Legal counsel (US)

At Bending Spoons, we're striving to build one of the all-time great companies. A company that serves a huge number of customers. A company where team members grow to their full potential. A company that functions at unparalleled levels of effectiveness and efficiency. A company that creates value for shareowners at an extraordinary rate. And a company that does so while adhering to high ethical standards.

To achieve this objective, we execute the following strategy: We acquire a digital business with untapped potential and make it as successful as we can by leveraging our platform—which comprises our expertise, technologies, data, brand, talents, and company culture. Then, we invest the proceeds into making our platform more powerful, and into acquiring new businesses. Thus, our strategy sees us combine an investor's attention to capital allocation with the hands-on approach of an operator.

For a talented, driven, and collaborative individual, working at Bending Spoons is an opportunity to learn, make an impact, and progress their career at an exceptionally high rate. That's our promise to such a candidate.

Key Qualifications

1. Reasoning ability: Given the necessary knowledge, you can solve complex problems. You think from first principles, and structure your ideas sharply. You resist the influence of biases. You identify and take care of the details that matter.
2. Drive: You're extremely ambitious in everything you do—and your initiative, effort, and tenacity match the intensity of your ambition. You feel deeply responsible for your work. You hold yourself to a high—and rising—bar.
3. Team spirit: You give generously and without the expectation of receiving in return. You support the best idea, not your idea. You're always happy to get your hands dirty to help your team. You're reliable, honest, and transparent.
4. Proficiency in English: You read, write, and speak proficiently in English.
5. Some experience: After obtaining a law degree, you practiced at a law firm or as in-house counsel in the US for a period of time, in which you encountered some of the main challenges you'll face in the role.

Key Responsibilities

1. Negotiate, draft, and review cross-border commercial contracts with vendors and customers—including confidentiality, consulting, licensing, marketing, SaaS, and other technology-related agreements.
2. Assist with global product development and launches by drafting external communications, legal terms, and policies.
3. Partner cross-functionally and collaborate with outside counsel to provide practical legal advice and risk mitigation strategies on a broad range of topics—such as technology, product, marketing, commercial and regulatory matters, intellectual property, and consumer protection.
4. Manage disputes and litigation in Italy and abroad.
5. Guide labor matters globally in alignment with our values and company culture.
6. Create and update forms, playbooks, and other scalable tools to support our high-growth business.
7. Seek out new opportunities to unlock value for the company and address business needs by staying up to date on all relevant legal and regulatory developments.