Legal Counsel Part-Time/Full-Time (f/m/x)refurbed · Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Legal Counsel Part-Time/Full-Time (f/m/x)

🗓️ Posted 2026-10-19 Vienna, Vienna, Austria Hybrid Legal
💰 Salary Not shared 📊 Market 3,200 EUR–5,500 EUR/mo

About the Company

Founded in 2017, refurbed is Europe's fastest-growing marketplace for refurbished products, active in 23 European countries and having surpassed 2Bn in GMV - all while being profitable. With beautiful headquarters in Vienna, we operate as a remote-first company and have been recognised as a Top DACH Employer by Kununu for four consecutive years. Our mission is to make sustainable consumption the easy choice by enabling customers to buy products up to 40% cheaper while significantly reducing CO₂ emissions. If you thrive in an environment that values momentum, ownership, and impact, you'll feel at home here. We're a fast-paced, high-performance team that works hard and challenges itself everyday. To enable this high-performance every team member enjoys full autonomy over their location (we're remote-first).

Responsibilities

  • ● Advise internal teams on legal risks and help them find practical, workable solutions.
  • ● Support the legal team in everyday work, from contract drafting to commercial law requests.
  • ● Support the business on new market entries, product launches, and strategic initiatives.
  • ● Own and improve our legal processes, templates, and documentation.
  • ● Oversee the drafting, review, and negotiation of contracts with suppliers, vendors, partners, and other stakeholders. Ensure that contracts protect the company's interests and comply with relevant laws and regulations.
  • ● Decisions should be made based on facts and not by hierarchy levels We sure think so
  • ● We embrace giving and receiving feedback, testing and welcoming new ideas, as well as sharing our knowledge across the company.
  • ● You fail sometimes Well, so do we We're all just human, let's learn from our mistakes to improve in the future
  • ● No matter who you love, where you're from, who you pray to, whether you pee sitting down or standing up - we are a bunch of talented people who enjoy spending our time making a difference
  • ● You'll have access to a dedicated learning budget within your department to support your growth, whether it's courses, conferences, or other learning opportunities that matter to you.
  • ● We partner with Likeminded, offering you private sessions with experts for your personal growth and mental health.
  • ● We frequently host internal workshops, allowing our teams to further develop their skills in different areas and enhancing collaboration across departments.
  • ● We care about a healthy work/life balance. We not only function and support a fully remote setting but also offer the possibility to work from our beautiful office in the vibrant heart of Vienna - we love dogs, so feel free to bring your furry little buddy too
  • ● We trust you to do the best job, so we don't care so much when you do it - you are able to self-organize.
  • ● You will also be invited to take part in our office weeks, happening three times a year, where you will have the chance to work side by side with your colleagues and enjoy the team-building events and on-site workshops

Requirements

  • ● 1-3 years of work experience in an in-house legal department of a company or in a law firm.
  • ● Knowledge of e-commerce or Austrian corporate law is a plus.
  • ● A solid generalist background with broad experience across commercial law and compliance.
  • ● Strongly motivated to tackle legal projects in other domains relevant to refurbed's business where necessary.
  • ● Excellent communication skills in English and German, both verbal and written. Additional language skills (e.g., in Italian) are a plus.
  • ● Strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, with the ability to anticipate legal risks and develop proactive solutions to mitigate them.
  • ● Proven project and stakeholder-management skills to master larger projects.
  • ● Flexibility and adaptability to work in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving environment.
  • ● Degree in Austrian / German Law. (Experience in Austrian law is required).