Legal Advisor

Role Overview

• Managing operational legal workload independently while escalating complex or high-risk matters appropriately.
• Monitoring designated regulatory channels (CySEC, ESMA, EU) for relevant updates and summarising developments.
• Conducting targeted legal research on regulatory and compliance questions; preparing clear, well-structured research memos and maintaining an organised legal research archive.
• Drafting routine commercial agreements including NDAs, standard vendor contracts, and SLAs using approved templates; flagging non-standard clauses or risk items before finalisation.
• Reviewing incoming contracts for standard legal risks — and producing brief risk summaries.
• Maintaining and updating routine legal and compliance documents including Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy, cookie notices, and standard client disclosures in line with current regulatory requirements.
• Researching and maintaining the Company's KID and KIID documentation for relevant financial instruments; monitoring competitor and industry standards.
• Supporting the DORA Register of Information and outsourcing registry by maintaining accurate entries when new ICT providers or contracts are added.
• Preparing and collating data for periodic regulatory reports and other CySEC-required submissions; flagging data quality issues ahead of deadlines.
• Preparing and organising documentation for Internal Audits, ICT Audits, and CySEC inspections.
• Acting as first-line legal reviewer of routine marketing materials and website content; checking against T&Cs and applicable legal standards, and escalating non-routine materials to the Senior Legal Advisor.

Requirements

• Law degree or equivalent legal qualification.
• At least 1 year of proven experience in a legal advisory or in-house legal role, preferably within a regulated financial services or forex environment.
• Experience in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial agreements, NDAs, and vendor contracts.
• Solid familiarity with MiFID II, GDPR, DORA, and the CySEC regulatory framework.
• Proficiency in English on a native or near-native level, including Anglo-Saxon legal terminology and legal institutes.
• Experience in handling regulatory reporting preparation and audit documentation is an advantage.
• You are structured, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing multiple tasks and deadlines in parallel without losing accuracy.
• Coming to the office in Limassol HQ 2–3 times a week at minimum.

Benefits

• Monitoring designated regulatory channels (CySEC, ESMA, EU) for relevant updates and summarising developments.
• Conducting targeted legal research on regulatory and compliance questions; preparing clear, well-structured research memos and maintaining an organised legal research archive.
• Drafting routine commercial agreements including NDAs, standard vendor contracts, and SLAs using approved templates; flagging non-standard clauses or risk items before finalisation.
• Reviewing incoming contracts for standard legal risks — and producing brief risk summaries.
• Maintaining and updating routine legal and compliance documents including Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy, cookie notices, and standard client disclosures in line with current regulatory requirements.
• Researching and maintaining the Company's KID and KIID documentation for relevant financial instruments; monitoring competitor and industry standards.
• Supporting the DORA Register of Information and outsourcing registry by maintaining accurate entries when new ICT providers or contracts are added.
• Preparing and collating data for periodic regulatory reports and other CySEC-required submissions; flagging data quality issues ahead of deadlines.
• Preparing and organising documentation for Internal Audits, ICT Audits, and CySEC inspections.
• Acting as first-line legal reviewer of routine marketing materials and website content; checking against T&Cs and applicable legal standards, and escalating non-routine materials to the Senior Legal Advisor.