues • Partner closely with People, Total Rewards, Finance and other key stakeholders to support Canva’s growth and evolving workforce model • Support the development and implementation of scalable employment frameworks, policies, processes and guidance • Identify and manage employment-related legal risks while enabling Canva’s growth and operational objectives • Deliver practical training and guidance to People teams and business leaders • Collaborate with Employment Legal colleagues globally on cross-border matters, strategic projects and shared priorities • Manage employment disputes, claims and regulatory inquiries, partnering with external counsel where required