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About the Role
As our Legal Operations Specialist, you will build and run the operational backbone of Focused Energy’s growing Legal function. You will own the systems, processes, records, and calendars that enable our lawyers to focus on high-value legal work across Corporate, Commercial, IP, and Compliance. You will have broad ownership and the opportunity to build legal operations from the ground up — from corporate entity administration and contract lifecycle management to IP docketing, compliance records, workflow design, and automation. You will work independently across German and US corporate structures and become a trusted operational partner to the VP Legal and the wider Legal team.
Responsibilities
- Build and own the legal operations backbone for a growing international company — creating reliable systems, processes, and standards that make a visible difference every day.
- Take end-to-end responsibility for corporate administration across our German and US entities, including registers, minute books, cap tables, powers of attorney, filings, restructurings, and notarial processes.
- Lead the contract lifecycle from signature to renewal, managing CLM and e-signature workflows, keeping agreements accessible, and ensuring no important deadline is missed.
- Create structure across IP and Compliance, maintaining patent and trademark docketing, IP registers, compliance records, policy documentation, and key legal calendars.
- Turn recurring legal work into scalable processes by mapping workflows, developing templates, introducing automation, and selecting tools that reduce manual effort for the whole Legal team.
- Work directly with decision-makers and external partners, including the VP Legal, specialist counsel, Finance, notaries, registry offices, and external IP advisers.
- Proactively identify gaps, manage risks, and improve how Legal operates without waiting for instructions.
Requirements
- Extensive experience in legal operations, corporate administration, paralegal work, entity management, or a comparable role.
- Understanding of German corporate formalities.
- Ideally have exposure to US corporate administration.
- Organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing records, deadlines, and recurring processes.
- Experience with contract management, e-signature, document management, or legal operations tools.
- Ability to work independently, improve processes, and know when to escalate matters requiring legal judgment.
- Clear and proactive communication skills.
- Fluent in German and English.
Skills
- Legal Operations
- Corporate Administration
- Paralegal Work
- Entity Management
- Contract Management
- E-signature
- Document Management
- Legal Operations Tools
- Workflow Automation
- CLM
- German Corporate Formalities
- US Corporate Administration
- German Language Fluency
- English Language Fluency
Location
- Germany
- US
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Office
- Work from home flexibility
Experience Level
- Extensive experience
Education Level
- Rechtsfachwirt/in (Nice to Have)
- Paralegal (Nice to Have)
- Legal operations specialist (Nice to Have)
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive salary
- Company ownership in the form of stock options
Benefits
- 30 days of vacation per year
- Stock options
- Healthy snacks and drinks
- Canteen with delicious lunch options daily (Darmstadt office)
- Retirement plan with 20% company financing on private pension plan contributions plus loyalty incentives
- Regular events for team bonding, collaboration, and company culture
About the Company
- Focused Energy is an international deep-tech company based in Germany and the US, working to commercialize laser-driven nuclear fusion.
- Our mission is to provide clean, safe, and virtually unlimited energy to the world.
- We are rapidly scaling and looking for talented individuals who thrive in building clarity and structure within fast-growing environments.
- Be part of a cutting-edge company working on groundbreaking research in clean energy and scientific discovery.
- Join an early, growing company at the forefront of new technology.
- Work with great people in a dynamic, international environment with top-tier scientists, engineers, and professionals passionate about solving global challenges.
- Take ownership from day 1 and drive impact by making decisions, solving challenges, and shaping the future of our company.
Equal Opportunity
- Focused Energy is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive environment. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.
- Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Focused Energy will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.