Business Legal Counsel Germany (m/w/d)

Review, draft and negotiate commercial contracts with customers, partners and service providers, in German and in English: SaaS subscription agreements, MSAs, DPAs, SLAs, NDAs.

Lead negotiations directly with counterparties' legal teams on German deals.

Cover the UK, Spain and the US, and act as back-up for the other countries.

Support the completion of security, AI and vendor assessment questionnaires.

Support Customer Success teams on existing customers: amendments, renewals, terminations, complaints and unpaid invoices.

Give clear answers on our terms, and help the teams answer recurring questions without Legal.

Handle data protection matters in customer contracts: DPAs, sub-processors, international transfers.

Support the DPO on GDPR compliance for the German entity and on data requests from customers.

Manage pre-litigation and litigation matters with customers and suppliers in Germany and your other countries.

Manage external counsel in Germany: briefing, scope, budget.

Support corporate housekeeping of the German entity: commercial register filings, powers of attorney and delegations of authority.

Handle German compliance questions with the Compliance lead.

Be the team's reference on German law: standard terms (AGB), form requirements, B2B rules.

Provide support to the other teams (Finance, Product, Tech, Marketing) and conduct legal research on diverse topics.

Adapt our templates and contribute to the negotiation playbook and the Legal team's processes.

German law degree. Second State Examination (Volljurist) preferred.

4+ years of experience in commercial law, ideally including in-house experience in a SaaS, tech or fintech company.

Solid experience negotiating B2B contracts directly with counterparties.

Exposure to data protection (GDPR) and to dispute matters. Corporate experience is a plus.

Business generalist: you enjoy commercial work and are open to other topics.

Autonomy: you can handle a German negotiation from start to finish without day-to-day supervision.

Business sense: you know when to hold a position and when a point is not worth the deal.

Clarity: you explain legal risk to Sales, Customer Success and customers in plain language.

Structure: you work in a team with clear priorities and response times.

German: native or fluent.

English: fluent (working language of the team).