Senior Legal Counsel

The role and the team

As a Senior Legal Counsel (all genders) at Lucanet in Germany, you own commercial contract negotiation, corporate legal matters and day-to-day legal support for our B2B SaaS business. You help Sales, Product and Finance close deals fast while protecting Lucanet’s interests. This is a hybrid, senior individual contributor role. You report into the Director of Legal and work closely with colleagues across Sales, Product, Finance, People and other core functions. You support an international group with multiple legal entities, together with external counsel and notaries. We look for people who keep growing, take real ownership, and lift the people around them.

What you’ll do

• Lead negotiation, drafting and closing of customer agreements, NDAs and partnership agreements in German and English.
• Partner with Sales and Product to close deals quickly while protecting Lucanet’s commercial and legal interests.
• Manage contract workflows and handle day-to-day legal requests from the business through our internal ticket flow.
• Coordinate legal entity requirements across jurisdictions, including regulatory filings, governance documentation and register updates.
• Work with external counsel and notaries on jurisdiction-specific corporate and commercial matters.
• Support due diligence and selected transactions by preparing legal documentation and coordinating information requests.
• Improve legal workflows, documentation standards, contract templates and legal operations.
• Balance commercial speed with legal accuracy, so deals move forward without unnecessary friction.

What you bring

• Negotiated and closed commercial contracts end to end (customer agreements, NDAs, MFAs, partnership agreements) in a SaaS or technology business.
• Drafted and negotiated contracts confidently in German and English.
• Applied German corporate law and contract law in practical, business-facing advice.
• Owned legal topics independently from start to finish with a structured, detail-oriented approach.
• Prioritized commercial and corporate legal work in parallel and kept deals moving without losing legal rigor.
• Built trust with Sales, Product and Finance as a pragmatic, service-oriented legal partner.
• Coordinated external counsel and notaries across jurisdictions in a multi-entity, international setup.
• Used AI or legal tech tools to speed up contract review and legal workflows.
• Advanced German skills, written and spoken, and have negotiated and drafted contracts in German.

Perks at work

• Flexible and hybrid working – our Lucaflex model lets you plan your working hours and location according to your needs and professional responsibilities.
• Remote work from another country – Work up to 90 days a year outside your home country, supported by our partner Workflex.
• Professional development budget – Get dedicated time, resources and budget to build the skills for your career path.
• Structured development process – quarterly catch-ups with your manager, built on clear expectations for impact, competence and influence.
• Paid volunteer days – Take the time to volunteer, alone or with your team, for causes you care about.
• Health and wellbeing support – Access company wellbeing programs, sport subsidies and mental health support through external partners.
• Paid vacation days – Take 30 days a year to rest, travel and recharge.
• Pension support – Build your retirement savings with employer pension contributions.
• Corporate discounts platform – Get exclusive discounts across travel, retail, technology, and more.

About Lucanet

Lucanet is the CFO solution platform for modern finance and tax teams, automating processes from consolidation and financial planning to tax compliance, ESG reporting, and cash management. More than 6,000 companies worldwide rely on our easy-to-use, out-of-the-box SaaS platform. We're PE-backed and growing across global markets.

Behind the platform is a global team of 900+ people who care about doing the work well. We challenge each other to move fast without cutting corners and build solutions that change how finance and tax leaders operate. If you want your work to have real reach, and your growth is important to you, Lucanet is the right place for you.

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