Chief Legal Counsel (m/f/d)

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Munich, Bavaria
Senior level
eCommerce • Software • Financial Services
The Role
The Legal Counsel will draft and negotiate contracts, manage external counsel, support strategic legal matters, and ensure legal compliance.
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About the Job

We’re looking for an experienced Chief Legal Counsel (m/f/d) to join our client and lead its Legal strategies. 

In your day-to-day work, you’ll focus on streamlining the drafting and negotiation of complex commercial contracts, managing external counsel relationships and legal budgets, and supporting founders and executive teams on strategic legal matters.

Join our client company: A German dual-use technology company that develops unmanned ground vehicles to spearhead automation in both governmental and civilian use cases.

In this role, you’ll:

  • Structure, draft, and negotiate complex commercial contracts
  • Manage external counsel relationships and oversee legal budgets
  • Support founders and executive teams on strategic legal matters
  • Advise on M&A, venture capital, and financing transactions
  • Ensure compliance with data protection (GDPR) and IP/IT legal frameworks
  • Facilitate adherence to compliance frameworks in regulated industries like defence and mobility
  • Mitigate risks and provide sound legal judgment in dynamic, high-stakes situations
  • Collaborate with internal teams to drive legal strategy and risk management initiatives

Your Profile

  • Qualified lawyer in Germany (Zulassung als Rechtsanwalt) with several years of in-house legal leadership experience at tech-driven scale-ups or corporates
  • Deep understanding of corporate, commercial, and contract law with solid experience in M&A, venture capital, and financing rounds
  • Strong command of data protection (GDPR) and IP/IT law
  • Demonstrated familiarity with compliance frameworks in regulated industries such as defence or mobility
  • Previous experience at a top-tier law firm or high-growth company is preferred
  • Business-oriented legal thinker with a hands-on mentality, comfortable in dynamic, international startup environments
  • Fluent in German and English (written and spoken)

Please note that we are looking for support in the Munich office of our portfolio company. Eligibility to work within the EU is required as well.

Benefits and Perks

  • Competitive salary and benefits package
  • A key role in an emerging dual-use technology company
  • The opportunity to work with a highly innovative, international, and dynamic team
  • Room for professional growth and development
  • Participation in the company’s success
  • Hybrid working conditions for a balanced work-life dynamic

Apply below and become a part of our success story!


Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Project A is committed to diverse and equal opportunities hiring for all – applicants, candidates, and employees alike. We value humans – with all our glorious multifaceted backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences – and look forward to your application.

Top Skills

Commercial Contracts
Compliance Frameworks
Gdpr
Ip Law
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The Company
Berlin
165 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2012

What We Do

Project A is one of the leading early-stage tech investors in Europe with offices in Berlin and London. In addition to $1bn assets under management, Project A supports its portfolio companies with a platform team of over 100 functional experts in key areas such as software and product development, data, brand, marketing, sales and recruiting.

The venture capital firm was founded in 2012 and has backed more than 100 startups. The portfolio includes companies such as Trade Republic, WorldRemit, sennder, KRY, Spryker, Catawiki, Unmind and Voi

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