Associate General Counsel at Zelis managing labor and employment law for a growing healthcare financial company. Providing legal advice and support to the People and Culture Team across various employment - related issues.
About the role
- Legal Counsel managing disputes for a fast-growing digital bank in Berlin. Collaborating with internal stakeholders to improve dispute resolution and customer outcomes while ensuring compliance.
Responsibilities
- Lead dispute resolution in Germany (end-to-end): Manage pre-litigation claims, litigation, and regulatory disputes – driving timely, fair, and commercially sound outcomes
- Set strategy, steer escalations, and manage external counsels: Assess risk/exposure, define resolution paths (settlement/remediation/defense), and oversee external counsels, proceedings, budgets, and documentation quality
- Coordinate dispute-related communications and responses to supervisory inquiries, ensuring robust governance and an auditable record
- Identify root causes and trends and partner with Operations/Product to reduce recurrence and improve customer outcomes
- Advise on German/EU banking, consumer protection, and conduct requirements; contribute to policies and controls
- Draft/review key vendor and outsourcing agreements with appropriate risk allocation and compliance standards
- Review and improve customer-facing terms, disclosures, and complaint processes
- Support dispute-related data handling and rights requests in coordination with privacy stakeholders
- Deliver practical guidance and short trainings for product and customer support teams
Requirements
- Law degree from a recognized university; qualified lawyer in Germany (Volljurist/in (m/w/d)) or business lawyer (Wirtschaftsjurist/in, LL.B./LL.M. (m/w/d)) preferred
- 3+ years’ relevant experience in an in-house and/or law firm role, ideally within dispute resolution, litigation, financial services, consumer law, or regulated environments
- Familiarity with German civil procedure and dispute handling
- Strong understanding of consumer protection principles and regulatory expectations relevant to banking/financial services
- Working knowledge of GDPR
- Strong legal analysis, clear drafting, confident stakeholder management, and pragmatic risk-based decision-making
Benefits
- Subsidies for public transport and sports programs
- Hybrid working model: A flexible setup combining time in our modern Berlin office with working from home
- Pan-European Legal team: The opportunity to join our Berlin legal team as part of the Group's legal department of lawyers based across Europe
- Growth and development: Exposure to a broad range of banking/legal topics with room to expand your in-house toolkit
- Scale-up opportunity for your career: Join a fast-growing bank where the legal function is evolving alongside the business
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