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Legal Counsel
Legal
💰 Salary Not shared
📊 Market 4,200 EUR–6,500 EUR/mo (50,400 EUR–78,000 EUR/yr)
About the Company
ABOUT FONIO We grew from 1M to 10M ARR in under 12 months and now serve 10,000+ customers. Fonio is Europe's market leader for AI phone agents for SMBs. Now we're expanding globally and into new products. We move fast, take ownership, give direct feedback, and avoid politics and unnecessary meetings. Join one of world s fastest-growing companies.
Responsibilities
- ● er it quickly and practically. One day that is a customer contract, the next a data protection query, a new hire's contract.
- ● You will build Fonio's legal foundations from scratch: templates, processes and the right external law firms. This is a hands-on role, not a manager of outside counsel.
- ● WHAT TO EXPECT
- ● Disputes and litigation: assessment, strategy, steering external counsel
- ● Trademarks and IP: file and defend our marks, protect our technology, handle open source and licensing
- ● International: corporate law and compliance for our entities in the EU, UK and US, support for new country incorporations
- ● Coordinate external law firms and advisors in every country: selection, briefing, budget, quality
- ● Data protection together with external experts: GDPR, data processing agreements, customer requests, handling of voice data
- ● Go-to person for Sales, Engineering and Ops on any legal question - pragmatic, fast, understandable
- ● WHAT YOU BRING
- ● Qualified lawyer (Austria or Germany) with 4 to 8 years' experience.
- ● Mix of top law firm training and at least 2 years in-house at a tech or SaaS company.
- ● Strong commercial contracting and GDPR experience.
- ● Fluent English, written and spoken.
- ● Comfortable working alone, prioritising fast and giving clear yes or no answers.
- ● Nice-to-haves
- ● Exposure to venture funding rounds, M&A or entity set-up abroad.
- ● Working knowledge of UK or US commercial law.
- ● Has been the first legal hire at a scale-up before.
Benefits
- ● 65,000 to 100,000 + Equity
- ● Relocation support
- ● Daily lunch and dinner
- ● Equipment of your choice
- ● Regular team off-sites
- ● On-site in Vienna, working directly with the core-team
- ● HIRING PROCESS
- ● min intro call
- ● min skill interview
- ● min culture fit
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