As Europe's fastest-growing unicorn, we revolutionize eCommerce globally. Through strategic acquisitions, scaling initiatives, and cutting-edge technology, we're the top player in the industry. Following our recent acquisition of Perch - the leading US aggregator - and a successful Series D funding round led by Presight Captial, we’re aimed toward a $1 billion top-line business!
Your Role
The Group General Counsel will serve as the chief legal advisor for Razor, providing comprehensive legal oversight and ensuring the company operates within the legal frameworks of the jurisdictions it operates in. This role requires a seasoned legal professional with deep expertise in M&A, company law, venture capital financing, e-commerce who is able to manage complex projects, to find pragmatic solutions for legal challenges and to lead a team of excellent legal professionals. The Group General Counsel will play a critical role in guiding the company's legal strategy, managing legal risks, and ensuring compliance regulatory requirements.
Your responsibilities will include:
- furthering the development and implementation of our legal strategy in alignment with evolving business objectives.
- providing strategic legal advice to the executive team and other team members on a wide range of issues including M&A, compliance, intellectual property, contracts, and litigation.
- leading and managing the legal department, including internal and external legal resources.
- ensuring our corporate governance framework and overseeing the preparation and management of board meetings, minutes, and resolutions.
- managing litigation and dispute resolution processes.
- educating and training employees on legal and regulatory matters as needed.
Your Profile
To succeed in this role you:
- are a fully qualified German lawyer with a strong academic record.
- gained 6+ years’ experience in a law firm as well as in an in-house environment in M&A, corporate law, commercial law (experience in public capital markets law is a plus).
- have a solid understanding of other legal areas such as IP law, consumer law, labor law and are able to draft and negotiate a wide range of contracts.
- master the balance between business growth and manage risks.
- demonstrate strong commercial acumen and have great analytical skills with the ability to provide practical, business-oriented and sound legal recommendations and solutions.
- hold strong leadership skills, with the ability to lead, influence, and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
- have excellent communication, drafting, and negotiation skills in English and German.
About Razor Group
We are revolutionizing the e-commerce world, reaching over $1 billion in value and over $700 million in revenue, with the backing of top investors like Black Rock, VPC, and Fortress, Apollo, 468 Capital, Rocket Internet. Along with Perch and our previous acquisitions of Factory14 in Spain, Valoreo in Latin America, and our German competitor Stryze, we now operate a catalogue of over 40,000 products across 3 continents and 10+ countries. Headquartered in Berlin, we are also present in Austin, Boston, Delhi NCR, Hangzhou, and Mexico City!
