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Senior Legal Counsel Banking

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Solaris is a tech company with a full German banking license. Our Banking-as-a-Service platform enables businesses to offer their own financial products. With our straightforward APIs, our partners can access and integrate a wide range of solutions such as digital banking, payments, cards, identification and lending services. As a market leader we are driven by bringing transformational change to the financial services industry.

Job Responsibility:

  • Legal business and product support, especially in the areas of banking law, banking supervisory law, payments law, credit law, consumer protection law and civil law
  • Creation and maintenance of standard contracts and term sheets
  • Internal legal advice on operational matters and preparation of legal opinions
  • Review, negotiation, and drafting of contracts
  • Instruction, coordination, and monitoring of external lawyers
  • Handling litigation and court proceedings

Requirements:

  • 2-3 years of relevant legal experience in-house or at a law firm, with a focus on banking and/or capital markets law
  • Fully qualified German lawyer with First and Second State Examination
  • Expertise in banking law and financial supervisory law
  • Analytical and detail-oriented
  • Strong business acumen
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills
  • Effective stakeholder management
  • Strong team player
  • Affinity for agile methodology
  • High level of integrity

Nice to have:

  • Knowledge of capital markets law and the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR)
  • Fachanwalt für Bank- und Kapitalmarktrecht or relevant courses
What we offer:
  • Home office budget
  • Learning & development budget of €1000 per year and a transparent growth framework to support your career goals
  • Competitive salary and variable renumeration program
  • Monthly meal allowance
  • Deutschland ticket subsidy
  • 28 vacation days, increasing by 2 days after 2 years and 3 days after 3 years with Solaris
  • Opportunity to work abroad for up to 12 weeks per year

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Job Posted:
December 26, 2025

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