Legal Counsel at Boston Consulting Group | BY, DE | Rezi

Legal Counsel at Boston Consulting Group

Legal Counsel

Boston Consulting Group · BY, DE

2 days ago

Legal Counsel

Boston Consulting Group · BY, DE

2 days ago
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About the Role

This role offers a unique opportunity to advise a leading consulting firm in its transformation into a technology- and AI-enabled business. You will work on cutting-edge client engagements, shape innovative contracting approaches, and partner with senior business and technology leaders across Europe.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the drafting, negotiating, and execution of a broad range of commercial agreements, including master services agreements, software, cloud, SaaS, AI-related, licensing, subcontractor, and partnership agreements, as well as internal matters.
  • Take ownership of legal support for BCG's technology-enabled and AI-driven client engagements, partnering with case teams, clients, and cross-functional stakeholders to develop and negotiate pragmatic, innovative contracting solutions.
  • Advise on commercial, AI, and digital technology-related legal matters, including intellectual property, licensing, confidentiality, competition law, compliance, governance, conflicts of interest, and AI-generated output ownership and use.
  • Drive commercially sound contracting by applying BCG's risk management framework, enhancing contracting standards, policies, and processes, and considering evolving legal and regulatory developments.
  • Act as a trusted legal advisor to business stakeholders across Central Europe with broader European exposure, providing pragmatic and solutions-oriented advice on commercial and transactional matters.
  • Collaborate across BCG's Global Legal Team and other corporate functions to resolve complex legal issues and contribute to knowledge sharing, contracting templates, and legal playbooks.
  • Leverage AI-enabled legal tools and contribute to the continuous evolution of technology-supported ways of working, legal innovation, and knowledge sharing.

Requirements

  • German qualified lawyer / “Volljurist” (First and Second Staatsexamen)
  • 5+ years of commercial contracting experience
  • Meaningful international exposure is a plus
  • Preferred to have worked in Germany as a fully qualified lawyer
  • Strong law firm background considered
  • Prior in-house experience a plus
  • Native-level or business-fluent (written and spoken) German and English
  • Additional European languages a plus
  • Legal tech experience a plus

Skills

  • Negotiating and advising with confidence and sound judgment, balancing legal risk with commercial pragmatism
  • Clear and concise communication of complex legal issues to senior business stakeholders, case teams, and non-legal colleagues
  • Thriving multiple commercial matters simultaneously in a fast-paced evolving environment, balancing competing priorities while exercising sound judgment under pressure
  • Building trusted relationships across functions and geographies
  • Curiosity and the ability to quickly adapt to new business models, emerging technologies, and legal developments, translating complexity into pragmatic and actionable legal advice
  • Bringing a positive, collaborative, and solutions-oriented mindset to every engagement

Location

  • Munich
  • London

Work Type

  • Full-time

Experience Level

  • 5+ years of commercial contracting experience

Education Level

  • German qualified lawyer / “Volljurist” (First and Second Staatsexamen)

About the Company

  • Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities.
  • BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963.
  • Today, we help clients with total transformation—inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact.
  • To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities.
  • Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change.
  • BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures—and business purpose.
  • We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.

Equal Opportunity

  • Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.
  • BCG is an E - Verify Employer.