Legal Counsel, Employment Law

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 over 70+ 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.

We are on the lookout for a Legal Counsel, Employment Law (Individual Labor Law) to join the Employment Law & Employee Relations Team on our journey to always deliver amazing experiences. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Advise HR Business Partners, People Operations, and leadership on all matters of individual employment law in Germany, including employment contracts, disciplinary processes, terminations, performance issues, compensation, and working time matters.

• Provide hands-on support in day-to-day legal issues affecting employees, managers, and the People team — with a strong focus on solutions, compliance, and consistency across cases.

• Draft and review employment-related documents, such as contracts, side letters, termination letters, settlement agreements, and templates.

• Support pre-litigation strategy and ongoing legal disputes involving individual employees (e.g., unfair dismissal claims), including coordination with external counsel where needed.

• Collaborate with internal stakeholders including HR, Legal, Data Privacy, and Compliance to ensure legally compliant and scalable practices.

• Monitor legal developments in individual labor law and translate them into actionable insights for the People team and the business.

• Deliver internal training sessions and guidance materials on individual labor law topics to raise awareness and build knowledge across the company.

What you need to be successful 

• Fully qualified lawyer in Germany (Zweites Staatsexamen), with a strong focus on German individual labor law.

• At least three years of post-qualification experience, ideally gained in an international company or leading law firm.

• Deep knowledge of German employment law, especially in the areas of contract law, termination law, working time, and employer obligations; comfortable representing the company in labor court proceedings, often in collaboration with external counsel.

• Solution-oriented mindset with excellent communication skills — able to explain legal matters clearly and practically to non-legal stakeholders.

• Strong interpersonal skills and a collaborative spirit — you're a team player who builds trust.

• Fluent in German and English, both written and spoken.

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, Yoga, 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.

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 include it in your application. You're welcome to share your pronouns (he/she/they) right from the start so we can address you respectfully from our first contact.