Legal - Working Student

About Us 

Hawk is the leading provider of AI-supported anti-money laundering and fraud detection technology. Banks and payment providers globally are using Hawk’s powerful combination of traditional rules and explainable AI to improve the effectiveness of their AML compliance and fraud prevention by identifying more crime while maximizing efficiency by reducing false positives. With our solution, we are playing a vital role in the global fight against Money Laundering, Fraud, or the financing of terrorism. We offer a culture of mutual trust, support and passion – while providing individuals with opportunities to grow professionally and make a difference in the world. 

Your Mission:

As a Working Student in our Legal team, you’ll support a wide variety of legal and compliance work that underpins Hawk’s global operations. From contract review to regulatory research and legal operations, you’ll gain practical experience across commercial law, fintech regulation, and cross-functional collaboration. This is a great opportunity for a motivated law student to develop hands-on skills in a fast-moving SaaS environment while contributing to impactful projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• AI & Tool Optimization, Implementing and optimizing AI-driven tools to enhance smart contract support and commercial agreement workflows.

• Legal Engineering, level up internal documentation and process checklists by utilizing AI tools and prompt engineering.

• Legal Ops & Coordination, supporting cross-functional projects through modern legal ops frameworks.

• Support digital contract workflows by reviewing, drafting, and organizing commercial, vendor, and partnership agreements, while helping to implement and optimize AI-driven tools.

• Assist with legal research across areas such as financial regulation, AML/Compliance, data protection, corporate law, and employment law.

• Help maintain and level up internal legal documentation, templates, and process checklists, using modern tools, utilizing AI research tools and prompt engineering .

• Support regulatory and compliance activities, including monitoring changes in regulations and updating internal stakeholders.

• Participate in cross-functional projects, assisting Legal in collaborating with teams such as Sales, Product, People, and Finance.

Qualifications:

• Currently enrolled (and available for at least the next 6 months) in a law degree program.

• Strong interest in AI, tech, legal operations, fintech, or compliance regulations (AML, data protection, financial regulation).

• Ability to visualize and document legal processes to help the team identify inefficiencies.

• Strong English skills (C1 or above); German skills are a plus and helpful for reviewing documents.

• Detail-oriented, organised, and able to handle multiple tasks reliably.

• Comfortable working independently, taking initiative, and asking questions proactively.

• Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset.

• Reliability and discretion when handling confidential information.

What You’ll Gain:

• Hands-on experience supporting an in-house legal team at a fast-growing tech company.

• Exposure to global legal topics across commercial law, compliance, data protection, and regulatory requirements.

• Insight into how legal frameworks support a SaaS business in the financial sector.

• First-hand experience in how AI is transforming the legal profession, moving beyond traditional law into Law&Tech.

• The opportunity to not just follow a process, but to re-design and automate it using modern software.

• Cross-functional exposure to teams such as Sales, Product, Customer Success, People, and Leadership.