Senior Legal Counsel (Remote) Global IT Company

Key Responsibilities

• Negotiate legal agreements for complex transactions with major B2B customers in Germany and Switzerland, in line with business strategy, internal policies, and standard practices. This includes working with both company and customer templates for product sales, software licensing, and services agreements, adapting terms to local legal requirements as needed.
• Advise on and negotiate data protection, privacy, and security matters in collaboration with cross‑functional teams.
• Act as a trusted legal advisor and business partner to Sales leadership, Finance, and Government Affairs.
• Contribute to cross‑functional initiatives as a legal subject‑matter expert.
• Deliver legal training and presentations on compliance and regulatory topics.

Requirements

• Fluency in English and German (French knowledge is a benefit).
• At least 5+ years (preferably 8+) of experience in commercial and corporate law, gained at a leading law firm or within an international company.
• Strong experience negotiating complex commercial agreements including technology contracts, software licensing, services, cloud/SaaS, IP, and data protection.
• Sound judgment in advising on legal and regulatory matters in an international business environment.

About you

• You are a confident legal drafter with great attention to detail and a practical, common‑sense way of solving problems.
• You are comfortable working on complex, fast‑moving sales deals and don’t panic when timelines are tight.
• You see yourself as a business enabler — proactive, flexible, and focused on finding solutions rather than saying “no.”
• You like taking ownership, stepping up when needed, and you’re curious and motivated to keep learning.
• You enjoy working with others, build strong relationships easily, and communicate clearly and down to earth.
• You are well organised, can juggle multiple priorities, and are happy working in a digital, tool‑driven environment but you also value working with amazing humans as your colleagues.

Where you can work from

You can work 100% REMOTELY but the company has offices in Munich and Frankfurt if you’d like to be in the office from time to time.

Flexibility and balance

• There are no set hours – you can start and finish at a time that works for you.
• Take extra days off when needed.
• A few weeks a year you can work from abroad.

People centric culture

As one of the world's best companies to work for, the business has a supportive and collaborative culture. 92% of employees are proud to tell others they work here. There is a strong focus around integrity and respect for the individual. Employees here feel trusted, respected, empowered and well looked after.

This legal team is known for its collegiality. People are friendly and helpful, there is great camaraderie at all levels. They are pioneers in legal innovation.

Development

• Transparency about your progression.
• Your personal development path is supported by your manager.
• Having a personal mentor.
• Every 2 weeks learning from subject‑matter experts (e.g., on AI, IP, Competition, Privacy – you name it).
• Being part of monthly European "best practice" sessions + global training.
• Receiving leadership training, etc.

Holidays / Days off work

• Higher than average annual leave.
• Birthday off.
• 5 days per year off company wide.
• Around 5 days a year off as mental health breaks.
• 5 days of paid charity work.
• Buy another 1 week of leave.

Excellent base salary, bonus, pension and benefits.