Legal Counsel (f/m/d), full-time in Vienna (parental leave cover)

Permanent employee, Full-time · Vienna

About Speedinvest

Speedinvest is a leading early-stage venture capital firm with more than €1 billion AuM and 30+ investment managers based in Berlin, London, Munich, Paris, and Vienna. Our dedicated sector-focused teams are the first to fund Europe's most innovative technology startups and our in-house operational experts are on hand to offer founders ongoing support with growth, HR, market expansion, and more. Bitpanda, GoStudent, Wayflyer, Open, CoachHub, Schüttflix, TourRadar, Adverity, and TWAICE are among our portfolio of 300+ companies.

Speedinvest’s Legal team is looking for a Legal Counsel in Vienna to provide parental leave cover for at least 12 months, with the possibility for extension.

About the Position

In this role you will be part of Speedinvest’s Legal team and work closely with all other teams (i.e. the Investment team; People; Governance, Risk & Compliance; Finance; Portfolio Controlling; Fund Reporting, etc.). You will have two areas of responsibilities: Your main area of responsibility will be general legal matters and the other will be to support on investment / divestment transactions.

Your Responsibilities

General legal matters:

Draft / review and negotiate various agreements regularly entered into by Speedinvest or its group companies (e.g. service agreements, employment agreements, consulting agreements, sponsorship agreements, engagement letters, lease agreements, intra-group (services) agreements, finder’s fee agreements, etc.)
Support with the drafting of various documents relating to Speedinvest’s investment vehicles (such as share transfer agreements, shareholder and investors board resolutions)
Support with the corporate housekeeping, such as drafting of various documents relating to group companies in various jurisdictions (e.g. shareholder resolutions and amendments of articles of association) and making companies register filings
Support other teams of the organization with operational legal matters and ad hoc support with various legal matters, including by way of managing the outsourcing of such matters to external lawyers
Management of regular administrative legal matters such as powers of attorney
Building and maintaining a knowledge and template base for the matters within your area of responsibility
Possibility to also work on regulatory law matters, as required (in particular around the AIFMG)

Investment transactions:

Assist with reviewing, negotiating and administering all legal documents governing Speedinvest’s portfolio transactions across various jurisdictions (e.g. investment agreements, shareholder agreements, articles of association and ancillary documentation)
Support the transaction process for our investments into startups by advising Speedinvest’s investment team on the fundamental deal terms (including the commercial terms, based on capitalization tables)

Your Qualifications

A completed degree in law from an Austrian university
Around 2 to 4 years’ professional legal experience in a fast paced environment, ideally including corporate law matters and/or M&A transactions in a corporate law firm
Analytical mindset and attention to detail
Comfortable and interested in working on a broad range of topics and regularly on new topics
Flexible and agile with the ability to adapt quickly to changing environments
Ability to work independently as well as in a team
Generally open and helpful personality
Fluent in both German and English (written and oral communication is mostly in English - including all documents/contracts)

Nice to have, but not a requirement:

The Austrian bar exam is a plus
Experience in financial regulatory law is a plus
Experience in employment law is a plus

What We Offer?

Opportunity to work in a growing, successful, innovative European Venture Capital Fund Manager as part of an international team
Work directly and hands-on with all of Speedinvest’s teams, including the investment team, and its startups
Be part of an international, driven, talented and result-oriented team
Opportunity to continuously learn and grow
Flexible work environment and the ability to work from home on a regular basis
Opportunity to leave your suits behind and wear sneakers to work (if you want)
Parental leave cover for at least 12 months, with the possibility for extension
According to Austrian law we are required to state a minimum salary for this position. The expected minimum salary for this role is EUR 55,000.00 gross annually. The salary will be a competitive package based on previous work experience, hence overpayment is possible.

Speedinvest believes in equal opportunities for everyone and encourages diversity and inclusion. We want to encourage applicants with diverse backgrounds to apply to the Venture Capital world. We process all applications without regard to gender, nationality, race, colour, religion, age, disability status, sexual orientation or marital status.

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