Hybrid Senior Legal Counsel

at lemon.markets

• Job title: Senior Legal Counsel
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Professional Certificate
• Tech skills: Switching
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Berlin, Germany

About the role

• Senior Legal Counsel developing and enhancing financial products at lemon.markets. Collaborating with legal team and supporting European expansion while advising on regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

• Play a leading role in developing and enhancing financial products, from initial concept to final implementation, addressing all legal challenges that arise at each stage. You will take full ownership of your projects.
• Draft and/or review agreements with suppliers and partners, as well as develop and maintain standard agreements, including standard terms and conditions.
• Closely monitor legislative, regulatory and case-law developments, proactively inform colleagues within and outside the Legal department of any impact on existing product offerings and, where necessary, propose and drive implementation measures to ensure timely and compliant adoption of new requirements.
• Support the General Counsel in shaping the company’s legal strategy, including supporting the company’s European expansion.
• Be part of the Legal team, working closely with the General Counsel and your colleague and will be acting as one of their deputies.
• Provide a wide range of specialist advice where banking and securities law will be just one aspect of your work. You will also advise on corporate law, labour law, administrative law and, of course, general civil and contract law. You will work in an interdisciplinary manner, and close collaboration with other teams will be a key part of your day-to-day responsibilities.
• Work closely with back-office functions, including Compliance, AML and Data Protection, all of which will regularly seek your input on a variety of topics.
• Have high visibility to the managing directors and our founder, advising them either as a subject-matter expert on specific issues or in your role as one of the deputies to the General Counsel.

Requirements

• You are a fully qualified German lawyer (Volljurist) with strong academic foundations, and you’ve already spent around five years sharpening your legal expertise in practice.
• You feel at home navigating complex regulatory environments and have gained experience in the financial industry, securities or investment firms, or the fast‑paced world of fintech or start‑ups.
• Switching seamlessly between German and English at a C1 level is second nature to you.
• You’re someone who naturally takes ownership. When a topic lands on your desk, you don’t just handle it, you drive it forward.
• You work autonomously, manage your workstreams with confidence, and keep momentum even when things get busy or priorities shift. Change doesn’t unsettle you; it motivates you.
• Complex legal questions don’t intimidate you either. You can translate them into simple, accessible language that helps colleagues, from engineers to product managers, truly understand the bigger picture.
• You take pride in working accurately, thoughtfully, and in a structured way, and your strong analytical skills, paired with clear communication and solid negotiation instincts, help you reach the best outcomes.
• You’re curious, open‑minded, and willing to dig into new and unfamiliar areas of law, because learning something new energises you.
• Most importantly, you enjoy working with people, especially in a multicultural, interdisciplinary environment.

Benefits

• 🚀 Compensation package: We offer you a competitive salary and benefits package, based on your experience and the value-add you bring to lemon.markets.
• 💎 Make a real impact: You will play a crucial part in one of the most innovative and challenging missions in German and European FinTech, reporting directly to our Head of Risk and combining lemon.markets’ green field approach in brokerage-as-a-service with the stability and trust of market leading dwpbank group
• 🕑 Flexible working hours: We value focus time. Encouraging everyone to minimise fixed meetings and leverage asynchronous communication and time spent with customers.
• 🏢 Hybrid work setup: Ideally, you are based in Berlin, but we offer the flexibility to work from home across Germany. That being said, lemoneers work 4 days or more per month on-site in our Berlin office, spending quality time together with the team at events, offsites or over team dinners.
• 📈 Grow with us: We take your personal development seriously, meaning that we make sure to constantly mentor and challenge you so that you can reach your next level and beyond.
• 💛 Perks & benefits: We sponsor a Deutschlandticket for employees on unlimited contracts, plus 50% off on Beatvest - our partner for financial education and investing.
• 🏝 Workation: Work from anywhere in the EU for up to 60 days per year.
• 👶🏽 Get the flexibility you need: Whether you have a family or a passion that you want to follow on the side. We want to offer you a setting that fits your current stage in life.