Senior Legal Counsel (UK & Germany)

The role

This role serves as the primary legal partner for German operations and provides commercial legal support to the UK business. You will manage the German commercial contracting lifecycle and provide guidance on commercial, employment, and corporate matters.

What you will do

• Act as the lead legal advisor for German group entities
• Lead the German commercial contracting lifecycle (B2B, B2C, and B2G)
• Navigate the German regulatory landscape including vocational training regulations (AZAV)
• Support post-acquisition workstreams including contract migrations and compliance harmonisation
• Advise on German employment matters including works council engagement and equity schemes
• Manage relationships with external German counsel
• Draft and negotiate UK commercial contracts

Required qualifications

• German and England & Wales qualification to practice law required
• Qualified to practice law in Germany
• Strong understanding of the German legal market
• Experience working within the UK legal environment
• Fluency in both German and English (written and spoken)
• Experience managing a variety of commercial contracts and regulatory matters

Nice to have

• Experience in M&A transactions or post-closing integration
• Background in German employment law (works councils or incentive plans)
• Prior experience in an in-house environment, particularly within the tech or edtech sectors
• Familiarity with UK commercial legal frameworks

Benefits

• 27 days holiday (including 3 winter shutdown days) and bank holidays
• 5 extra days off (1 life event, 2 volunteer days and 2 summer shutdown days)
• Bupa private medical insurance
• Medical cash back plan
• Therapy through Spill
• Gym access through Wellhub
• Share options for every permanent employee
• Life insurance at 3x salary
• Workplace pension with 4% contribution from the company
• Cycle to Work and a Tech Scheme
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental leave, and paid leave after pregnancy loss
• Workplace nursery scheme

Before you apply

• Successful applicants will be required to undertake at least a Basic check via the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS)
• Roles involving Regulated Activity must undergo an Enhanced DBS check, including a Children’s Barred List check and a Prohibition Order check

About the company

Multiverse is the AI adoption layer, acting as the link between AI tools and the people expected to use them. It is Europe’s first EdTech double unicorn.