Legal Counsel

About the role

As the first in-house Legal Counsel, you will be a trusted business partner across the whole organisation, providing pragmatic, commercially sound legal advice across all business areas, including e-commerce, marketing, product, supply chain, and HR.

What you'll do

• Provide pragmatic, commercially sound legal advice across all business areas, including e-commerce, marketing, product, supply chain, and HR.
• Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of contracts, including supplier agreements, distribution contracts, agency agreements, NDAs, and influencer/creator agreements.
• Manage and advise on data protection matters (GDPR), working closely with the Data Protection Officer and external counsel where needed.
• Support the company on corporate law matters, including equity compensation programmes and corporate governance.
• Monitor and advise on regulatory developments relevant to the business, including product compliance, labelling requirements, and EU cosmetics regulations.
• Handle IP matters, including trademark registrations, enforcement actions, and licensing agreements.
• Manage relationships with external law firms, ensuring cost-effective and high-quality support.
• Proactively identify legal risks and develop scalable processes, templates, and guidelines to protect the business as it grows.

What you'll need

• Fully qualified German legal degree (Volljurist/in, 2. Staatsexamen) or an equivalent qualification from another jurisdiction.
• 7+ years of professional experience, with a solid foundation gained at a reputable law firm, ideally complemented by first in-house experience at a startup, scale-up, or consumer company.
• Broad commercial law background and comfort working across multiple legal disciplines simultaneously.
• Experience in contract law, GDPR/data protection, and IP – experience in e-commerce, consumer goods, or retail is a strong plus.
• Self-starter comfortable operating as a generalist in a fast-paced environment with limited external support.
• Excellent drafting and negotiation skills, with the ability to communicate complex legal issues in a clear, business-friendly way.
• Pragmatic, solution-oriented approach that enables the business rather than slows it down.
• Fluent in both German and English (written and spoken).

What they offer

• Dynamic start-up environment surrounded by a passionate and dedicated team.
• Opportunity to take on responsibility from day 1, with room for professional growth and advancement.
• Dog-friendly office in Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg with free drinks and snacks.
• Hybrid working arrangements.
• Employee discounts on Yepoda products.
• Urban Sports membership package.