Legal Counsel

Your Contribution

As a Legal Counsel you will be a trusted advisor to our product, technology, go-to-market, and leadership teams. You will anchor legal excellence across an agile environment, translating complex laws into practical guidance, crafting robust contracts and policies, and enabling responsible innovation in SaaS, POS, Payment, and AI.
Your work will protect the business, accelerate compliant execution across European markets, and help shape how we build and launch digital products with confidence.

Menu of Responsibilities

In this role, you will collaborate closely with stakeholders from all departments and will be responsible for:
Providing day-to-day, proactive legal counsel for product features, business initiatives, pilots, and market rollouts. Leading and coordinating legal projects with a focus on civil/contract law, IT & data protection (GDPR), and competition law. Drafting and reviewing legal documents including contracts, partner agreements, procurement documents, General Terms and Conditions, data protection notices, and internal policies that scale across European markets. Expanding templates and playbooks with emphasis on IT law and Anti-Money-Laundering Law, enabling scalable compliance. Embedding GDPR and security principles into product development, consent flows, data-sharing models, and vendor frameworks. Advising on AI and data governance by partnering with the AI Community and Data Team to guide product development, usage policies, and risk management; leveraging the EU AI Act for best practices and creating clear, actionable guidance for stakeholders

Ingredients for Success

You are curious, pragmatic, and growth-minded; someone who loves turning legal complexity into business momentum.
Completed studies as a fully qualified lawyer or business lawyer (LL.M)Relevant experience in an international company or law firm, ideally supporting digital products or tech-enabled services.Solid grounding in IT law and familiarity with competition law in a digital context as well as with readiness to go deep on POS and Payment topics.Interest or hands-on exposure to the EU AI Act, model governance, AI risk classification, and policy drafting.Fluency in English; additional languages are beneficial.

Recipe Card

DISH has more than 380k customers across multiple countries, with a diverse team representing over 34 nationalities. Our products range from reservation solutions to payment terminals, providing a broad toolkit to independent, small to medium-sized restaurants to digitize their businesses. While we are approximately 180 employees at DISH, we closely collaborate with METRO and their countries to transform the HoReCa sector with our innovative solutions, making us a leader in this industry.

Join our HoReCa Revolution

Be part of the legal backbone that enables responsible, high-velocity innovation. As Legal Counsel, you will influence how thousands of restaurants adopt digital tools ensuring our solutions are compliant, trustworthy, and future proof. If you are excited to learn, experiment, and guide product teams in an evolving tech and regulatory landscape, this is your place.

Be one part of many chefs

GET THINGS DONE QUICKLY  Join our fast-paced environment where we push boundaries and actively challenge ourselves to digitise the HoReCa (Hotel, Restaurant, and Catering) world. By joining DISH, you will directly contribute to our goal of becoming a data-driven company within the METRO Growth Plan.     OWNERSHIP  At DISH, you own your projects, regardless of your job level. We encourage you to stand up for your ideas, think outside the box, and always question the status quo. Your unique perspective can make all the difference     FLEXWORK We know that life happens and we cater your needs to integrate work from where you work most productive – also up to 30 days working from abroad of Germany in specific countries.     INNOVATION & AGILE WORK  We understand the value of learning from mistakes and know that every setback is an opportunity for growth and improvement. In our agile working culture we learn from each other and embrace an entrepreneurial mindset.     DISHVERSITY  Join an international company with members from over 34 different cultures.   Together, we celebrate diversity and respect our multinational backgrounds.     DISHPOWERMENT  Our commitment extends beyond business success - we want our employees to thrive We have got loads of opportunities for skill-building and career development. Dive into Udemy courses or join our Brain Days. You are never alone; we have got your back Whether it is your manager, your team, or colleagues from other departments, they are all here to empower you     CUSTOMER CENTRICITY  Understanding our customer is essential. We are experts in the market and are passionate about creating digital solutions for our customers to truly live their passion. As part of #OneMETRO we run together and sCore together - wholesale to the max      Bite-sized benefits:

• Private pension scheme 
• JobRad 
• DISH Sports Club including on-campus Gym  
• Corporate Benefits & DISH.digital benefits
• Access and employee discounts in METRO stores  When you meet the requirements of this role, you can expect an annual salary of approximately 58k.
  
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DISH was established in 2015 as a wholly owned subsidiary of METRO AG to develop digital solutions that contribute to the success of HoReCa (hotels, restaurants, and caterers). DISH provides competitive solutions for some of the most pressing challenges of the industry. More than restaurateurs across 16 countries already use digital solutions of DISH to improve their business performance.

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