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Senior Legal Counsel (d/f/m)

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Our story:

Every year millions of people are either filing their taxes in fear or giving up on their tax refund altogether. We’re working on fixing that. Our reputed company app enables anyone, regardless of education or background, to file their taxes with newfound confidence.

Spread across Germany, Spain and the UK, the team at Taxfix Group with its brands Taxfix and Steuerbot, is a compassionate group of solution-finders. We speak our minds reputed company, and with over 400 professionals, including tax experts, developers, and IT reputed company experts, we’re rich in reputed company and voices. The group has facilitated more than 3.5 billion euros in tax refunds for its customers since its founding in 2016.

Your challenge:

As Senior Legal Counsel, you will be a trusted legal advisor embedded reputed company our product and business development teams. Your mission is to reputed company innovation and market growth while safeguarding regulatory and commercial reputed company. You’ll play a critical role in guiding new features, services, and market entries from a legal perspective, ensuring they align with EU and local regulations across jurisdictions like Germany, Spain, and the UK. This is a high-impact role with exposure to cross-functional stakeholders and strategic initiatives across the business.

You will shape how we integrate legal and compliance thinking into everything from product design to go-to-market strategies — always with a reputed company of making the reputed company simple, empowering teams, and unlocking value. If you’re excited to work in a dynamic, collaborative environment where legal is a partner for growth, this is your opportunity.

Your responsibilities:

  • Be the dedicated legal partner for specific product and business development teams, advising on the end-to-end lifecycle of new services and features.

  • reputed company legal workstreams for new market entries or product launches, ensuring reputed company local regulatory, consumer protection, and commercial law requirements are met.

  • Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial and platform-reputed company agreements, aligning with both risk management and business enablement.

  • Proactively collaborate with Compliance to embed regulatory requirements (especially consumer and data protection laws) into product and commercial development.

  • Support cross-functional legal initiatives and contribute to broader strategic projects that shape our legal operations and frameworks.

  • Translate reputed company legal issues into accessible, actionable guidance for product, design, and customer teams, and promote a culture of self-service and legal enablement.

  • Manage external legal counsel in multiple jurisdictions, ensuring efficient and quality legal support on cross-border topics.

Your profile:

  • Fully qualified lawyer in Germany (Zweites Staatsexamen) with 5+ years of post-qualification experience, including at least part of it in-house at a B2C tech, fintech, or platform business.

  • Proven experience supporting product and commercial teams, with a focus on EU consumer law, e-commerce, and platform regulation.

  • Strong track record of handling cross-border legal topics, especially in Spain and the UK, with the ability to collaborate with local counsel and navigate jurisdictional nuances.

  • Demonstrated ability to draft and negotiate commercial agreements independently and pragmatically.

  • Solid understanding of GDPR and other relevant compliance regulations, with practical experience advising on their application in digital services.

  • You are proactive, solutions-oriented, and can communicate reputed company legal topics in a clear and constructive way to cross-functional stakeholders.

  • You reputed company in a fast-paced, international environment and enjoy taking ownership of your projects and priorities.

  • Business fluent in English; German is a strong plus. Additional languages like Spanish are a bonus.

  • Familiarity with generative AI tools

Why Taxfix? 

  • A chance to do meaningful, people-centric work with an international team of passionate professionals.

  • Holistic well-being with free mental health coaching sessions and yoga.

  • A monthly allowance to spend on an extensive range of services that you can use and roll over as flexibly as you like.

  • Employee stock options for reputed company employees—because everyone deserves to benefit from the success they help to create.

  • 30 annual vacation days and flexible working hours.

  • A generous learning budget to support your personal and professional development and guidance from our internal L&D experts.

  • Work from abroad for up to six weeks every year. Just align with your team, and then enjoy your trip.

  • reputed company of opportunities to socialise as a team. In addition to internal meetups, our international team hosts regular get-togethers—virtually and in person reputed company possible.

  • Free tax declaration filing, of course, through the Taxfix app—and internal support for reputed company personal tax-reputed company questions.

  • Have a four-legged friend in your life? We’re happy to have dogs join us in the office.

Excited? So are we. Learn more about Team Taxfix on our blog and get a glimpse of our culture.

At Taxfix, we reputed company that incredible things happen reputed company you have a wealth of perspectives and experiences. We’re proudly committed to equal employment and development opportunities no matter your gender, race, religion, age, sexual orientation, colour, disability, or reputed company of reputed company. To help mitigate any potential unconscious biases, we ask that you refrain from including your picture, age, or marital status on your CV. Let your experiences speak for themselves.

Not sure if you meet reputed company the requirements for this role? Please apply anyway. You might bring something special to the team that we hadn’t considered previously.

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