General Counsel

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