Legal Counsel (d/f/m)

Adevinta 2021; Berlin; Hybrid; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading online trading platform in Berlin seeks a Legal Counsel (d/f/m). You will partner with product and business teams to ensure compliance and guide legal processes. Responsibilities include negotiating contracts, leading product legal input, and coordinating with various stakeholders. The ideal candidate is a fully qualified German lawyer with 2-5 years of relevant experience and is fluent in German and English.

Qualifikationen

• Approximately 2–5 years of relevant experience in-house and/or in a law firm.
• Experience in managing complex commercial agreements.
• Ability to translate regulatory demands into product guidance.

Aufgaben

• Advise on and negotiate commercial agreements with partners.
• Lead legal input for product launches and reviews.
• Translate new regulatory requirements into guidance and processes.
• Serve as legal contact for various business units.
• Design and run scalable legal processes.

Kenntnisse

Commercial drafting and negotiation

Regulatory acumen

Clear communication

Structured workflows

Fluent in German

Fluent in English

Ausbildung

Fully qualified German lawyer (Zweites Staatsexamen)

Jobbeschreibung

Make online trading safer and simpler. As Legal Counsel (d/f/m) at Kleinanzeigen, you partner with product and business teams to turn regulation into sound product decisions and compliant growth. You cover commercial contracts and product/consumer topics, translating legal complexity into clear, pragmatic guidance. This hybrid role is based in Berlin. You report to the Legal Director, Kleinanzeigen.

What you’ll do:

• Commercial & contracts: Advise and negotiate commercial agreements end-to-end (templates, redlines, deal support) with partners and external parties.

• Product & launches: Lead legal input for product and feature launches; review customer journeys, T&Cs and policies to balance risk and growth.

• Regulatory enablement: Translate new requirements (e.g., consumer and platform rules, privacy) into clear guidance, playbooks and processes.

• Business partnering: Serve as the legal point of contact for Product, Marketing, Advertising and Customer Service; drive crisp decisions and escalations.

• Legal operations & processes: Design and run scalable legal processes (e.g., intake/triage, CLM, playbooks, clause libraries); set clear governance, SLAs and metrics; drive continuous improvements.

• Stakeholders & counsel: Coordinate Finance, HR, Tax, Privacy and Information Security, and manage external counsel when specialist advice is required.

Who you are:

• Qualification & level: You’re a fully qualified German lawyer (Zweites Staatsexamen) or equivalent and have approximately 2–5 years of relevant experience in‑house and/or in a law firm.

• Contracting: Strong drafting and negotiation across complex commercial agreements.

• Product/consumer/platform acumen: You turn regulatory demands into pragmatic product guidance.

• Influence, structure & clarity: Clear, concise communicator who advises in real time; highly structured and process‑mind‑ed; you set up simple, scalable workflows and keep them on track.

• Languages & tech: You’re business‑fluent in German and English, comfortable with legal tech and you use AI tools responsibly to increase speed without sacrificing quality.