German Legal Counsel

2 weeks ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Iwoca Ltd Full time

We're looking for a German Legal Counsel

We are the leading and fastest growing Alternative Lender in the German market. A market that is still developing and we are there to shape it. Iwoca has established strong cooperations with the leading banks, financial advisors and platforms in Germany, like Commerzbank and eBay.

However, we're still near the start of our journey – our aim is to finance a million small businesses within a decade and so we need more smart, hands-on people to help us reach this goal.

We are recruiting a German qualified lawyer on a part-time basis to primarily work with our German business and report to iwoca's Head of Legal.

About us

Fast, flexible finance empowers small businesses to manage their cash flow better and seize opportunities - making their business and the economy stronger as a whole. At iwoca, we do just that. We help businesses get the funds they need, when they need it, often within minutes.

We've already made several billion in funding available to over 100,000 businesses since we launched in 2012, and positioned ourselves as a leading Fintech in Europe. Our mission is to finance one million businesses. We'll get there by continuing to make our finance ever more relevant and accessible to more businesses by combining cutting-edge technology, data science and a 5-star customer service.

Our culture

We're expanding fast across our offices in London, Leeds and Frankfurt. With all this growth, we're looking for people who want to learn on the job and lead projects, knowing that your ideas will impact thousands of small businesses.

Your mission

  • Support and advise teams across the German business, including lending propositions (product development), customer acquisition, customer success, marketing and people ops (HR).
  • Draft, review and negotiate partnership, customer and supplier contracts by providing pragmatic and commercial support
  • identify and implement process improvements to make legal work more efficient, including building out and maintaining templates, playbooks and decision frameworks for our partnership and customer acquisition agreements
  • Improve and maintain the business' policies and procedures relating to GDPR for our key stakeholders - customers, employees and partners
  • Instruct and manage external legal counsel, and manage legal budget with the guidance of the Head of Legal and GM of Germany
  • Support any regulatory matters relating to licensing to lend to and collect from customers in Germany, and ensure our product complies with all elements of German law.
  • Support corporate housekeeping, management of constitutional documents and statutory books, and ongoing filing requirements across our German entities.

There will be opportunities for you to:

  • Advise and educate other members of the legal team on areas of your competence through formal and informal training
  • Manage and mentor a German-speaking paralegal through tasks assigned to you
  • Get involved more broadly with the Legal function, including in the UK and Luxembourg and any other jurisdiction in which we may operate

Requirements

  • You are an experienced lawyer, qualified in Germany
  • You are fluent in German and English
  • You have experience in:
    • commercial contracts, partnership and broker agreements
    • GDPR and data protection laws, and have been involved in implementing policies and procedures to ensure compliance
    • working in an in-house environment, particularly a fintech or finance business
  • You are smart, meaning you:
    • use thoughtful legal analysis to quickly cut through legal and commercial complexity
    • give concrete feedback in a way that facilitates decision-making
  • You are motivated, meaning you:
    • go above and beyond to deliver high quality legal work in line with deadlines
    • curious about all parts of the business and the challenges they face
  • You are humble:
    • no ego, we're in it together
    • you proactively reflect on individual and team performance on a task.
    • understand where gaps exist in legal skills and knowledge and engage external counsel where appropriate.
  • It would be also nice if you:
    • have some knowledge and understanding of lending businesses, and the regulation applying to business lending in Germany
    • have some experience with employment law issues
    • have some experience of working with Luxembourg fund structures
    • appreciate the importance of quantifying legal risk to inform decision-making
    • are willing to work some of the time in one of our offices
    • are interested in growing with our dynamic German business and, in the future, other countries in which we may operate

We want to make iwoca a place where everyone feels welcome, where you can confidently be yourself. We understand that inclusivity, and diversity that comes through greater inclusivity, isn't an optional add-on; it's the core ingredient of what makes us great. We care about making iwoca a healthy and happy community for all of our team members to thrive in.

Our benefits

We put a lot of effort into making iwoca a brilliant place to work:

  • Offices in London, Leeds and Frankfurt.
  • Events and clubs, like bingo, comedy nights, yoga classes, football...
  • Two company retreats a year, we've been to France, Italy, Spain and further afield
  • Plenty of drinks and snacks in our offices

We offer a wide range of benefits:

  • Medical insurance from Vitality, including discounted gym membership
  • 25 days' holiday, an extra day off for your birthday and the option to buy or sell an additional 5 days of annual leave
  • Instant access to emotional and mental health support with our partner, Spill
  • Share options
  • Generous maternity and paternity leave
  • A nursery tax benefit scheme to help you save money
  • Paid volunteering day to support your chosen charity
  • Extra leave if you want to travel or study
  • One-month fully paid sabbatical after 4 years
  • Cycle-to-work scheme
  • Electric car scheme

And to make sure we all keep learning, we offer:

  • An L&D budget for everyone, including a book budget
  • Company-wide talks with internal and external speakers
  • Access to learning platforms like Treehouse if you want to learn to code

For more information:

  • iwoca benefits & policies:
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