Legal Counsel - Commercial Law

mobile.de is Germany’s largest vehicle marketplace, with more than 1.6 million listed cars, commercial vehicles, motorcycles, and e-bikes (annual average 2025). Both private customers and registered vehicle dealers use the platform and benefit from more than 140 million visits per month*. As a “one-stop shop,” mobile.de’s offering includes not only buying and selling, but also financing and leasing solutions.

Founded in 1996, the company is a subsidiary of Adevinta, a global leader in online classified portals.

Based in Berlin-Charlottenburg, we offer a dynamic environment where growth, learning, and collaboration are at the heart of everything we do. If you are driven by an eagerness to disrupt, have a passion for collaboration, and are excited about shaping the future of mobility, we would love to hear from you.

About the Role

We are looking for a passionate new team member to join us as a Legal Counsel, Commercial Law (d/f/m).
In this role, you are the go-to legal partner for commercial and IT contracts. You review, negotiate and draft the agreements that underpin our platform business. You will work with a high degree of autonomy in a fast-paced environment. You will help the organisation move quickly without sacrificing legal rigour, translating complex regulatory requirements into clear, practical guidance.

This is a hybrid position based in Berlin, Charlottenburg, offering flexibility to work both in-office and from home.
The  position is based in Berlin or Munich, offering flexibility to work both in-office and from home. The role includes regular travel within Germany, approx. 10–20% of your working time. 
It is a fixed-term position with an initial term of 14 months, giving you the chance to take on real responsibility and make an impact from day one.

Responsibilities

You will be a trusted legal voice across the organisation — shaping how we build, what we launch, and how we grow responsibly.

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Contract review and negotiation: Independently review and negotiate software, SaaS, cloud, license, service and partnership agreements, as well as contracts with customers, service providers and technology partners.
• Contract drafting: Create and refine contract templates, clause standards and negotiation playbooks so that sales, procurement and product teams can work confidently on their own.
• Business partnering: Advise product, tech and commercial teams proactively, and explain legal issues in a way that enables sound business decisions.
• Legal operations: Help improve the contract lifecycle, including the sensible use of legal tech and AI tools.
• Collaboration: Coordinate external law firms where needed and work closely with colleagues across the Legal team.

Requirements

What We're Looking For

• A fully qualified German lawyer with two above-average German state examinations. 
• At least 2 years of professional experience in a law firm or legal department, with a focus on commercial law.
• Proven experience reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts, ideally SaaS, license and service agreements.
• Business-fluent German and English, both written and spoken.
• A pragmatic, solution-oriented approach, and the confidence to give clear advice quickly.
• Strong organizational skills: you structure your workload, set priorities and work independently.
• The ability to explain complex legal matters clearly to non-lawyers.

What Sets You Apart

• Experience with legal tech and AI-assisted legal tools, including legal prompting with large language models.
• Experience with customer, partner or procurement contracts in a platform, marketplace or e-commerce business.
• Knowledge of data protection law.
• Specialist title (Fachanwalt) or additional qualification (e.g., LL.M.) in IT, commercial, e-commerce or contract law.

Benefits

Working at mobile.de comes with its perks! Enjoy the following benefits (some of many):

• Rewards: competitive base salary and participation in the company’s incentive programs.

• Team-Building: Regular team and company events offer the opportunity to network and learn from each other.

• Learning & Development: Keep growing with access to coaching, learning platforms and resources.

• Mobility: Stay mobile with a monthly transportation allowance.

• Enjoy working: Our well‑equipped office supports focused work and teamwork -  plus inviting social zones where colleagues can relax and connect

• Flexible working: a hybrid approach with the option to work abroad for a set number of days per year.

• Wellbeing: confidential employee assistance and support services available to employees and their immediate families.

• Family support: enhanced parental leave and family‑friendly policies to support all parents and careers.

Meaningful Work: We are a diverse, international, highly skilled and passionate team committed to a world where people share more and waste less. Every day you will have the opportunity to make a huge difference for our users, customers as well as shape the future.

Embracing AI: We're at the forefront of integrating cutting-edge AI technologies into our operations. Being part of mobile.de you will work with and learn about AI tools, contributing to projects that leverage AI to enhance efficiency, improve customer experiences, and drive our mission forward. With an AI-first mindset, we foster a culture of continuous learning and experimentation, empowering our team to explore and apply AI in meaningful ways for the company and themselves.

Growth and Development: We are a global organisation who truly believes in growing our people. To support this we offer lots of development and training opportunities and provide a budget for our team members.

Connection and Inclusion: Our culture is the glue that holds us together. We believe in making meaningful connections and creating an inclusive atmosphere with lots of opportunities to connect both in your day to day work and through social team activities (online and offline).

mobile.de is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status.(*Source: mobile.de Google Analytics Tracking, average per month January to December 2025)