Senior Legal Counsel (f/m/x)

About the role

Lemon.markets is building a Brokerage‑as‑a‑Service platform that powers next‑generation investment products. As the company scales and faces new regulations, it needs a senior legal professional to shape and enforce the legal framework behind its innovative services.

Key responsibilities

• Draft contracts from scratch for novel investment products, creating enforceable language where templates do not exist.
• Review, negotiate, and finalize agreements received from partners, clients, and counterparties, including German‑speaking parties.
• Act as the legal checkpoint for product and sales ideas, translating concepts into legally feasible offerings or flagging infeasible ones.
• Monitor regulatory developments in securities law, capital markets law, and banking law, and convert changes into concrete contract provisions.
• Collaborate closely with the General Counsel, senior management, and product teams, maintaining high visibility across the organization.

Required profile

• Extensive experience in securities, capital markets, or banking law, preferably within a FinTech or brokerage environment.
• Proven ability to draft and negotiate complex contracts independently.
• Strong analytical mindset with a creative approach to uncharted legal challenges.
• Fluency in German for negotiations with German‑speaking counterparties.
• Comfort working in a fast‑moving, innovative setting with high ownership.

Required skills