Corporate Legal Counsel Bilingual

Important Information

Location: Peru
Work Modality: Hybrid (12 days per week in the office)
Specialty: Corporate Commercial or Labor Law

Requirements:

• CV in English
• Advanced English communication skills

Position Summary

We are currently seeking a Corporate Legal Counsel (19660) with advanced conversational English focused on providing comprehensive corporate legal advice to the organization. This role has a strong emphasis on Peruvian labor law compliance data privacy and technology services contracts acting as a strategic partner to internal teams and ensuring regulatory compliance in Peru and other LATAM countries.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Provide legal advice to internal teams (Finance Talent Acquisition People & Culture Operations among others).
• Support matters related to Peruvian labor law (hiring terminations and compliance).
• Draft review and negotiate commercial and IT services contracts.
• Execute and follow up on compliance matters in Peru and other LATAM countries.
• Advise on personal data protection privacy and information security.
• Manage corporate secretariat duties: corporate and notarial minutes and annual corporate obligations.

Requirements and Skills

• Qualified lawyer / Attorney-at-law.
• 5 years of experience as a Corporate Lawyer / Legal Counsel.
• Experience in labor law and/or compliance data privacy or cybersecurity.
• Strong experience in contract negotiation and management ideally IT / technology services contracts.
• Knowledge of personal data protection and information security.
• English level B2 (upper-intermediate to advanced).
• Experience advising internal stakeholders and working cross-functionally.
• Experience with operations in Peru. Desirable: experience in other LATAM countries.

Key Competencies

• Strong legal analysis skills with solid business judgment
• Excellent contract negotiation skills
• Clear and effective communication with non-legal teams
• Practical solution-oriented mindset
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Ability to work with multiple stakeholders and priorities

• A hands-on attorney closely aligned with the business and internal teams
• An autonomous profile but not a managerial role; reporting to the Senior Corporate Counsel
• Clear orientation toward internal consulting not only reactive legal support
• Interest in regional growth and the technology sector

About Encora

Encora is the preferred digital engineering and modernization partner for many of the worlds leading enterprises and digital-native companies. With more than 9000 experts across 47 offices and innovation labs worldwide Encoras technology practices include Product Engineering and Development Cloud Services Quality Engineering DevSecOps Data and Analytics Digital Experience Cybersecurity and AI & LLM Engineering.

At Encora we hire professionals solely based on their skills and qualifications and do not discriminate based on age disability religion gender sexual orientation socioeconomic status or nationality.