About Applaudo

Applaudo is a technology services company with 700+ collaborators and 13+ years building digital products for clients across the Americas. We are a Google Strategic Partner with a track record of delivering for airlines, sports franchises, financial services, and public sector clients. We are now entering a new chapter: platform-scale, AI-native growth powered by a dual engine of organic expansion and disciplined acquisitions across LATAM.

Applaudo is scaling in three directions at once: acquiring, entering regulated government markets across the region, and redefining how technology services are delivered in an AI-native world. This role exists to build the legal infrastructure that makes all of it possible

We are looking for a General Counsel who sees Legal as a strategic enabler, not a gatekeeper. Someone who can close an acquisition in under 30 days and design frameworks that make the next one faster. Someone who turns public sector compliance into a moat. Someone who ships commercial contract capacity that scales with 30%+ annual growth without becoming the bottleneck.

You will be accountable for the following responsibilities:

• M&A legal diligence, deal structuring, regulatory approvals, and post-close integration — with a playbook that closes diligence in under 30 days
• Multi-jurisdictional entity management and corporate governance across LATAM, with structures ready for immediate financial integration at acquisition close
• Public sector compliance programs and government contract legal support across active and target LATAM markets
• Commercial contract management, templates, and automation — targeting a standard agreement SLA of under 1.5 days.
• AI legal frameworks: IP ownership, liability allocation, data privacy, and emerging regulation — client-tested and defensible
• Employment law compliance across operating countries, including acquisition employee transfers
• Data sovereignty and privacy compliance across jurisdictions
• Dispute resolution, vendor agreements, and Board corporate governance support
• A legal team operating as a business partner, with visible impact on deal velocity and growth outcomes

What You Bring to Applaudo

• 15+ years in legal practice, including 5+ years as General Counsel or Deputy GC in a technology services company with cross-border LATAM operations
• Track record of M&A legal execution across at least 5 deals in cross-border LATAM transactions
• Direct experience with government contracting and compliance in LATAM markets
• Licensed attorney and notary in El Salvador; fluent in English and Spanish
• M&A: end-to-end deal execution from diligence through closing, with experience structuring for tax and regulatory optimization
• Multi-jurisdictional corporate law: entity management, governance, and regulatory compliance across multiple LATAM countries
• Public sector and government contract law: procurement regulations, compliance frameworks, and audit-ready documentation
• Technology and AI legal: IP frameworks for AI-generated content, data privacy, liability allocation, and emerging regulation
• Commercial contracting at scale: template systems, automation, and self-service frameworks
• Employment law across LATAM: multi-country workforce compliance and acquisition employee transfers
• Strategic enabler mindset: you see Legal as an accelerator of business strategy, not a brake
• Builder of reusable frameworks: every legal challenge becomes a template that makes the next instance faster
• Comfortable translating legal risk into business terms and navigating M&A-driven growth without paralyzing deals
• Proactive on regulatory trends: AI regulation, data privacy shifts, and government procurement changes — ahead of urgency

How We Work Together

The General Counsel sits on the executive team and partners closely with the CEO on strategy and governance, the CFO on deal economics and entity structuring, the CRO on commercial contract capacity, the VP of Public Sector Sales on government market compliance, the CTO on AI and data risk, and the Head of People Experience on employment law across jurisdictions. The role manages a team covering Legal Counsel, M&A, Commercial Contracting, Public Sector Compliance, AI & Data Privacy, and Entity & Employment Compliance.

How to Apply

Send your CV and a brief note on a legal infrastructure problem you built from scratch, and what it enabled the business to do as your cover letter to this application.
 

About Us

We Are Engineered Different.

At Applaudo, talented people design, build, and scale meaningful, AI-powered solutions that create real business impact. As an AI-native organization, we collaborate across design, development, cloud, data, and artificial intelligence to turn ideas into scalable products that transform how companies operate, make decisions, and grow.

We are building a high-performance culture grounded in five values: Empowering Excellence, Collaborative Teamwork, Unsolicited Respect, Consistent Transparency, and Efficient Communication. These define how we work, how we support one another, and how we hold ourselves accountable.

Applaudo is a place for people who want to learn fast, take ownership, and work alongside strong teams they are proud to belong to. Joining us means being part of an organization that is evolving intentionally, investing in modern ways of working, and leading AI-native transformation at scale.