Senior Legal Counsel

Hungry for a challenge?
That’s good, because at Just Eat Takeaway.com (JET) we have abundant opportunity or as we say, everything is on the table. We are a leading global online convenience marketplace. Our tech ecosystem connects millions of active customers with hundreds of thousands of connected partners in countries across the globe.
Our Vision? To empower everyday convenience around the world, whether it’s through customer service, coding or couriers.
About this role:
Lead legal support for higher-complexity partnership matters in Germany, including strategic negotiations, escalations and sensitive commercial issues.
Advise senior commercial stakeholders on contract strategy, risk allocation and negotiation positions for material partner arrangements in the market.
Handle complex disputes, regulatory-touching commercial issues and matters with significant financial or reputational exposure.
Set practical market guardrails, coach junior legal colleagues and strengthen the local use of templates and central standards.
Coordinate with central Partnerships, Compliance and Public Affairs teams where German market issues require broader alignment.
Support major local initiatives and ensure material matters are escalated with clear recommendations and risk framing.
Skills and Experience:
Qualified lawyer with strong experience in commercial contracts, strategic negotiations and complex legal advisory is required.
German-speaking with a strong understanding of the German legal and commercial environment relevant to partner-facing agreement.
Ability to handle escalations, disputes and non-standard risk positions with limited supervision is required.
Strong judgement, stakeholder management and drafting skills with senior business audiences are required.
Ability to coach others and strengthen market legal discipline is required.
Experience in a marketplace, consumer or technology-enabled business is preferred.
Impact on organization
This role improves JET's ability to support strategically important partnership activity in Germany by giving senior-level legal judgement on complex negotiations and escalations. It reduces contract risk, strengthens consistency and supports commercially confident decision-making in a key market.
At JET, this is on the menu:
Our teams forge connections internally and work with some of the best-known brands on the planet, giving us truly international impact in a dynamic environment.
Fun, fast-paced and supportive, the JET culture is about movement, growth and about celebrating every aspect of our JETers. Thanks to them we stay one step ahead of the competition.
Inclusion, Diversity & Belonging
No matter who you are, what you look like, who you love, or where you are from, you can find your place at Just Eat Takeaway.com. We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture, encouraging diversity of people and thinking, in which all employees feel they truly belong and can bring their most colourful selves to work every day.
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