appflame - Junior Legal Counsel

appflame – Ukrainian product IT company that creates world-class products: Hily, Taimi, AdConnect, Mailkeeper, and more.

We are today:

• 7 years, 500+ employees, offices in Kyiv, London, Limassol, and a coworking in Warsaw;

• In 2025, appflame ranked 5th among the 50 best employers in Ukraine according to Forbes and won in the "Place for Growth" category.

Our apps Hily and Taimi are among the Top 5 dating apps in the U.S. with over 70 million users, while AdConnect and Mailkeeper specialize in developing and scaling our own B2B and B2C solutions.

Our mission:

• Flame up the world with Ukrainian products.

Our goals:

• Reach the top 5 list of product companies in the world.

• Become a unicorn.

• Turn Ukraine into a country where unicorns are born and thrive.

We are looking for daring, brave, and “crazy” people. Fans of creating real products and who dream about launching and developing cool startups. You have ambitions, we have comfortable conditions for their fulfillment.

You will:

• Own the contracting process for standard contracts (with influencers, suppliers for Brand and Marketing teams);

• Draft and review of standard contracts, primarily under US and English law;

• Follow up with other contracting parties (influencers, suppliers) primarily from Tier 1 jurisdictions;

• Manage legal intake, tracking, and ticket triage;

• Communicate with other departments and teams (influencer management, Brand, compliance) on a regular basis;

• Support of IP rights transfer protocol process for main IT products;

• Maintain contract repository, signature processes, and templates;

• External providers onboarding, NDAs;

• Assists in draftying of standard documents and other matters to other Legal team members;

• Occasional legal research.

We’ll have a match if you:

• Foundational Legal Knowledge (understanding of legal terminology and processes (contracts, compliance, intellectual property), awareness of confidentiality, privilege, and data protection principles, familiarity with corporate structures and governance documents (at a basic level);

• Organisational Skills (time management, prioritisation in a fast-paced environment, document organisation and version control discipline, etc.);

• Basic project management skills (e.g., tracking timelines, updating project plans, monitoring deliverables);

• Problem-Solving & Initiative Resourcefulness (ability to identify when something is outside your scope and escalate appropriately, willingness to propose and implement small process improvements);

• Professional Mindset (discretion and trustworthiness with sensitive information, commitment to accuracy and quality, adaptability to evolving priorities);

• Communication & Collaboration (Clear written and verbal communication, ability to draft clear meeting notes, summaries, simple documents, status updates, and process documentation, professional email etiquette);

• Technology & Tools (Use of basic AI instruments, proficiency with Microsoft Office / Google Workspace, basic knowledge of legal tech tools, e-billing, document management systems, comfortable learning and adapting to new software quickly).

Will be an advantage:

• Legal background/formal training (completed or ongoing degree in law etc.);

• Experience in a similar position.

Your journey to the job offer: message from the recruiter > interview > test > final interview > job offer.

Why appflame?

• Involvement in the development of Ukrainian products that compete with the world's best market players.

• The opportunity to implement your ideas rather than being a cog in the system.

• Meaningful and useful products created to serve a specific purpose rather than make money for shareholders.

• Be around like-minded people who work on results.

• Work with the global market and a huge audience.

• Direct contact with Snapchat, Meta, Google, Apple, and access to their best practices.

• Well-established processes and great opportunities to growth within the company.

• Transparent evaluation of work based on personal performance indicators.

• Great benefits package and fair compensation.

• Opportunity to work in the office or remotely.

We provide all you need for your talents to be fully revealed.

We are loyal to our people. Our loyalty doesn't fade at the end of the working day.

We do not leave our people alone with their problems, neither professional nor personal.

Join us.

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We are against all types of discrimination, bullying, and stereotypes. We provide equal employment opportunities regardless of race, skin color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, health status or any other characteristics.