Senior Legal Counsel (Data Protection & Employment Law)

Pleo's vision is to make everyone feel valued at work; we are on a mission to become the go-to spending solution for forward-thinking teams everywhere

We are creating a product to facilitate business spending through a simple solution for everyone involved: employees, the finance controller, the bookkeeper, and managers. No. More. Receipts! 
On the technical side, we’re pleased to say FinTech is not just a brand for us; it's who we are: Pleo is both an e-money institution with a licence issued by the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority and a technology company developing payment services solutions striving to deliver “more than the expected” (the actual meaning of the name; Pleo).

In this role, you’ll be an integral part of our Insights & Acceleration Domain, working closely with finance and strategy colleagues to enable business growth, scalability and key strategic initiatives to drive accelerated and sustainable growth. As a Legal Counsel, you will be a trusted advisor and business partner across multiple areas, particularly using your regulatory law expertise.
As this is a new role, you will have a unique opportunity to scope out how to approach the opportunities ahead.

So you wonder what is the role all about? 

Your daily “To-do” list will look like this, but not limited: 

• Conduct pragmatic risk assessments and provide clear and concise legal advice to business stakeholders.
• Partner directly with business teams, act as primary legal advisor to your business partners, drive and manage projects.
• Act as an additional subject matter expert for data protection topics and/or labor law topics (experience in Privacy and EU employment law would be a plus) within the Pleo legal department.  
• Be comfortable with moving between operational and strategic topics on an ongoing basis.
• Advise the organisation ensuring that Pleo remains legally compliant in any market where it is active.
• Support with product launches, with particular focus on privacy compliance. 
• Advance excellence by maturing legal processes to drive innovation in the organisation whilst remaining legally compliant. 
• Work as part of a team, guide, develop and mentor junior legal team members. 

You’ll thrive in this role if you...

• Are a fully qualified lawyer in the EU or UK. 
• Located in Germany, the UK or other EU location where we are active. 
• You have between 6 and 10 years of experience working in-house or in private practice. 
• Can draft legal documents and work in English (Danish language experience would be an advantage). 
• Experience in either Data Privacy and/or EU Employment law is preferred in this role. 
• Have experience preparing for an IPO. 
• Have demonstrated experience working with or for regulated companies in the finance/fintech industry (if it’s in a start-up or scale-up, we’ll be thrilled!).
• Thrive in working in a start-up environment. 
• You have the ability to distill complex legal and privacy advice into understandable and actionable guidance for non-lawyers.
• Are comfortable and adept at balancing risk and opportunity and thinking creatively to enable your colleagues to make smart decisions.
• Enjoy collaborating and engaging with multiple different teams across Pleo.

Show me the benefits!

• Your own Pleo card (no more out-of-pocket spending!)
• Lunch is on us - with catering in our Lisbon, Copenhagen and London offices or a monthly lunch allowance paid directly together with  your salary in other markets 🍜
• Private health insurance to ensure you’re fit in body and mind to do your best work
• We offer 25 days of holiday + your public holidays
• For our Legal team we offer remote working options
• Option to purchase 5 additional days of holiday through a salary sacrifice
• Wellbeing days - fully paid days off designed for a slower pace, allowing you to take time to recharge and prioritise self-care
• We’re trialling MyndUp to give our employees access to free mental health and wellbeing support with great success so far  ❤️‍🩹
• Access to LinkedIn Learning - acquire new skills, stay abreast of industry trends and fuel your personal and professional development continuously 
• Paid parental leave - we want to make sure that we're supportive of families and help you feel that you don't have to compromise your family due to work 👶
• All of us have a stake in Pleo’s success - ask us about our equity grant scheme

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