# Legal Counsel IT & Privacy

**Company**: Helsing
**Location**: Munich
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Aerospace & Defence

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## Description

## Job Description

Helsing is a defence AI company that aims to protect democracies through technological leadership. We are looking for a Legal Counsel IT & Privacy to join our team in Munich or Berlin.

## The Day-to-Day

- Build and maintain Helsing's data protection framework across all entities, covering records of processing activities, data protection impact assessments, privacy policies and breach response processes

- Draft, review and negotiate data processing agreements, joint controller agreements and privacy clauses in commercial and government contracts

- Partner with our Data Protection Officers and external DPOs across jurisdictions, handle data subject requests and act as our contact with supervisory authorities

- Deliver privacy training across the organisation and support M&A, procurement and new market entry with data protection due diligence

## Requirements

- Fully qualified lawyer (2. Staatsexamen or equivalent in another jurisdiction)

- Experience drafting and negotiating data processing agreements and IT contracts

- Ability to translate complex regulatory requirements into clear, pragmatic advice

- Fluent English communication

## Nice to Have

- Advising on emerging digital regulation such as the AI Act, NIS2 and DORA

- Further legal qualifications such as an LL.M or Dr. iur

## Benefits

- Competitive salary and VSOP options

- Relocation support: up to €2,500 and 4 weeks temporary accommodation

- Learning: €500/£450 yearly allowance

- Health & wellness: gym membership and mental health support (Nilo.health)

- Social: regularly company events and monthly social allowances

- Enhanced parental leave: 22 weeks fully paid for primary caregivers & 6 weeks for secondary caregivers

- Family support: 5 days of paid family emergency leave, 100% remote work option during pregnancy and phased return to work

## Skills

### Required
- data protection
- privacy laws
- contract negotiation
- regulatory compliance
- English

### Nice to have
- AI Act
- NIS2
- DORA
- LL.M
- Dr. iur

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