Commercial Lawyer

JR United Kingdom; Reading; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a German-qualified Commercial Lawyer for a short-term contract role focused on B2C operations. The role involves providing legal advice, drafting contracts, and ensuring compliance with regulations. Ideal for a commercially minded legal professional who can work independently and possesses strong communication skills in German and English.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in commercial law, ideally within B2C.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, remote environment.
• Excellent communication skills in both German and English.

Responsibilities

• Provide pragmatic legal advice on commercial matters, particularly B2C.
• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial contracts, including marketing agreements.
• Ensure compliance with German and EU regulations, particularly in consumer law.

Skills

Commercial law

B2C context

Communication (German and English)

Education

Fully qualified lawyer in Germany

Job description

We are seeking a German-qualified Commercial Lawyer to support our customer, a dynamic, consumer-facing company operating at the intersection of advertising, fundraising, and entertainment. This is a short-term contract role, ideal for a commercially minded legal professional with a strong understanding of B2C operations.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Provide pragmatic legal advice on a broad range of commercial matters, particularly those involving B2C arrangements.
2. Draft, review, and negotiate commercial contracts, including marketing agreements, service provider contracts, and promotions.
3. Ensure compliance with German and EU regulations, particularly in consumer law, data protection, and e-commerce.
4. Advise on regulatory frameworks relevant to advertising and/or gambling, if applicable.
5. Collaborate closely with internal stakeholders across legal, marketing, and operations.

Requirements:

• Fully qualified lawyer in Germany.
• Demonstrated experience in commercial law, ideally within a B2C context.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, remote environment.
• Excellent communication skills in both German and English.

About Elevate

Elevate provides consulting, technology, and services to law departments and law firms across the globe. Headquartered in Los Angeles, our 1,600+ strong team of legal professionals, lawyers, consultants, project managers, and engineers operate across the United States, Europe, UK, and Asia, Hong Kong, and Australia.

ElevateFlex, the flexible resourcing capability within Elevate, supports a new flexible career within the legal industry. We match exceptional legal professionals to the evolving needs of our clients through a curated, global community of talent and advanced, technology-enabled search. We are proud to be assessed in Band 1 of Chamber’s Global Flexible Legal Resourcing category.

Our Vision is a world where legal and business teams achieve incredible outcomes, together.

Equitability and inclusion are critical to ElevateFlex’s success. As The Law Company, committed to changing the legal landscape, we believe a diverse, inclusive work culture attracts, retains, and celebrates the industry’s most talented people. We empower our employees to bring their whole selves to work, knowing that diversity of experience and perspective drives innovation and is good business.

As a strong proponent of diversity, equity, and inclusion, ElevateFlex is committed to hiring candidates from all backgrounds. We invite you to apply to join the ElevateFlex team—help us change the legal business landscape and make a mark in the legal universe.