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About the Role

We are seeking a Junior Legal Counsel to support our German and Austrian markets and contribute to legal matters across the Avarda Group. This role offers exposure to various legal areas within a fast-paced fintech environment, ideal for early-career legal professionals.

Responsibilities

• Advise internal stakeholders on civil law, contract law, consumer credit law, data privacy, competition law, and banking regulation.
• Support legal assessment of new and existing products with product and operations teams, including customer-facing matters.
• Conduct legal research and prepare assessments on specific legal questions.
• Monitor regulatory developments in Germany and Austria and analyse their impact on products, processes, and documentation.
• Drive the legal workstream for regulatory implementation projects, coordinating with various departments.
• Keep customer contract documents updated in line with regulatory changes.
• Draft, review, and negotiate contracts with business partners and service providers.
• Handle legal disputes, including correspondence with courts, lawyers, consumer protection associations, and regulators.
• Work with legal colleagues across Avarda's European markets on group-wide projects.
• Deliver internal trainings to build legal awareness.

Requirements

• Law degree (First or Second State Exam, Wirtschaftsjurist/in, LL.B., LL.M., or equivalent) with 1–3 years of experience OR a qualified legal professional background (e.g. Rechtsanwaltsfachangestellte/r, Rechtsfachwirt/in) with 4+ years in financial services or a regulated environment.
• Interest in or exposure to consumer credit, payments, banking regulation, or fintech.
• Solid legal drafting and analytical skills.
• Fluent in German and English (written and spoken).
• Proactive, well-organised, and comfortable working independently.

Skills

• Civil law
• Contract law
• Consumer credit law
• Data privacy
• Competition law
• Banking regulation
• Legal research
• Regulatory analysis
• Contract drafting
• Contract review
• Contract negotiation
• Legal dispute handling
• Legal drafting
• Analytical skills
• German language proficiency
• English language proficiency

Location

• Berlin
• Hamburg

Work Type

• Hybrid

Experience Level

• 1-3 years
• 4+ years

Education Level

• Law degree (First or Second State Exam, Wirtschaftsjurist/in, LL.B., LL.M., or equivalent)
• Qualified legal professional background (e.g. Rechtsanwaltsfachangestellte/r, Rechtsfachwirt/in)

Benefits

• Monthly non-cash benefit card
• Tax-free lunch allowance
• Company pension scheme
• Subsidised gym membership (Wellpass)
• Subsidised Deutschlandticket

About the Company

• Avarda Group is a fast-moving fintech environment.