Head of Legal and Compliance (B2B brands)
As Head of Legal and Compliance for B2B brands, you will lead a high-performing team, delivering legal services across Yolo88.
You’ll develop and execute legal strategies aligned with business goals, manage risks, ensure compliance, oversee intellectual property, and support dispute resolution. Collaborating with executives, you’ll drive scalable legal infrastructure and mentor your team to navigate challenges while safeguarding the Group’s long-term objectives.
Your day-to-day
- Lead a high-performing Legal Team, providing comprehensive legal services across B2B.
- Lead a high-performing Legal Team, delivering strategic B2B legal services that drive Yolo88’s commercial and long-term objectives.
- Shape and execute the Group’s legal strategy with senior leadership, safeguarding the business and ensuring resilience in times of crisis or regulatory scrutiny.
- Serve as trusted advisor to the CEO and Board, providing clear, solutions-focused guidance on strategic decisions, transactions, and emerging risks.
- Oversee the design and enforcement of legal frameworks, policies, and governance standards, ensuring full regulatory compliance.
- Direct risk management initiatives, aligning with Yolo88’s appetite and compliance obligations, and integrating audit insights into proactive mitigation.
- Guide legal oversight of major transactions, fund movements, and new ventures, identifying risks and structuring optimal solutions.
- Lead high-stakes dispute resolution and litigation strategies to protect and advance corporate interests.
- Build organisational capability through mentoring, cross-functional collaboration, and optimised allocation of legal resources.
Your background and mindset
- Minimum 7 years’ experience as a corporate in-house lawyer, legally qualified company secretary, or attorney advising international groups, with at least 4 years in senior legal leadership.
- Proven track record operating in multinational environments, managing legal matters across multiple entities, jurisdictions, and continents.
- Expertise in M&A, corporate governance, tax, intellectual property, and cross-group legal issues.
- Deep understanding of risk management frameworks, with experience influencing or leading risk committees.
- Commercially astute, able to align legal strategy with business objectives while ensuring robust governance and compliance.
- Exceptional leadership and influencing skills, fostering cross-functional alignment and high performance.
- Strong communication, strategic thinking, and problem-solving abilities, with courage to raise critical issues.
- Resilient under pressure, delivering decisive and pragmatic solutions in complex and high-stakes situations.
Please note, we don't offer a relocation support for this position!
- Department
- Yolo Connect
- Locations
- Tas-Sliema, Malta
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Work setup
- On-site
Tas-Sliema, Malta
Benefits and perks
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Fit, Healthy, and Feeling Well
At Yolo Group, we know that building a great business is a marathon, not a sprint. Our active team members thrive with our comprehensive wellness benefit. From gym access and swimming pools to sports teams, fitness classes and holistic opportunities, we support your physical and mental health. Your health, your choice – we're here to support your whole self!
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Birthday Day Off
Celebrate your special day your way! We're delighted to offer you a day off on your birthday, allowing you to create memorable moments with your loved ones. It's our way of showing appreciation for you as an individual, not just an employee.
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Growing to New Heights
Growth is embedded in our DNA. We take pride in our diverse in-house learning & development programs, where you'll not only acquire new skills but also put them into practice through ambitious, startup-like business projects. Additionally, we offer opportunities for volunteering – both individually and as a team – fostering personal growth while making a positive impact in our communities.
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Work Hard, Play Harder
We believe in celebrating our achievements and fostering strong team bonds. Enjoy our legendary parties, summer outings, and festive Christmas galas. But that's not all – we spice things up with monthly office events, from themed gatherings to team-building activities, ensuring there's always something exciting on the horizon. At our company, we work with passion and play with enthusiasm!
Workplace & Culture
Together we reach for the moon!
If we were to describe ourselves in a couple of words, we would say we are fast moving and an ambitious team of go-getters!
We encourage our employees to push their limits, reach their goals and innovate things further by bringing on board exciting and challenging projects. Working at Yolo Group guarantees you a sense of achievement and is awarded with plenty of entertainment and time-off possibilities; Happy hours with fun-loving colleagues to sports compensation and time off for your birthday. We believe that a happy member of our company brings more value for everyone.
We value our employees as we do our customers by putting them at the centre of our universe.
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