Senior Legal Counsel Banking Law

N26 is hiring a Senior Legal Counsel Banking Law in Berlin to strengthen our in-house legal expertise and help shape the legal foundation of next-generation financial products. This full-time, on-site role sits at the heart of how Europe's leading digital bank builds and scales safely.

About the Role

As Senior Legal Counsel Banking Law at N26 in Berlin, you will join our Banking Law & Litigation team and act as a trusted strategic advisor to senior management and the Management Board. Your mission is to translate complex regulatory requirements into legally sound, practical concepts — guiding everything from the growth of our banking, trading, and crypto offerings to N26's expansion into new European markets. You will keep agility and rigorous compliance in balance, making sure that every product vision aligns with supervisory law.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the launch and scaling of forward-looking banking and financial products, including trading and crypto offerings.
• Provide end-to-end legal counsel to management and the Management Board on existing and new banking, trading, and finance products.
• Assess intricate regulatory demands and design compliant frameworks for new products in a fast-moving environment.
• Partner closely with the Product and Compliance teams so that innovation and regulatory adherence advance together.
• Serve as point of contact during regulatory audits and confidently lead dialogue with supervisory authorities.
• Independently manage relationships with external legal advisors while ensuring top-tier advisory standards.
• Run court proceedings and dispute resolution autonomously, overseeing significant cases across all instances.

Qualifications

• Fully qualified German lawyer (Volljurist) with above-average results in both the first and second state law examinations.
• At least 4 years of professional experience, a substantial portion in banking and finance law at a respected law firm and/or an international company, ideally including fintech.
• Thorough knowledge of banking and finance law and adjacent legal fields; exposure to other areas of law is welcome.
• Ideally, a completed specialist training course (Fachanwaltslehrgang) in banking and capital markets law, or you already hold the corresponding specialist title.
• Fluent written and spoken German and English; further languages such as French, Spanish, or Italian are a plus.
• Genuine curiosity about technology, business mechanics, and digital business models, paired with decisiveness, integrity, initiative, and comfort taking on personnel responsibility.

About N26

N26 has rethought banking for the digital age, using technology and design to build a global banking platform people genuinely enjoy using. By removing branches, paperwork, and hidden fees, we deliver a clean digital experience and real savings. Headquartered in Berlin with offices across Europe, including Vienna and Barcelona, we bring together a team of more than 1,500 people from over 80 nationalities. N26 is an equal opportunity employer and warmly welcomes applicants of every background, identity, and ability.

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