In-House Legal Counsel (Germany) (m/f/d)
Location: Full Onsite. Berlin Mitte, Germany.
About the Company
The AI-driven trade platform transforming industrial supply in infrastructure, energy, and construction materials. It connects vetted suppliers across Asia, Europe, and the GCC region with local demand through a single integrated platform.
Its proprietary AI stack digitizes and automates the full lifecycle of materials trade — from procurement and pricing to inventory, logistics, and embedded financing — replacing thousands of manual, relationship-driven processes with real-time orchestration.
Buyers gain instant quotes, reliable availability, and predictable delivery through a unified operating system. Suppliers benefit from accurate forecasting, disciplined demand management, and seamless integration into cross-border fulfillment networks. The company partners with leading brands to run both dropship and cross-dock fulfillment motions for large-scale transactions, turning global supply chains into predictable, repeatable, software-like workflows.
Backed by top-tier investors and institutional financing partners, the company has scaled to triple-digit-million GMV, operates across six international markets, and is rapidly expanding toward profitability. With a team of 80+ people across Berlin (HQ) and Asia, it is building the world’s first industrial-grade AI operating system for materials — redefining how global trade works in one of the world’s largest and most essential industries.
We are looking for an exceptional In-House Legal Counsel to serve as a trusted advisor to our Sales and Operations leadership teams. In this role, you will not only safeguard the company’s legal interests, but also enable growth through pragmatic, business-driven legal solutions.
About the Role
We’re hiring an In-House Legal Counsel / Syndikusanwalt (m/f/d) to build, own, and scale the legal backbone of the business. You will work as a close partner to Sales, Procurement, Operations, and Leadership—enabling growth while protecting the company through sharp, fast, commercially relevant legal guidance.
This is not a back-office role. You’ll sit at the center of high-stakes transactions, cross-border supply chains, supplier negotiations, customer claims, and operational risk. You’ll design the legal frameworks, templates, and playbooks that allow the business to scale confidently across Germany and Europe.
As the Syndikusanwalt, you will hold the formal Syndikusrechtsanwalt designation under German law—ensuring full in-house counsel privileges and professional independence while deeply embedded in the business.
What You Will Do
1. Commercial & Contracting Excellence (≈70%)
Draft, negotiate, and close high-value commercial contracts across B2B sales, procurement, logistics, SaaS, and partnerships—balancing speed with risk protection.
Build scalable contract templates, playbooks, fallback rules, and negotiation guidelines that shorten deal cycles while keeping the business protected.
Advise Sales, Procurement, Growth, and Finance on legal implications of pricing, payment terms, supply structures, international expansion, and new business models.
Manage customer and supplier claims, disputes, and non-performance—hands-on, pragmatic, and always commercially grounded.
Translate legal risk into clear, actionable decision-making for the business.
2. People & Employment Law (≈20%)
Support the People Team on all aspects of German employment law, including hiring, contracts, terminations, warnings, restructurings, and compliance.
Draft and refine employment agreements, works agreements, and HR guidelines.
Advise on complex personnel matters with empathy, clarity, and legal precision.
3. Compliance, Governance & Risk (≈10%)
Monitor evolving EU/German regulatory frameworks affecting trade, logistics, payments, data, and digital operations.
Manage corporate governance matters for German entities and coordinate with external counsel where needed.
Build simple, scalable compliance processes aligned with the operational model and culture.
Promote a culture of proactive compliance, ethical conduct, and commercial discipline.
Who You Are
Volljurist/in with two Staatsexamina and eligible for registration as Syndikusrechtsanwalt.
3+ years' PQE from a top-tier law firm or in-house team—ideally in tech, marketplaces, logistics, or fast-scaling B2B businesses.
Strong command of German contract law, commercial risk management, and employment law fundamentals.
Experience handling contract negotiations, claims, disputes, and operational legal challenges.
Business-fluent in German and English (English is the internal operating language).
Commercially sharp: you simplify the complex, protect the company without blocking momentum, and work with speed and ownership.
Thrives in an office-only, high-tempo environment with fast decisions and constant iteration.
What We Offer
Full ownership of the legal function at one of Europe’s fastest-growing AI-enabled operators.
A Syndikus role with strategic influence and direct access to the Founder/CEO and executive team.
High exposure to cross-border commercial work, operational risk, and complex deal-making.
Competitive compensation, performance bonus, and VSOP participation.
A chance to build the legal foundation of a company scaling across multiple countries and categories.
We are an equal-opportunity employer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, or any other characteristic. We believe that diversity drives innovation, creativity, and collective strength.