Lawyer / Associate (m/f/d) specializing in AI regulation, data & digital governance

Become part of our team!

Secure. Radical. Digital.
Since 2009, as a boutique law firm specializing in technology, AI, IT, and data law, we have been advising companies at the moment when innovation becomes a matter of regulation. We combine legal excellence with an entrepreneurial perspective, high speed, and a clear objective: to create room for maneuver without concealing risks.
We work for clients who not only use technology but also build, scale, and globally roll it out – and who want advice that considers strategy, product, and regulation holistically.

Your role

As an Associate , you will take responsibility for challenging mandates and manage high-profile projects. You will work closely with decision-makers, act as a strategic sparring partner on equal footing, and translate complex technological issues into sound legal options.
You will strategically leverage your experience and be a key partner for your clients at all levels. In this role, you will undertake a variety of exciting and responsible tasks:

• Independent management of complex and strategically relevant mandates at the interface of AI, data and IT regulation.
• Strategic consulting on legal data governance programs. From gap analysis to operational implementation in legal, product, risk, and engineering.
• Legal design and evaluation of data-driven products, data usage concepts within the framework of data strategies and digital business models in a national and international context.
• Development of tailored concepts for the implementation of new technologies, including risk architecture, documentation and responsibility models.
• Preparation of expert opinions, guidelines and decision-making templates with a focus on the needs of your clients.
• Successful representation of your clients in administrative and court proceedings.

You have the opportunity to work in one or more of our different areas of focus:

• EU AI Act & AI Governance: Product and compliance strategies, role and responsibility models, risk assessments, policies, training, implementation roadmaps.
• Data Economy & Platform Regulation: including data access, data usage, B2B/B2C models, data-driven product architectures.
• Cybersecurity & Resilience: Regulatory and compliance programs along modern security and supply chain requirements.
• Digital business models & international scaling: structuring, contract architecture, regulatory roadmaps for new markets.

Your profile

• You are a fully qualified lawyer (m/f/d), technology law is your playing field.
• You have several years of professional experience and solid knowledge of technology law, ideally with contact points to AI regulation and data law.
• You can precisely analyze complex issues and communicate them in an understandable, structured and audience-appropriate manner.
• You work independently, reliably, pragmatically, and with high quality standards, even under time pressure.
• You think in a solution-oriented way, prioritize clearly and maintain an overview even in dynamic projects.
• You impress with excellent communication skills, a confident demeanor, and negotiation skills with internal and external stakeholders.
• You are comfortable interacting with Legal, Product, Engineering, Security, and Management.
• You have fluent German and English skills.

Does this sound like you?
Then we look forward to receiving your application, including your CV and relevant certificates. Optionally, you can briefly outline which AI/data or regulatory topics currently particularly interest you.

Why us?

Our Philosophy:
We understand boutique not as a size, but as an attitude: the highest level of specialization, short communication channels, genuine responsibility, and mandates that move the market. With us, you'll work on high-impact topics – and in a team that views regulatory compliance as a competitive advantage.

We are Secure. Radical. Digital. – for you, this means
: Secure: You deliver legal clarity in dynamic, emerging legal fields and markets. With sound risk assessment, pragmatic solutions, and high-quality advice.
Radical: You rethink consulting: proactively, entrepreneurially, and with the courage to question standards when better answers are possible.
Digital: You understand systems, data flows, and AI lifecycles and can translate legal requirements into technical and organizational realities.

Our Benefits

• High-end mandates, direct client access, rapid responsibility – the best conditions for a steep professional learning curve.
• Focus, quality and efficiency - become part of a high-performing team of AI, data and IT regulation experts.
• Health, exercise, mobility? We make it easy - with company pension schemes, JobRad (bike leasing), Deutschlandticket (Germany ticket) and Urban Sports Club subsidy.
• Flexible working - no problem! Work three days in the office near the main train station, two days in a mobile office and up to 30 days abroad in Europe.
• Spring festival, summer party, Christmas party – we meet, celebrate together, without any standard program.
• Extras with added value – take advantage of our corporate benefits with discounts on products and services that make your everyday life easier.

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