Corporate Lawyer

What is this role about?

As a Corporate Lawyer, you will take ownership of Bondora’s Estonian corporate legal matters, ensuring that governance, statutory compliance, and corporate housekeeping are executed accurately and on time. This role sits at the core of the company’s legal and regulatory framework, supporting both day-to-day operations and strategic governance needs.

You will work closely with the Legal team and cross-functional stakeholders, managing corporate processes end-to-end and helping build a scalable governance framework suited for a regulated and fast-growing fintech environment.

This role is in Estonia, and Estonian language proficiency is must have.  

Your main responsibilities will be:

• Lead and manage Bondora’s Estonian corporate law matters, ensuring legal housekeeping, governance actions, and statutory documentation are accurate, timely, and compliant.
• Prepare, coordinate, and maintain documentation for corporate events, including shareholders’ resolutions and meetings, management and supervisory board changes, board minutes, powers of attorney, and related approvals.
• Manage and execute filings with the Estonian Commercial Register / Trade Registry and support other local regulatory filings required for a licensed financial services business.
• Administer internal legal approval processes, ensuring proper review workflows, sign-offs, version control, and documentation of decisions.
• Support the Legal team and business stakeholders with regulatory filing processes and regulator-facing submissions.
• Advise on Estonian corporate governance requirements and contribute to building and maintaining scalable governance processes.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure legal processes support business needs while maintaining compliance standards.

What would ensure success in this role?

• Master of Law degree and qualification to practice law in Estonia.
• Strong grounding in Estonian corporate law.
• Hands-on experience with the Estonian Commercial Register / Trade Registry and filing processes.
• Practical experience supporting shareholders’ meetings, board changes, and corporate documentation.
• Experience with statutory filings and internal corporate approval processes.
• Strong interest in corporate governance and ability to structure and improve governance frameworks.
• Excellent written and spoken Estonian and English.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, evolving, and cross-functional environment.
• Strong drafting skills, attention to detail, and structured way of working.

What can you expect at Bondora? 

• Contribute to Bondora’s ambitious goal of reaching 1BN in revenue. Your skills and efforts will directly impact our growth trajectory and shape the future of our company.
• Our employees deserve the best. We recognize our people with a competitive salary and a generous benefits package (5 weeks of vacation, private healthcare compensation, hobby grant, mental healthcare support, share options and much more!)
• We provide an environment that encourages your personal and professional growth. As we constantly evolve and innovate, you’ll have endless opportunities (and budget) to expand your skills and skyrocket your career.

The next steps

If you have the guts, ideas, and a team vision, apply now! 

Our hiring process: 

• Meet Jana, our Head of Legal
• Assessments: Tackle a home task and complete our personality and logic assessments to showcase your strengths. 
• Collaborate with Jana once again to discuss submitted home assessment 
• Engage with our Chief Executive Officer and 1:1 with Team Members
• The celebration begins: If the stars align, receive an offer to join the Bondora team!