Legal
The legal team manages the company's contractual and regulatory obligations — from drafting and approving contracts to processing GDPR requests and maintaining the digital document archive. Their role spans commercial, procurement, HR, and compliance dimensions.
Key responsibilities:
- Review and approve customer, supplier, and HR contracts; track expiry and renewal dates
- Manage the internal approval workflow (Document Management) for contracts before signing
- Send contracts for digital signature and archive signed copies
- Process GDPR data access and erasure requests within the 30-day statutory deadline
- Maintain the secure document archive; ensure retention policy compliance
Primary modules: Contracts · Contracts Opportunity · Contracts Vendor · Document Management · GDPR · Purchase Contracts
Tip
This section covers the Legal Counsel role. For the complete Legal department guide covering all four roles (Lawyer, Legal Counsel, DPO / Data Protection Officer, Compliance Manager) with contract lifecycle, approval workflows, GDPR procedures, and digital signature — see the Legal Department Guide.
| Role | Primary responsibility | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Legal Counsel | Customer/supplier/HR contracts, Document Management, GDPR, audit trail | Senior operational |
[Sales] creates contract from accepted proposal → [Legal] reviews
→ Internal approval (DM) → Send to customer → Customer signs digitally
→ [Legal] archives → monitors expiries → renews
→ [Legal] processes GDPR requests within 30 days