Head of Legal and Compliance

About EdgeUno

EdgeUno is a technology infrastructure company operating across Latin America, including Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, and Ecuador, enabling digital businesses to scale with high performance and reliability. We provide connectivity, IP Transit, private networks, data center, bare metal, and cloud solutions to ISPs, hyperscalers, content providers, and global technology companies, designing and operating our own infrastructure platform to ensure low latency, security, and operational resilience across the region. 

Role Overview 

The Head of Legal and Compliance reports directly to the CEO and serves as the company’s senior legal authority across all jurisdictions in which EdgeUno operates. This role provides strategic legal guidance to executive leadership while ensuring operational excellence in legal, regulatory, and compliance matters. The position leads a regional legal team based in Brazil, Colombia, and Peru, overseeing the consistency, quality, and alignment of legal practices across the organization. 

The ideal candidate combines strategic vision with strong operational capability, being able to act as a trusted advisor at the executive and board level while also engaging directly in complex negotiations, regulatory matters, and high-impact legal situations when necessary. 

Core Responsibilities 

1. Regional Legal Leadership and Governance

Lead and coordinate a regional legal and compliance team across Brazil, Colombia, and Peru

Provide strategic legal direction aligned with corporate growth and regional expansion

Advise the CEO and executive leadership on legal exposure, governance, and risk mitigation

Support board-level governance matters and fiduciary responsibilities

 2. Regulatory and Industry Compliance

Ensure compliance with applicable local and international laws across telecom, digital infrastructure, cloud, employment, and corporate operations

Oversee licensing, regulatory filings, and interactions with telecom and infrastructure authorities acrossjurisdictions

Monitorregulatory developments and anticipate their strategic impact on the business 

Represent the company before regulatory authorities whenrequired

 3. Corporate Governance and Risk Management

Strengthen the corporate governance framework and internal legal controls

Develop andmaintaincompliance programs, including ethics, anti-corruption, and whistleblower mechanisms 

Identifyand mitigate legal and regulatory risks across jurisdictions 

Align legal oversight with financial, operational, and strategic priorities

4. Contracting and Strategic Transactions

Oversee drafting and negotiation of customer, vendor, partnership, and employment agreements

Standardize contract governance processes across the region

Lead or supervise legal due diligence and support mergers, acquisitions, and strategic transactions

Engage directly in high complexity negotiations whenrequired

5. Litigation and External Counsel Management

Coordinate litigation, disputes, and regulatory investigations

Manage relationships with external counsel across multiple countries

Control legal cost exposure while ensuring high quality representation

6. Data Privacy and Information Security

Ensure compliance with applicable data protection and privacy regulations acrossjurisdictions

Align legal controls with IT, cybersecurity, and information security frameworks

Requirements 

Advanced English C1 or higher

Law degree with active bar admission in at least onejurisdiction

10+ years of experience in senior legal and compliance roles

Proven experience leading legal teams in multi country or regional environments

Experience advising C level executives or reporting directly to CEO or board

Strong experience in regulated industries

Demonstrated
expertise in contract negotiation, regulatory affairs, and corporate governance 

Experience managing litigation and coordinating external counsel

Solid understanding of data protection and compliance frameworks

Nice to Have 

Experience in telecom, digital infrastructure, wholesale connectivity, or similar sectors

Experience supporting cross border transactions or regional expansion

Exposure to high growth or fast scaling environments

What We Offer 

Regional scope with strategic organizational impact

Direct exposure to executive leadership and board level governance

Opportunity to structure and institutionalize a robust legal and compliance function

High visibility role in afast growinginfrastructure company 

Competitive compensation aligned with senior leadership scope

Note: Please submit your resume in English.