Are you a legal professional trained in German law and ready to take on a diverse role that bridges the gap between traditional law firms and in-house legal counsel?
LEXR is a fast-growing law firm for tech and fintech companies in Germany and Switzerland with 30+ team members across four offices. We are expanding our practice in Berlin and seeking a corporate and commercial contract lawyer to provide strategic legal guidance and daily support to innovative, fast-growing businesses.
LEXR is much more than a successful boutique law firm. We are dedicated to building fundamentally better legal solutions for clients while creating an environment where lawyers can not only build an exceptionally successful career, but also a fulfilling private life.
We’re looking for a self-starter with the passion, work ethic, and determination to help us build a better future for both lawyers and clients.
About the Role
As a part of our General Counsel team, you’ll have the opportunity to shape and develop the practice from the ground up. You’ll work closely with startup founders and decision-makers, providing tailored legal solutions that help them navigate complex challenges.
At LEXR, you’ll enjoy the benefits of working in a modern, fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment without the constraints of a traditional law firm or the limitations of serving just one company.
What you will be doing
- Strategic advisor: Be the primary legal contact for multiple customers on the forefront of tech and fintech innovation, offering strategic guidance and managing day-to-day legal needs You will be responsible for key areas including corporate law, basic regulatory compliance, IP, contracts, and HR, depending on your specific expertise. You’ll provide strategic insights during corporate discussions, manage contract practices, protect intellectual property, and navigate employment matters. Additionally, you’ll address basic regulatory concerns and offer ongoing support for day-to-day legal needs just like a General Counsel would do but without the constraints of tending to the legal needs of just one company full time.
- Practice Shaper: Contribute significantly to the development of our GC practice, bringing new ideas and solutions to our customers. Support our Corporate and Commercial practices in their further development.
- Entrepreneur: You have an idea on what you want to work on? Your thoughts and your feedback are not just valued, they are essential. We want you to be an entrepreneur, developing business opportunities with us together, establishing products and processes that fit the needs of our customers.
- Direct Customer Engagement: Work directly with startup founders and leadership teams, providing actionable and practical legal advice.
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate with LEXR’s teams across Berlin and Switzerland, including LegalTech, operations, marketing, and HR, to deliver comprehensive legal support.
What is required
- Fluent German and English: You’ll work with both local and international customers, primarily focusing on the German market. Fluent German skills are essential.
- Experience: You have at least three years of experience working at a large law firm and as in-house counsel at a startup, tech company, or scale-up. You are looking for a role that combines both environments.
- Growth mindset: We’re looking for lawyers who can see opportunities and are willing to strive for the right balance. We are looking for lawyers who are driven by continuous personal and professional growth.
- Attention to detail: Providing actionable legal advice means going beyond simply reciting laws. At LEXR, we dig deeper and work harder to provide the best solutions to our customers, which requires diligence and attention to the minutiae of every case.
- Location: Although we encourage remote work from time-to-time, this position requires you to be mostly in Berlin. You will help setting up a team of new people and occasionally engage physically with the companies you’re supporting as a GC. However, you will have full discretion on when you feel that working from our office suits your and your clients needs best.
- Team Spirit: You’ll work closely with customers and team members alike. You are humble, positive, open, and genuinely curious about understanding what drives and motivates others.
- Business Sense: We strive to always provide our clients with actionable and valuable advice. Thus, you need to be comfortable in trying to understand our clients’ needs apart from solving a legal problem and keep business operations in mind when thinking about the solution that works best for the client.
- IT Affinity: We are 99% digital and constantly test new tools to enhance our work environment and customer experience. Proficiency in MS Office is required, and additional IT skills are a plus.
What you will get
- Exciting Work: Engage with a diverse range of customers and projects, making a tangible impact on their growth and success.
- Entrepreneurial Spirit: Take ownership of your work, contribute your ideas, and help shape the future of our GC practice.
- Team Spirit and Open Structures: Joining LEXR means becoming part of a dynamic, self-motivated, and welcoming team that achieves great things together. We promote camaraderie through regular team events and trips to startup hubs, like Lisbon, Tel Aviv, Berlin, and the Swiss Alps. From day one, your voice will be heard, thanks to our flat hierarchies.
- Competitive Pay: We offer a competitive salary package that includes a market-standard base salary and potential access to an employee participation plan.
- Workplace Flexibility: We offer an office in the heart of Berlin, but also a fully digitized work infrastructure to set you free to change your work setting from time to time. A membership with Outsite is also included.
- Training and Development: We believe in continuous learning and growth. We invest in our team with regular training sessions and courses to help them thrive in their legal careers.
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