Senior Legal Counsel

The Company

VEON is a Nasdaq-listed global digital operator that serves nearly 160m customers with connectivity a total base of 110 million monthly active users with digital services in some of the world’s most exciting frontier markets. Operating across six countries that are home to nearly 520 million people, in other words more than 7% of the world’s population, VEON transforms lives through technology-driven services that empower individuals and drive economic growth.

With VEON’s Digital Operator 1440 vision and strategy, VEON Group companies redefine the engagement that telecom operators have with their customers, providing the best digital experience to customers up to 1440 minutes in a day. We transform not only the daily experience of the final users, but also support the growth of enterprises and industries as a whole by using cutting-edge technologies in AI, big-data and cloud services to serve our business customers.

This is all underpinned by a commitment to sustainability, ensuring VEON’s operations are run safely and ethically while fostering digital entrepreneurship and greater digital skills and literacy in the communities in which VEON operates. VEON’s values-based approach works to strengthen trust by building a responsible and sustainable business that benefits customers, employees, communities, and shareholders.

VEON’s international leadership team is drawn from experienced executives from around the world and has been led by CEO Kaan Terzioğlu since July 2021.

Position Summary

• You will be a part of a VEON HQ Legal team. The role profile is a mid-level lawyer with 6 to 10 years of Professional Qualified Experience.
• Reporting into Associate General Counsel, you will be helping to run Legal’s Group-wide sanctions, export controls and OFAC-related compliance program.
• Working location: Dubai

Key Responsibilities

• Providing subject matter expertise (sanctions, export controls and OFAC compliance) to legal and business teams;
• Keeping abreast of important initiatives and changes by authorities and regulators, and disseminating relevant information to stakeholders;
• Assessing risk controls and adjusting procedures to ensure effective compliance, reporting and escalation across the Group;
• Developing and providing sanctions, export controls and OFAC compliance training.

Critical Skills

• Demonstrated knowledge in area of focus, preferably gained in multinational corporate environment and/or listed company.
• Strong legal and analytical skill with good business sense and able to work in a team.
• Ability to work and deal with sensitive issues in a multi-cultural environment and to build effective working relations with stakeholders.
• Must be a self-starter, flexible, innovative and adaptive.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively and with people at all levels of the organization.

Education and Experience

• Professionally qualified lawyer in good standing and/or Master’s Degree in Law.
• Have 6 to 10 years of relevant experience in similar jobs, preferably with a reputable international law firm, a legal department of a private or public entity, regulatory organization, or an international financial institution with proven technical competence.

VEON Values

• Customer obsessed: We have a passion for our customers – they are at the heart of everything we do.
• We are able to make difficult decisions when we know it's in our customers' best interests.
• We keep an eye on our competitors but it's our customers who are always front of mind.
• We are driven by our customer insight – all our digital innovations are borne out of customer need.

• Entrepreneurial: We have an ownership mentality, demonstrating passion and taking responsibility of the business as if it were our own.
• We're agile and dynamic. We like to push boundaries and explore what's possible – we are not held back by a fear of failure.
• We take smart risks, but only when it's in our customers' best interests.
• We lead by example – we do what we say we're going to do.

• Innovative: We never stop. We're always moving, looking for the next disruptive digital ideas. We're adventurous and excited about trying something new.
• We're quick to bring new digital products and services to the market, always driven by a clear customer need.
• We don't follow the status quo, we are passionate about creating our own path.

• Collaborative: We bring people together, united by our passion for our customers.
• We work with – not against – each other and we cherish the time of others.
• We don't look to blame, we look for solutions to problems.
• We partner with others – both internally and externally - in order to achieve more.

• Truthful: We are open, honest and demonstrate integrity in all our dealings – both internally and externally.
• We're trustworthy, keeping our promises, admitting our mistakes – whether it's to customers, peers, leadership or shareholders.
• We are focused on upholding the highest level of ethics at all times. We set clear expectations and clearly communicate feedback.

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Do you want to be part of a team that serves over 160 million customers across 6 dynamic markets? Do you want to pioneer new experiences for hundreds of millions in emerging economies? Do you feel at home working in a truly diverse and inclusive environment? We are VEON, a global digital operator and we scale new heights never thought possible.

Our DE&I Vision is:

Creating an Inclusive World for All – Inside and Beyond VEON

We aspire to create anInclusive world for all by providing Equal voice and representation, driving growth with diverse and inclusive teams, that create products that serve Diverse needs of our customers across all dimensions of life from connectivity to digital financial inclusion, education, health and entertainment, and creating value for our people, our partners, and communities.