KPMG is a global organization of independent professional services firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. KPMG is the brand under which the member firms of KPMG International Limited (“KPMG International”) operate and provide professional services. “KPMG” is used to refer to individual member firms within the KPMG organization or to one or more member firms collectively.

KPMG firms operate in 143 countries and territories with more than 273,000 partners and employees working in member firms around the world. Each KPMG firm is a legally distinct and separate entity and describes itself as such. Each KPMG member firm is responsible for its own obligations and liabilities.

Responsibilities:

• Provide day-to-day legal support across corporate/commercial matters (NDAs, service agreements, partnership/MoU, basic procurement documentation)
• Draft, review and negotiate contracts; prepare redlines and concise risk/issue summaries for decision-making
• Conduct legal research and prepare short memos, legal opinions and compliance checklists
• Support grant-funded projects end-to-end: review grant agreements and donor rules; advise on eligibility, procurement, reporting, conflict of interest, and amendments
• Prepare and quality-check application and project documents (legal annexes, declarations, partner statements, templates)
• Draft and edit regulatory and policy documents: concepts, draft laws/by-laws, explanatory notes, stakeholder consultation packages, comment matrices
• Perform comparative legal analysis, including approximation/harmonisation of EU legislation and drafting options
• Liaise with partners, consortium members, donors and stakeholders on legal comments and contractual/regulatory changes

Requirements

• Law degree
• 2-4 years of relevant experience in legal practice, consulting, in implementation of European legislation in Ukraine, international projects
• Demonstrated ability to draft or significantly edit legislation, regulatory and policy texts
• Experience within the natural resources sector would be advantageous
• Fluent Ukrainian, good spoken and written English
• Strong legal drafting skills
• Responsible, goal-oriented, ambitious and ready to work hard
• Demonstrating drive and resilience
• Good analytical and organizational skills
• Ability to learn quickly
• Team player

Benefits

• Official employment, competitive salary, medical insurance
• Work in an international environment, with a great team of dedicated professionals
• Professional growth within one of the most world-known company
• Comfortable office close to a subway station