Legal Counsel (m/f/d)

This is a 12-month Contract. 

In our legal team, we expect a variety of challenging, international projects, which you will accompany as a Legal Counsel, to meet the constant challenges of our rapidly growing business, we are looking for a strong team player who feels comfortable in a very dynamic, international and fast-growing environment and who is motivated to work independently on issues.  
You will be involved in all business areas, and, after a short induction period, you will catch legal and regulatory risk before it becomes a problem, and to make sure new legal requirements actually get built into the business rather than sitting in a document no one reads. . You will take care of implementing all relevant compliance requirements / guidelines of the METRO Group.
              
 
Core Activities: 

• Compliance and regulatory monitoring: Tracking new legislation (e.g., DSA, GPSR, consumer protection law) and translating it into internal legal updates, including gap analyses.
• Implementation of new legal requirements: Translating new legislation into internal processes and policies, working with IT/Product on technical implementation.
• Cross-functional communication: Breaking down complex legal matters for non-legal stakeholders and supporting internal audits/compliance checks.
• Documentation and organization: Maintaining a central compliance knowledge base and tracking implementation deadlines for new regulations.
• Trainings: Developing and facilitating trainings for non-legal colleagues
• Group Compliance and guidelines: Implementation of Group guidelines, fulfilling regular Group compliance tasks

• The opportunity to make a real impact on high-visibility, high-traffic product areas.
• A stable, mature company culture with the agility of product-driven teams.
• Flexible working hours and hybrid working with also flexible home working policy.
• 30 vacation days per year.
• Health and wellbeing support.
• Metro card for shopping at discounted rates & company discounts with renowned brands.
• Support for language learning and professional growth.
• Full support from METRO Group – our Mother company.
• A diverse and vibrant international environment with 70+ different nationalities.
• Attractive referral program.
• Team events, MeetUps and Tech talks.