Legal Counsel IRC280355

Description
The Latin American and Iberian Legal Team supports all aspects of the company's operations across a diverse and complex region, including Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Peru, Colombia, Mexico, Spain, and Portugal.

We are a high-performing team responsible for the entire legal function, excluding dedicated areas like Customer Contracts, Privacy, and Compliance (where we provide local insight and implementation support). Our core mission is to enable business growth while ensuring legal compliance and mitigating risk.

Integration Project Focus
This role is initially heavily focused on the post-acquisition legal integration of entities in Spain and Portugal. The project demands expertise in harmonizing employment terms, compensation structures, and HR operational policies, ensuring seamless transition and legal compliance in both jurisdictions.

Requirements
Qualifications & Experience

• Law Degree in Spain, Portugal, or another relevant jurisdiction.
• Post-graduate degrees or Master's in Law are highly valued
• 5+ years of professional legal experience, ideally gained in a top-tier law firm and/or in-house legal department of a multinational company. Preferably in the Technology industry.
• Demonstrable experience in M&A transactions, including both corporate aspects and, crucially, significant experience with post-acquisition HR/labor law integration in Spain and/or Portugal.
• Solid knowledge of Spanish and/or Portuguese Labor Law and Corporate Law is a must.
• Experience with LatAm legal frameworks is highly valued.

Competencies

• Business acumen & strategic thinking: ability to understand business needs and provide practical, risk-balanced legal solutions that enable company objectives, rather than simply identifying problems.
• Cross-jurisdictional expertise: Capability to navigate and compare legal issues across multiple jurisdictions
• Influence & collaboration: strong interpersonal skills to effectively partner with diverse stakeholders, including HR, Finance, and leadership, in a remote and multicultural environment.
• Proactiveness & ownership: high degree of initiative, able to manage complex projects autonomously, and meet deadlines
• Communication: ability to draft clear, concise legal documents and articulate complex legal concepts to non-legal audiences in a professional manner.

Job responsibilities

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Legal Counsel with a Law Degree in Spain or Portugal to join our dynamic Latin American and Iberian Legal Team.

This pivotal role will be instrumental in the successful integration of a recently acquired company with legal entities in Spain and Portugal. His/Her primary focus will be on navigating the complex legal landscape of Human Resources, Total Rewards, and HR-Operations integration and alignment to GL's standards, principles and policies, while also leveraging strong corporate experience to actively collaborate with the rest of the team on managing the administration of the entities in both countries and their compliance with local obligations and recurring corporate filings.

Beyond the integration project, this role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the broader legal needs of our fast-growing business across Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula. This is a hands-on role requiring strong linguistic capabilities, sharp legal acumen, and a proactive, business-oriented approach.

What we offer

Culture of caring.
At GlobalLogic, we prioritize a culture of caring. Across every region and department, at every level, we consistently put people first. From day one, you'll experience an inclusive culture of acceptance and belonging, where you'll have the chance to build meaningful connections with collaborative teammates, supportive managers, and compassionate leaders.

Learning and development.
We are committed to your continuous learning and development. You'll learn and grow daily in an environment with many opportunities to try new things, sharpen your skills, and advance your career at GlobalLogic. With our Career Navigator tool as just one example, GlobalLogic offers a rich array of programs, training curricula, and hands-on opportunities to grow personally and professionally.

Interesting & meaningful work.
GlobalLogic is known for engineering impact for and with clients around the world. As part of our team, you'll have the chance to work on projects that matter. Each is a unique opportunity to engage your curiosity and creative problem-solving skills as you help clients reimagine what's possible and bring new solutions to market. In the process, you'll have the privilege of working on some of the most cutting-edge and impactful solutions shaping the world today.

Balance and flexibility.
We believe in the importance of balance and flexibility. With many functional career areas, roles, and work arrangements, you can explore ways of achieving the perfect balance between your work and life. Your life extends beyond the office, and we always do our best to help you integrate and balance the best of work and life, having fun along the way

High-trust organization.
We are a high-trust organization where integrity is key. By joining GlobalLogic, you're placing your trust in a safe, reliable, and ethical global company. Integrity and trust are a cornerstone of our value proposition to our employees and clients. You will find truthfulness, candor, and integrity in everything we do.

About GlobalLogic
GlobalLogic, a Hitachi Group Company, is a trusted digital engineering partner to the world's largest and most forward-thinking companies. Since 2000, we've been at the forefront of the digital revolution – helping create some of the most innovative and widely used digital products and experiences. Today we continue to collaborate with clients in transforming businesses and redefining industries through intelligent products, platforms, and services.