Pleo is hiring a
Legal Counsel

Summary

Join Pleo's team and contribute to making everyone feel valued at work by facilitating business spending through a simple solution. As Legal Counsel, you'll be an integral part of the Insights & Acceleration Domain, working closely with finance and strategy colleagues to enable business growth, scalability, and key strategic initiatives.

Requirements

• Are a fully qualified lawyer in the EU or UK
• Located in Germany, the UK or other EU location where we are active
• Have between 6 and 10 years of experience working in-house or in private practice
• Can draft legal documents and work in English (Danish language experience would be an advantage)
• Experience in either Data Privacy and/or EU Employment law is preferred in this role
• Have experience preparing for an IPO
• Have demonstrated experience working with or for regulated companies in the finance/fintech industry (if it’s in a start-up or scale-up, we’ll be thrilled!)
• Thrive in working in a start-up environment
• Have the ability to distill complex legal and privacy advice into understandable and actionable guidance for non-lawyers
• Are comfortable and adept at balancing risk and opportunity and thinking creatively to enable your colleagues to make smart decisions
• Enjoy collaborating and engaging with multiple different teams across Pleo

Responsibilities

• Conduct pragmatic risk assessments and provide clear and concise legal advice to business stakeholders
• Partner directly with business teams, act as primary legal advisor to your business partners, drive and manage projects
• Act as an additional subject matter expert for data protection topics and/or labor law topics (experience in Privacy and EU employment law would be a plus) within the Pleo legal department
• Be comfortable with moving between operational and strategic topics on an ongoing basis
• Advise the organisation ensuring that Pleo remains legally compliant in any market where it is active
• Support with product launches, with particular focus on privacy compliance
• Advance excellence by maturing legal processes to drive innovation in the organisation whilst remaining legally compliant
• Work as part of a team, guide, develop and mentor junior legal team members

Benefits

• Your own Pleo card (no more out-of-pocket spending!)
• Lunch is on us - with catering in our Lisbon, Copenhagen and London offices or a monthly lunch allowance paid directly together with your salary in other markets
• Private health insurance to ensure you’re fit in body and mind to do your best work
• 25 days of holiday + your public holidays
• For our Legal team we offer remote working options
• Option to purchase 5 additional days of holiday through a salary sacrifice
• Wellbeing days - fully paid days off designed for a slower pace, allowing you to take time to recharge and prioritise self-care
• We’re trialling MyndUp to give our employees access to free mental health and wellbeing support with great success so far
• Access to LinkedIn Learning - acquire new skills, stay abreast of industry trends and fuel your personal and professional development continuously
• Paid parental leave - we want to make sure that we're supportive of families and help you feel that you don't have to compromise your family due to work
• All of us have a stake in Pleo’s success - ask us about our equity grant scheme