Senior Legal Counsel - M&A Legal Team

As the world’s pioneering local delivery platform, our mission is to deliver an amazing experience, fast, easy, and to your door. We operate in over 70+ countries worldwide, powered by tech, designed by people. As one of Europe’s largest tech platforms, headquartered in Berlin, Germany. Delivery Hero has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2017 and is part of the MDAX stock market index. We enable creative minds to deliver solutions that create impact within our ecosystem. We move fast, take action and adapt. No matter where you're from or what you believe in, we build, we deliver, we lead. We are Delivery Hero.

We are on the lookout for a Senior Legal Counsel to join the M&A Legal Team on our journey to always deliver amazing experiences. 

Join the team that protects and enables Delivery Hero’s growth. In the Legal Team, you’ll support key initiatives by providing proactive legal guidance that aligns business goals with regulatory standards. Your work will help mitigate risks and ensure we’re positioned for sustainable, long-term success—making you a key contributor to our mission of delivering amazing experiences worldwide.

This role offers a unique opportunity to work on acquisitions, joint ventures, mergers, and more, directly impacting the company's strategic growth. As a Senior Legal Counsel, you'll navigate all phases of M&A projects, from structuring deals and drafting documentation to closing and post-closing matters, collaborating closely with internal and external stakeholders worldwide. You'll be part of the team that protects and enables Delivery Hero’s growth by providing proactive legal guidance that aligns business goals with regulatory standards. Your work will help mitigate risks and ensure we’re positioned for sustainable, long-term success—making you a key contributor to our mission of delivering amazing experiences worldwide.

Your work will be pivotal in driving Delivery Hero’s global footprint and ensuring smooth, legally sound processes that align with our strategic goals. You'll have a direct impact on shaping our success while gaining unparalleled experience in an international and cross-functional environment. With opportunities for growth and development, this role offers a fulfilling career path in M&A law.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Lead the legal workstream on M&A transactions, including drafting, reviewing, and advising on key agreements throughout the negotiation process.

• Oversee all legal phases of M&A deals—NDA, structuring, due diligence, negotiation, documentation, signing, closing, and post-closing—ensuring strategic alignment and legal risk mitigation.

• Coordinate with internal stakeholders and external counsel across multiple jurisdictions to drive efficient, compliant, and timely deal execution.

• Partner closely with Strategy/M&A, Tax, Antitrust, and Finance teams to integrate legal insight into business-critical decisions.

• Provide commercially focused, solution-oriented legal guidance on complex matters, balancing legal risk with business objectives.

• Own and contribute to the improvement of legal processes, templates, and knowledge tools to support scalable and effective deal execution.

What you need to be successful: 

• Fully qualified lawyer with an excellent academic degree and admission to the bar (for Germany-qualified applications, successful completion of the 2nd state exam). UK qualifications and experience are an advantage. 

• 7-8 years of experience in M&A, ideally in an international law firm. 

• Strong analytical skills and the ability to provide pragmatic, business-oriented legal solutions.

• Proficient in English (written and verbal), with exceptional drafting skills; additional languages are a plus.

• Demonstrated ability to thrive in a collaborative, diverse, and dynamic workplace.

• Exceptional project management and stakeholder coordination skills.

What’s in it for you!

Ensuring you and all our Heroes are looked after, happy, and healthy is always on the menu. Because if you’re in good shape, then we’re in good shape.

• Make the most of our hybrid working model and join the team for face-to-face connection and collaboration in our beautiful Berlin campus 2 days a week

• We offer 27 days holiday with an extra day on 2nd and 3rd year of service

• We will support you in developing yourself and your career growth opportunities: 1.000 € Educational Budget, Language Courses, Parental Support and access to the Udemy Business platform to explore a variety of online courses.

• Get moving and release those wonderful, mind-boosting endorphins: Health Checkups, Meditation, Yoga, Gym & Bicycle Subsidy

• Cash. Dough. Cheddar. Whatever you call it, we’ll help you with it: Employee Share Purchase Plan, Sabbatical Bank,  Public Transportation Ticket Discount, Life & Accident Insurance, Corporate Pension Plan

• The power of getting together over some food is unrivaled. Here are a few ways to help you do that. All the yum: Digital Meal Vouchers, Food Vouchers, Corporate Discounts, Courses.

Ready to join our team? If you’re excited to grow, collaborate and be part of the world’s leading delivery platform, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today!

We believe diversity and inclusion are key to creating not only an exciting product, but also an amazing customer and employee experience. Fostering this starts with hiring - therefore we do not discriminate on the basis of racial identities, religious beliefs, color, national origin, gender identities or expressions, sexual orientations, age, marital or disability statuses, or any other aspect that makes you, you. We encourage you to let us know if you need any accommodations or specific accessibility support to ensure a smooth interview experience—just include it in your application. You're welcome to share your pronouns (he/she/they) right from the start so we can address you respectfully from our first contact.