General Counsel

vor 7 Monaten


Munich, Deutschland Scalable GmbH Vollzeit

Company Description

Scalable Capital is a leading digital investment platform in Europe.
Since our foundation in 2014, we pursue the mission to empower everyone to become an investor. With the Scalable Broker, Scalable Wealth, Scalable Crypto and our solutions for B2B partners we offer easy and cost efficient investing for everyone.
Today, Scalable Capital is a FinTech unicorn - we have more than 600,000 customers and more than 10 billion Euros on our platform.

Visit our finance blog or tune in to our podcast (both in German) to find out what our Expert Teams have to say.

Our Company Values guide us every day in how we work and collaborate. To learn more about them, you can find our values here (English).

**Job Description**:
As General Counsel you are a strategic advisor to our senior management. You are providing in-house advice on a range of legal matters and are supporting key internal projects and corporate development. You will ensure that the company operates within applicable laws and regulations, offer counsel on legal matters arising from new and existing business and facilitate cooperations with external law firms where needed. Our in-house legal team of lawyers, legal experts, regulatory experts and data privacy experts will be a close support to your role. Furthermore, you will liaise closely with our compliance and AML officers as well as our regulatory team. Your reporting line will be to the Co-CEO.

**Your main responsibilities include**:

- Providing expert and strategic legal advice to senior management
- Independently managing the organisation’s full legal matters
- Navigating a complex regulatory environment to ensure full compliance while offering innovative, client-centric products
- Reviewing and advising on agreements with our people, partners and vendors
- Supporting the company’s corporate development including our regulatory set up
- Providing clear and actionable legal advice in connection with the introduction of new products and services
- Drafting and reviewing responses to external parties on complex matters; advise internal stakeholders of contract risks and appropriate resolution strategies
- Drafting and reviewing, in collaboration with our in-house legal team, our client documentation as well as other contracts
- Anticipating issues and estimate risks strategically
- Liaising with outside counsel regarding your assignments
- Supporting shareholder and board relations
- Overseeing and managing all legal matters related to our debt and equity financing
- Attracting, developing and retaining talent

While many of your responsibilities are of strategic nature, we operate in a fast-paced capital markets environment which will from time to time require decision-making and providing advice on time critical matters

**Qualifications**:

- Several years of professional experience in a law firm or in an in-house legal department, ideally in the field of capital markets, banking, fintech or financial services
- Deep understanding of financial markets laws and regulations, applicable consumer laws and regulations, data privacy and corporate law (German and European)
- Experience in working closely with senior management
- Experience in liaising with supervisory authorities (BaFin and/or other EU regulators) and central banks (ECB, Bundesbank or institutions in other members states)
- Ability to anticipate legal issues or risks due to deep functional knowledge and expertise in the financial services industry
- Ability to build, maintain and strengthen relationships with key internal and external stakeholders (including regulators) with the ability to act as deputy for senior management
- Strong communication skills (German and English) with the ability to convey complex concepts concisely and understandably, both in written and verbal form
- Organisational talent and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously

**Bonus Points**:

- B2C, B2B2C and B2B experience through work or advise
- FinTech and/or Start-up experience
- Private equity and/or venture capital experience
- Intellectual property and/or litigation experience
- Public policy work (drafting or commenting on proposals for new laws or regulations on a national or European level)
- Other languages such as Dutch, French, Italian or Spanish

Additional Information
- Be part of one of the fastest-growing and most visible Fintech startups in Europe, creating innovative services that have a substantial impact on the lives of our customers
- Work with an international, diverse, inclusive, and ever-growing team that loves creating the best products for our clients
- Enjoy an office in a great location in the middle of Munich or Prenzlauer Berg, one of the hippest neighbourhoods of Berlin or choose to work remotely within Germany (if eligible for the job)
- Be productive with the latest hardware and tools
- Learn and grow by joining our in-house knowledge sharing sessions and spending your individual Education Budget


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