Senior Legal Counsel - Commercial Law & Intellectual Property

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Company Description 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 around 65 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. Job Description We are on the lookout for a Senior Legal Counsel - Commercial Law & Intellectual Property to join the 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 legal and 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. As a Senior Legal Counsel of Commercial Law and IP within Delivery Hero’s HQ in Berlin you will take primary responsibility for a broad range of legal and regulatory matters pertaining to the areas of commercial, IT, IP and unfair competition law as well as the regulation of online platform businesses. Amongst other things, you will: Advise, together with relevant business stakeholders, on complex commercial transactions as well as high profile investigation, litigation and arbitration proceedings in different jurisdictions worldwide; Offer product counseling services as well as advice on platform regulation initiatives in different jurisdictions worldwide and support multiple operational functions and our management in exploring new business opportunities and strategic partnerships; Contribute to the development of Delivery Hero's intellectual property strategy to protect our IP assets across a diverse range of products and services, including online food and grocery ordering, logistics services, cloud kitchens, fintech and software development; Help managing our sizable trademark and domain portfolios and execute trademark enforcement activities across multiple brands and markets; Advise on all IP and IT aspects of M&A transactions and support Delivery Hero in relation to post-merger integration and separation activities; Play a key role in designing and implementing scalable legal operations initiatives and support the harmonization of our internal legal processes across our 65+ markets, as we continue to scale globally and focus on innovation in tooling and technology (incl. the use of AI). Qualifications You are fully qualified to practice law in Germany (Volljurist) and bring 6+ years of post-qualification experience within a reputable law firm and/or as in-house counsel in an international environment. You have a proven track record of overseeing complex legal projects, managing (senior) stakeholders across various business functions, and are self-motivated with a strong ability to think outside the box. You possess proven experience in managing complex contract negotiations end-to-end and have advised on M&A and due diligence projects. You have experience managing large trademark portfolios, along with a passion for transformation, legal operations, and building efficient legal workflows across different entities and markets. You are highly proficient in preparing structured and impactful Google Slides/PowerPoint presentations. You are open to international travel on short notice if necessary (not exceeding 10% of your annual working time). Additional Information 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, 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. Wondering what relocating to Berlin is like? In this article, we’ve put together 10 things you should know about moving to Berlin and how Delivery Hero can support you. You can also visit our relocation hub and check out more information about moving to Berlin. Ready to prepare for your interview? Check out the list of the 5 most common interview questions and answers created in collaboration with our recruiters. 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 let us know with an email to our Inclusion Officer at inclusion@deliveryhero.com. Severely disabled applicants with equal qualifications will be given preferential consideration. You're welcome to share your pronouns (he/she/they) right from the start so we can address you respectfully from our first contact.