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Legal Counsel

Berlin

Location: Come and join us in Berlin or Hamburg ! 

At FREENOW, we are on a mission to empower smarter mobility decisions, helping people to move freely and cities to thrive.

We are looking for talented and experienced team players who are comfortable in a dynamic and fast growing business environment. If you would like to strengthen our team and promote our company with your own ideas and hands-on mentality, apply with us as Legal Counsel.

YOUR DAILY ADVENTURES WILL INCLUDE: 

  • Provide strategic and practical legal advice to support and protect the company’s interests while ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
  • Negotiate agreements and/or settlements with external stakeholders.
  • Manage external law firms to ensure that the law firms provide accurate and commercially sensible legal advice on time.
  • Communicate with authorities, courts and other external parties and solves legal issues.
  • Conducting legal research and analysis to assess the impact of new laws and regulations on the company’s operations.
  • Provide legal advice and strategy in litigations. 

TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE:

  • You are qualified to practise law in Germany 
  • 1.5+ years post qualification experience. Preferably a mix of law firm and in-house experience.
  • You possess exceptional skills in project management and have experience in providing guidance and communicating to key stakeholders.
  • You have the capacity to work autonomously and diligently in a fast-paced environment.
  • You have strong communication and interpersonal skills and are able to maintain composure and effectively handle multiple tasks while under pressure. Responding swiftly, thinking quickly, and making prompt decisions in a rapidly evolving and dynamic setting.
  • You possess a natural curiosity and a strong desire for continuous learning.
  • You are also willing to dive into any task at hand and enthusiastically take on new challenges.
  • You are a native German speaker and fluent in English (C1/C2). 

BENEFITS & PERKS IN A NUTSHELL:

  • Flexible working arrangements
  • LinkedIn Learning
  • Sabbatical & special leave policies
  • WeRoad partnership
  • Birthday, 24th + 31st December off
  • Short term EU work policy
  • Mobility Credit
  • Health Insurance
  • Employee assistance program
 

Plus more local benefits depending on your work location!

 


DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION:

FREE NOW is an equal opportunity employer and we consider qualified applicants regardless of race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or age.
We want you to grow and evolve, bring your true self to work


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