Adv. Yeela Zfira

→Foster strategic relationships with insurers, investors, board members, regulators, and other key stakeholders.
→ Lead legal oversight of complex insurance claims and dispute resolution, advising the CEO on claim trends, legal risk, and regulatory exposure.
→ Manage legal strategy across mergers, acquisitions, and cross-border transactions to ensure alignment with claims-related liabilities and compliance requirements.
→ Chair board-level committees on legal risk, corporate governance, and operational resilience.
→ Direct the legal, compliance, and regulatory functions, with a focus on contracts, claims management, and enterprise risk.
→ Coordinate stakeholder alignment through transparent reporting and effective communication during high-stakes claims and negotiations.
→ Address regulatory priorities including anti-bribery, ethics, employment law, and international compliance.
→ Design and implement legal risk mitigation frameworks, particularly around claims exposure and operational liability.

→ Managed large team of insurance adjusters to ensure efficient claim resolution.

→ Conducted comprehensive audits on claim files to maintain quality control.

→ Built the company’s legal operation from the ground up, leading all legal functions as a key member of the senior management team.
→ Oversaw and standardised commercial, procurement, and employment contracts — including service provider agreements central to claims handling and operational continuity.
→ Drafted and negotiated a wide range of high-value agreements, including NDAs, joint ventures, channel partnerships, and purchasing contracts across B2B, B2G, and G2G sectors.
→ Spearheaded the legal setup of two new international entities (Cyprus & Colombia), advising on corporate structure, tender law, and managing all local legal affairs — from employment contracts to regulatory compliance and real estate.
→ Managed IP-related disclosures with R&D teams and coordinated closely with external patent counsel, ensuring strong IP claims positioning.
→ Directed compliance and regulatory adherence under both local laws and OECD frameworks; collaborated with R&D and PM teams to deliver legal opinion reports on project risk and liability.
→ Led and mentored a legal support team while aligning closely with stakeholders across business units, operations, and senior leadership.

→ Managed end-to-end tender processes — from identifying bid opportunities to submission — ensuring legal, financial, and risk alignment, particularly for service-based and insurable project scopes.
→ Acted as Company Secretary, overseeing regulatory filings, corporate governance, and board decisions with attention to liability exposure and claims-related documentation.
→ Standardised procurement and employment agreements, mitigating legal and claims risk; collaborated with internal teams, clients, and legal advisors across insurance-sensitive and compliance-heavy sectors.
→ Delivered legal workshops to clients and staff on contract risk, indemnity clauses, and regulatory duties tied to insurance, procurement, and liability mitigation.