General Counsel (m/f/x) - #2172919

About FINN

FINN is an independent platform for car subscriptions from over 30 brands. Subscribe to a car with just a few clicks and it will be delivered directly to your doorstep in just a few days: FINN offers a carefree service and handles insurance, financing, registration, taxes and maintenance. FINN also funds climate action by supporting certified climate protection projects and thus offsets the carbon footprint of every vehicle of all drive types – from production to every mile driven.

FINN was founded in Munich in 2019. The mission: to have a positive impact on people, organizations and the planet through frictionless mobility.

More Information: www.finn.com/

Your Role

As our General Counsel, you’ll be the trusted legal advisor to our senior leadership team, overseeing all corporate, commercial and regulatory legal matters. From building a scalable legal function to supporting strategic decisions, you'll play a critical role in enabling growth while safeguarding the company. Your work will span across our departments, empowering teams and ensuring compliance at every step. Reporting directly to the CFO, this is a high-impact role for a hands-on legal leader ready to make a difference.

Your Benefits

• This role is based in Munich with the flexibility to work temporarily from anywhere within Germany.
• With massive growth potential, FINN allows you to quickly develop and succeed in a highly motivating startup environment.
• Competitive fixed salary and virtual equity share of the company, along with a yearly personal development budget of 1,500€ and an attractive company pension scheme.
• Our open, modern office in the middle of Munich is known for loads of fun with amazing colleagues and frequent team events.
• Access to discounted gym memberships, and attractive mobility options such as JobAuto via FINN or JobRad.
  
  
  

Your Responsibilities

• Build and lead the legal function, establish scalable legal processes, tools, and policies in areas such as legal tech, compliance, contract management, competition law, and data protection that support business growth.
• Act as an advisor to the management team, providing pragmatic legal guidance across all areas of the business. Identify and mitigate risks in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving environment.
• Oversee corporate governance matters, including corporate law, board and shareholder matters as well as compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Draft, review and negotiate key commercial contracts. Support strategic partnerships and financing transactions ensuring they are aligned with business objectives and risk appetite.
• Manage actual or potential disputes, claims, and litigation. Represent FINN in negotiations, at court and with public authorities if required.
• Structure and streamline the collaboration with external lawyers.
  
  
  

Your Profile

• Fully qualified lawyer (Volljurist) with admission to practice law
• Fluent in German is a must, ideally English (business proficiency), ability to conduct negotiation in both languages
• 3-5 years of professional experience in a renowned law firm, ideally with first business experience
• Experience in corporate law, commercial contracts, data protection and (regulatory) compliance
• Business-minded with a pragmatic approach and the ability to balance legal risk with commercial goals.
• Team player with high self-motivation and a structured, solution-oriented approach to work
• Hands-on and execution-oriented, comfortable handling both strategic and day-to-day legal tasks.
• Ideally first experience on the within a corporate
• Agility and willingness to quickly get up to speed with new and complex topics
  
  
  

Interested in Joining Our Fast-Growing Startup?

Please upload your CV and transcripts online. Florian and Antonia are looking forward to your application!

Equal Opportunities for Everyone

FINN is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace and celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We are open to all groups of people without regard to age, color, national origin, race, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristics.