Legal Counsel (all genders)

Zalando
Germany
Full timeFunction: Legal, Risk & ComplianceEducation: professionalSkills: ["Independently managing projects","Collaboration","Stakeholder management","Training","Problem-solving"]

Support Zalando’s Employment Law team by advising on individual and collective employment law matters across the Zalando Group, including disputes and litigation representation. You’ll draft and improve templates and agreements (including Works Agreements), train P&O colleagues, and contribute to employment-law input for transactions, new ventures, and restructurings. Partner closely with employee representative bodies and progress toward certified specialist attorney training (Fachanwalt).

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Zalando
Zalando
22 hours ago

Legal Counsel (all genders)

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Job Summary

Support Zalando’s Employment Law team by advising on individual and collective employment law matters across the Zalando Group, including disputes and litigation representation. You’ll draft and improve templates and agreements (including Works Agreements), train P&O colleagues, and contribute to employment-law input for transactions, new ventures, and restructurings. Partner closely with employee representative bodies and progress toward certified specialist attorney training (Fachanwalt).
Location: Germany
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance
Seniority: Entry level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Serve as a trusted point of contact for individual and collective employment law queries across the Zalando Group (within and outside of Germany).
  • •Support and handle employment disputes, including litigation representation.
  • •Train P&O colleagues and draft and improve templates and agreements, including Works Agreements.
  • •Provide employment-law support for national and international transactions, new founding ventures, and restructurings.
  • •Collaborate with employee representative bodies and develop creative employment-law solutions as part of the team.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Paid LeavePensionEquityHealth InsuranceRelocation

Key Requirements

  • •Successfully completed state examinations, preferably with the grade "vollbefriedigend".
  • •Focused interest in employment law; relevant professional experience is a plus.
  • •Excellent English and German skills for daily collaboration with colleagues and external stakeholders.
  • •Ability to independently manage and initiate projects and tackle new challenges.
  • •Willingness to support training and employment-law topics for colleagues and stakeholders.
Education:Professional (JD, MD, etc.)
Skills:Independently managing projectsCollaborationStakeholder managementTrainingProblem-solving
Languages:EnglishGerman

Company Brief

Zalando
Zalando operates a leading European online marketplace for fashion and lifestyle products, offering clothing, shoes and accessories from international brands and local labels, plus logistics and marketing services to partner brands and retailers.
Industry: Online Marketplaces
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Berlin, Germany
Founded: 2008
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