Senior M&A and Regulatory Lawyer

Why this role exists:

The role exists to lead cross-border M&A and corporate transactions, ensure regulatory compliance in target markets, and oversee international legal entity management. It guarantees that corporate restructurings, licensing, and strategic market entries align with legal, tax, and governance standards across multiple jurisdictions.

What you’ll drive:

M&A and corporate transactions

• Support cross-border M&A and corporate transactions across multiple geographies and jurisdictions, focusing on technology and gambling businesses.

• Conduct legal due diligence of targets across multiple jurisdictions.

• Structure transactions and market-entry projects, taking into account corporate, regulatory, tax, and financial considerations.

• Coordinate merger clearance, regulatory, and fiscal approvals with relevant authorities.

• Provide legal support throughout the transaction lifecycle, from initial structuring through closing and post-closing activities.

Gambling regulatory and market entry

• Provide legal and regulatory support for entering and operating in regulated gambling markets.

• Assess regulatory requirements and restrictions applicable to new markets, transactions, and corporate structures.

• Coordinate with gambling regulators and other relevant authorities on licensing, approvals, and regulatory matters.

• Identify and mitigate regulatory risks arising from M&A transactions, restructurings, and changes in ownership or control.

• Partner with internal and external regulatory counsel to ensure transactions and corporate structures comply with applicable gambling regulations.

Corporate governance and legal entity management

• Manage the full legal lifecycle of group entities across multiple jurisdictions, including incorporations, annual compliance, internal approvals, reorganizations, and closures.

• Prepare, coordinate, and maintain corporate documents, including shareholder and board resolutions, certificates, PoAs, UBO declarations, share transfers, and director appointments.

• Act as the primary legal contact for external administrators, company secretaries, regulated intermediaries, and registered agents.

• Maintain governance registers, KYC files, group structures, and signature authorities across active legal entities.

• Coordinate internal approvals and improve governance processes and decision-tracking tools.

What makes you a GR8 fit:

Must-have

• Legally qualified in a civil or common law jurisdiction with 4+ years of relevant experience in corporate law, M&A, corporate transactions, or legal entity management.

• Strong experience supporting cross-border and multi-jurisdictional transactions.

• Solid understanding of corporate governance, company law, and international structuring.

• Practical experience with gambling law and/or regulatory matters in regulated gambling markets.

• Experience working with regulatory authorities and supporting licensing, approvals, or market-entry projects.

• Experience managing legal entities and corporate actions across multiple jurisdictions, including through third-party service providers.

• Excellent English drafting, communication, and negotiation skills.

Nice-to-have

• In-house experience within a multinational organization.

• Experience with M&A transactions involving gambling / iGaming companies.

• Familiarity with beneficial ownership, KYC/AML, nominee, trust, or fiduciary structures.

• Experience with tax and financial structuring of corporate transactions.

• Additional languages.