General Counsel

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Recare

πŸ“Remote - Worldwide

Summary

Join Recare as their General Counsel and lead their legal function, serving as a trusted advisor to the leadership team. You will manage complex legal work in-house, including M&A due diligence, contract negotiations, and ensuring operational legal needs are met. This highly visible role requires strategic and operational expertise in a dynamic, high-growth environment. Recare offers a purpose-driven work environment, a supportive corporate culture, flexible working hours, a remote-first approach, and various benefits such as an Edenred card, professional development opportunities, and an extra day off for your birthday. The ideal candidate will be a fully qualified German lawyer with 7+ years of relevant experience, strong knowledge of contract law, data protection, and corporate governance, and excellent communication skills.

Requirements

  • Fully qualified German lawyer (Volljurist, with two Staatsexamina)
  • 7+ years of relevant experience, preferably a mix of top-tier law firm and in-house roles (ideally in tech, healthtech, or platform businesses)
  • Proven ability to lead complex legal processes such as M&A due diligence, investor negotiations, and regulatory strategy
  • Deep practical knowledge of contract law, data protection (GDPR), and corporate governance
  • Business-savvy mindset: You bring pragmatism, clarity, and a sense of proportionality to legal issues
  • Fluency in German and English (written and spoken)

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the internal point of contact for all legal questions from across teams (Product, Sales, People, etc.)
  • Provide legal guidance to the CEO and executive team on corporate governance, M&A, fundraising, and strategic partnerships
  • Independently negotiate and draft key agreements, including investor termsheets, MSAs, SaaS agreements, employment-related contracts, DPAs, and more
  • Manage and limit external counsel involvement by bringing high-value legal work in-house
  • Be responsible for all compliance efforts, including GDPR, health data regulation, and internal audits
  • Take ownership of data privacy processes and documentation (DPO responsibilities or external interface)
  • Drive contract lifecycle management, including scalable templates and efficient approval processes
  • Contribute legal expertise to AI product development and regulatory positioning
  • Act as a partner to People, Product, and Business teams, balancing legal risk with business needs

Preferred Qualifications

  • A solution-oriented, collaborative approach to working across disciplines
  • Ability to communicate clearly with both legal and non-legal stakeholders
  • Willingness to dive into new legal areas quickly, even if not part of your core expertise
  • A high level of independence, ownership, and reliability
  • Additional experience in one or more of the following areas is a strong plus
  • Employment law
  • Competition law
  • AI and digital health regulation
  • Procurement/public law

Benefits

  • Flexibility - Would you like to pick up your child from daycare? Do you enjoy exercising during lunchtime? We support you in achieving that balance. Besides flexible working hours, as a remote-first company we offer the flexibility to work 100% remotely across Germany, and following prior agreement, you’re welcome to take workations
  • Edenred card - Which you can use in the way that suits you best
  • Professional Development - Your professional development is important to us. We are dedicated to your success and job satisfaction
  • Extra Day Off on Your Birthday - So you can celebrate with your loved ones

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