Key Duties/Responsibilities: 

• Provide legal support to Cypriot and international entities on incorporation, restructuring, corporate governance, and ongoing administration matters.
• Coordinate with corporate service providers and external counsel.
• Support ongoing corporate resolutions, transaction closings, and related corporate registrations.
• Own and oversee the group’s KYC, customer due diligence (CDD), enhanced due diligence (EDD), and source-of-funds/source-of-wealth (SoF/SoW) processes, ensuring consistency and defensibility across onboarding and periodic reviews.
• Conduct AML risk assessments and compliance reviews, identify control gaps, and implement remedial actions.
• Monitor developments in Cyprus and international legislation, sanctions regimes, and regulatory expectations.
• Assist with regulatory filings, reporting obligations, and responses to competent authorities.
• Coordinate and manage relationships with banks, brokers, and PSPs across the world, including account opening, ongoing KYC refreshes, transaction monitoring escalations, and periodic compliance requests.
• Support Finance on relevant payment and compliance matters. Prepare, review, translate (if necessary) and update regulatory, corporate, and internal documents.
• Provide legal support for M&A, real estate, construction and development projects in Cyprus and other jurisdictions.
• Manage contractual matters, including drafting, review, translation, negotiation, and execution of agreements primarily under international or domestic Cyprus law.
• Coordinate with various state authorities, including tax and migration services in regard to residence and work permit applications.
• Manage external consultants, audit, and legal service providers in Cyprus and abroad. 

Key Skills/Experience: 

• Law degree (LLB/LLM or equivalent).
• Admission to the Cyprus Bar Association is not required for this role but would be an advantage.
• Minimum 3+ years of post-qualification experience in corporate law, commercial law, and compliance/AML/KYC, gained within a law firm, corporate services provider, fiduciary firm, family office, or regulated in-house environment. 
• Strong working knowledge of Cyprus corporate law and EU AML legislation.
• Demonstrated experience in bank compliance management across multiple entities and jurisdictions.
• Prior exposure to international corporate structures and multi-jurisdictional operations would be an advantage.
• Excellent command of English is required.
• Fluency in Russian, together with experience in doing business with partners from the CIS region, would be a strong advantage. 
• Excellent drafting, analytical, and organizational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and work under pressure in a fast-moving international environment.

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