First Legal Counsel (m/f/d)

The role

The First Legal Counsel will own the legal function and report to the COO. You will build legal processes from scratch and provide support across commercial, employment, and corporate law.

What you will do

• Build voize's legal function from scratch and set risk management standards
• Build playbooks, automations, and self-serve flows like NDAs
• Draft, negotiate, and approve customer and partner contracts in Germany, Europe, and the US
• Advise on employment law including contracts, policies, terminations, and settlements
• Lead the legal side of financing rounds, equity plans, new entities, and board matters
• Manage external counsel and budgets and bring recurring work in-house

Required qualifications

• A law degree with German-law competence (Volljurist) or an international equivalent
• 7+ years in tech or SaaS commercial law
• At least 2 years in-house
• Hands-on experience negotiating liability, IP and termination terms with international customers
• Working knowledge of German employment and US corporate law
• Pragmatic, commercial mindset
• Excitement for AI legal tools and building scalable processes
• Fluent German and English
• Short, clear communication style

Nice to have

• Exposure to US, UK or French law

Benefits

• Stock options
• 30 vacation days plus your birthday off
• Germany Transport Ticket
• Urban Sports Club
• Regular company off-sites
• Access to learning platforms such as Blinkist and Audible
• Free language courses
• Flexible working hours
• Hybrid set-up

About the company

voize builds AI companions that take over digital workflows to give frontline workers more time. The company is backed by $50M Series A funding.