Legal Counsel – Corporate & Commercial

Who Are We? We are Welltech — a global company with Ukrainian roots and a powerful mission: to move everybody to start and stay well for life. Today 25.5 million users have trusted Welltech to help them build healthy habits — a testament to the real value our innovative, engaging wellness solutions deliver every day. 🌍 With five hubs across Cyprus, Ukraine, Poland, Spain and the UK and a diverse, remote-friendly team of 700+ professionals, we continue to scale rapidly. Our innovative apps — Muscle Booster, Yoga-Go and WalkFit — empower millions to transform their lifestyles and unlock their personal wellness journeys. Welltech is where your impact becomes real. And our values clearly attest to that: we grow together, we drive results, we lead by example and we are well-makers. If this looks like you and you thrive in a fast-paced environment, you’ll fit right in at Welltech. Let’s build wellness for millions together. About the Role We are looking for a Cyprus-qualified Legal Counsel to join our legal function and support our growing IT business. This role will focus on corporate governance, commercial contracts, compliance, employment law matters, and day-to-day legal support for cross-functional teams across the group’s entities worldwide. The successful candidate will work closely with Finance, Procurement, HR, and business stakeholders, providing practical, business-oriented legal advice in a fast-paced technology environment. Key Responsibilities - Corporate Governance & Compliance: - Handle corporate governance matters for Cyprus entities and other Welltech group companies worldwide, including coordination of corporate approvals, documentation, and record-keeping. - Manage statutory, regulatory, and internal compliance matters for Cyprus entities, including timely filings, corporate records, and ongoing alignment with applicable legal, governance, and internal policy requirements. - Assist with group-wide KYC and audit procedures, ensuring timely, accurate, and well-coordinated legal input. - Commercial Contracts: - Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements, including services, software, marketing, confidentiality, lease, and intra-group contracts. - Cross-Functional Legal Support: - Act as a trusted legal partner to Finance, Procurement, HR, and business teams, providing practical, business-oriented legal advice on day-to-day matters. - Support cross-functional projects by ensuring timely legal review, clear communication, and alignment with business objectives. - Work closely with external stakeholders, including corporate service providers, agents, and external counsel, to coordinate legal documentation and support timely resolution of legal matters. - Employment Law Support: - Provide legal advice on Cyprus employment law matters, acting as an advisory partner to the HR team. - Review employment-related documentation, HR policies, and procedures where legal input is required. - Support HR in complex, non-standard, or escalated employment matters, ensuring alignment with applicable Cyprus employment law and internal policies. - Legal Operations & Process Improvement: - Contribute to optimisation of legal workflows and processes; drive initiatives aimed at improving efficiency across the legal function and streamlining day-to-day legal support, including through the use of AI-enabled tools. Required Qualifications - Cyprus-qualified lawyer (must-have) with approximately 5 years of post-qualification experience, ideally gained through a combination of law firm and in-house roles. - Strong expertise in corporate and commercial law, with proven experience drafting and reviewing contracts and solid knowledge of Cyprus corporate governance, compliance, and employment law matters. - Strong attention to detail, ownership, accountability, flexibility and adaptability. - Ability to provide practical, business-oriented legal advice in a dynamic environment. - Fluency in English at minimum C1 level (drafting and negotiation language). Candidate journey ⭕️ Recruiter call --> ⭕️ Meet the HM team --> ⭕️ Skills assessment--> ⭕️ Business case --> ⭕️ Meet the Leadership Nice to Have - Multi-jurisdictional exposure and hands-on experience supporting companies across multiple jurisdictions worldwide would be an advantage. - Experience working with or reviewing contracts with payment service providers (such as bank acquirers, PSPs, payment gateways, payment orchestration platforms). - Hands-on experience with AI-enabled tools, designing and creating legal workflows (including AI-enabled workflows) to support contract review, drafting, legal research, and legal process optimisation - overall AI savviness and a track record of building such workflows would be considered a considerable advantage.