Legal Counsel - Specialist mfx

Recruiter: Victor Immanuel

About Us:

Transform rail operations for a sustainable future! KONUX is a dynamic and fastgrowing technology company that is transforming the way industry works. Our AIpowered solutions empower our customers to make smarter datadriven decisions and our culture is fueled by grit ingenuity and credibility we believe that these values are essential to unlocking the potential of technology and making a real impact. At KONUX we are passionate about driving innovation in the fields of IoT and AI and we are looking for likeminded individuals to join our team.

Job Description:

We are seeking a Legal Counsel Specialist (m/f/x) at KONUX and you will contribute to the fast growth of a scaling company in the AI space. You will provide legal advice to the whole organization on different legal topics working closely with our General Counsel and internal stakeholders. You will deal with a wide range of complex matters spanning multiple domains from (international) public procurement and trade law to corporate and information technology (IT) & intellectual property (IP) law. Apart from the legal substantive matters you will also own and execute legal admin and proactively improve legal related workflows and collaboration. You understand the basics of project management and can live up to short and longterm timelines while always having the bigger picture in the back of your mind. The role provides ample learning opportunities and requires you to take ownership and push to completion.

Your Impact:

• You provide substantive and strategic legal advice to all KONUX departments
• You work on various projects from supporting the set up of new international entities to establishing a selfservice system for legal advice in the company
• You manage the public procurement process for customer contracts in different jurisdictions.
• You manage external law firms to out deliver within budget
• You shape and execute our IP strategy
• You perform risk assessments and enable informed decision making
• You review draft and support contract negotiations with customers suppliers and partners in close cooperation with internal stakeholders
• You provide inhouse legal training
• You draft/rework and educate our team on KONUX policies
• You support with various tasks around corporate housekeeping compliance and governance
• You assure conformity with applicable global data protection laws

To be successful in this role youll need to have:

• You are curious to understand new technologies and you love working on a broad range of topics simultaneously
• You are organized analytical and pragmatic you have business sense and a strong handson attitude
• You have a minimum of 5 years of fulltime work experience as a legal counsel in a startup or a midsized company
• You are a German qualified lawyer (Volljurist/in bzw. Syndikusrechtsanwalt/anwltin)
• You have excellent knowledge in at least two areas of the law:
  1) Contract and trade law
  2) IP/IT law (AI Data SaaS proprietary (embedded) software OSS)
  3) Corporate law
  4) European Public Procurement law
• You hold first contract drafting experience and you skilfully write legal documents
• You are familiar with MS Office and/or GSuite and will easily learn new tools like Slack Confluence etc
• You embrace legal tech and understand how to prudently integrate tech solutions in your daily work such as generative AI DeepL SaaS and software solutions
• You have full working proficiency in English and German

Why Join Us:

Competitive salary

Equity (all permanent KONUX employees have equity!)

Dedicated Learning & Development budget of 3.600 p.a.

Comprehensive relocation support if this opportunity at KONUX requires you to move

Hybrid working model: Meet your colleagues in the office minimum 2 days per week

Modern workspace with cool rooftop with mountain view

Flexible working conditions home office equipment and free choice between a Windows or Apple laptop

Health benefits supporting your physical and mental wellbeing e.g wellpass/gym membership and mental health app license

Fruits snacks and beverages for energy and our very own Oma cooking in office every Thursday

Company pension scheme

Access to Corporate Benefits and Future Bens

27 vacation days (1 day on every work anniversary for 3 years)

Volunteering activities (2 additional days off)

Company and team events

We are a petfriendly company so your fourlegged friend can join you in office!

Equal Opportunity

At KONUX we believe that a diverse team achieves better results faster. So heres the deal: You bring in your very own perspective. We promise to judge your qualifications and performance not your age sex religion skin color gender identity family status or disability.