Legal & Compliance Counsel (m/f) | Hamburg

Description

Join the financial revolution!

Are you passionate about finance and want to make a real change? Join Kreditech and our team of over 200 professionals and become part of a transforming industry. From engineering, to design, to analytics, and collections, we do things differently and we reward great ideas, team work and persistence. We have a lot of work to do – and we want you to join us!

Your Role

This role will provide unparalleled exposure to cutting-edge legal and commercial questions pertaining to the convergence of Law, Technology, and Finance. More specifically, you will:  

• Work as a junior member of the Legal & Compliance team, providing advice to various stakeholders within the organization on a wide array of commercial legal issues with an emphasis in Corporate & Commercial law, AML law, Consumer Credit law and Data Protection law;
• Review commercial agreements and support business owners in their negotiation;
• Become the owner of the Group’s Contract Management Tool and workflow, ensuring the timely revision of all agreements submitted for revision;
• Carry out research on cutting-edge legal issues pertaining to Kreditech’s business and articulate your findings in Kreditech’s knowledge management tool;
• Support M&A transactions, including preparing documentation for due-diligence processes on the sell-side and maintain the organization’s Virtual Data-Room;
• Support senior counsels in the maintenance of the Group’s IP portfolio and liaise with external counsels to ensure adequate IP protection;
• Take full ownership of certain compliance monitoring routines in coordination with Senior Compliance Managers.

Your Profile

• You are admitted to practice Law in at least one jurisdiction;
• You have completed an LLM or equivalent advanced law degree at a reputable law school with a strong record of academic success (strongly preferred);
• You have 2-3 years of experience working in a reputable law-firm and/or multinational organization;
• You can demonstrate a strong interest in technology;
• You are very familiar with the jargon of technology and finance and have an understanding of the Fintech space;
• You have strong commercial acumen and negotiation skills that allow you to provide valuable and pragmatic advice to internal clients during contract negotiations and product counselling;
• You have a real service mentality. That means that your approach to compliance is not merely that of a nay-sayer. You are able to propose alternatives and solutions to achieve commercial goals while ensuring that the organization remains compliant with applicable laws;
• You have outstanding communication skills in the English language;
• Fluency in Polish, German or Russian language is strongly preferred

How to apply

We accept applications exclusively through our recruiting platform, found under the ‘Apply Now’ link.