Legal Counsel (f/m/d)

ZEAL Network SE is a dynamic, international group of companies that has been creating exciting and innovative lottery experiences for over 20 years. As Germany’s largest provider of online lotteries through our brands LOTTO24 and Tipp24, and a trusted partner of Spain’s ONCE, the second-largest national lottery, we’re shaping the future of the lottery industry. We are passionate about driving innovation, as demonstrated by our newest brands, Freiheit+ and Traumhausverlosung, which bring fresh and exciting dreams to life. Additionally, through ZEAL Ventures, we invest in inspiring e-commerce start-ups like Omaze and DAYMADE, fueling fresh ideas and opportunities.

Our team of 300+ professionals from diverse backgrounds is united by a visionary mindset, a passion for collaboration, and a commitment to inspire dreams. At ZEAL, we empower our people to think ambitiously and work together toward a shared purpose: helping people imagine and achieve their aspirations.

The role:

As Legal Counsel, you will strengthen ZEAL’s commercial legal capacity and support the company’s growth strategy. Acting as a pragmatic legal partner to Product, Growth, and Commercial teams, you will take end-to-end ownership of legal support for selected growth initiatives, including new propositions, partnerships, and monetization models.

The role combines strong commercial contracting expertise with a legal operations mindset, helping build repeatable playbooks, templates, and guardrails so growth can scale without requiring linear increases in legal effort. You will work within ZEAL’s established service model, collaborating closely with Legal leadership, cross-functional stakeholders, and the Regulatory function while ensuring disciplined use of intake processes and CLM workflows, including contracting initiated through Ironclad.

Your tasks

• Provide pragmatic, solution-oriented legal advice to Product, Growth, and Commercial teams on new initiatives, partnerships, and monetization models, enabling progress through clear “yes-if” guidance and risk mitigation strategies.

• Lead the drafting and negotiation of strategic commercial agreements, including partnership, platform, services, and marketing arrangements.

• Define negotiation strategies and fallback positions based on established legal playbooks, aligning key stakeholders early to avoid late-stage escalations.

• Support market expansion initiatives by working closely with the Regulatory function and coordinating external counsel where required.

• Translate external legal advice and regulatory insights into practical internal standards, templates, and playbooks that can be reused across initiatives.

• Own defined growth and partnering workstreams end-to-end, structuring complex issues, driving cross-functional decision-making, and documenting outcomes clearly.

• Contribute to a scalable legal service model by applying disciplined intake, prioritization, and routing practices, ensuring contracts follow established CLM workflows.

• Continuously identify opportunities to streamline legal support for growth initiatives through improved processes, automation, and knowledge management.

What you offer us

• Significant experience in commercial contracting and negotiations, particularly for strategic partnerships, SaaS or digital services, and commercial frameworks.

• Proven track record advising digital product, platform, or e-commerce businesses operating with fast development and iteration cycles.

• Strong ability to lead cross-functional initiatives in ambiguous environments, structuring problems, driving alignment, and delivering clear outcomes.

• Pragmatic risk management approach with the ability to communicate complex legal issues in clear, business-focused recommendations for senior stakeholders.

• Legal ops mindset and experience working within process-driven legal delivery models, including structured intake processes, CLM systems, templates, and playbooks.

• Exposure to regulated consumer industries such as gaming/lottery, fintech, payments, telecom, or similar sectors is advantageous.

• Exposure to multi-jurisdictional EU/UK environments, including coordinating external counsel and converting advice into scalable internal guidance, is a plus.

• A collaborative, business-oriented mindset with the ability to balance speed, risk management, and long-term scalability in a growing organisation.

What we offer:

• A modern, dynamic culture grounded in the success of a leading-edge e-commerce company.

• A talented team of ambitious, like-minded colleagues where your knowledge and ideas truly make an impact.

• Ongoing personal growth, supported by our product-focused organization and an annual development budget of €1,500 to invest in your professional development.

• Trust and autonomy, no micromanagement, just confidence in your ability to deliver and excel.

• Flexible work options with a hybrid setup focused on results, offering the freedom to work where and how you’re most productive.

• Generous time off: enjoy unlimited vacation days in addition to your 30-day vacation allowance, with the opportunity for workations abroad using our WorkFlex tool.

• Monthly mobility allowance of €20 to use on the mobility option of your choice (e.g., the Deutschlandticket), plus access to a company bike leasing program.

• Company pension scheme, provided in partnership with Degura, to support your future financial security.

• Subsidized EGYM WELLPASS membership, with a contribution of only €25 per month, giving you access to a wide range of gyms and sports options across Germany.

• Quarterly company events where we gather to celebrate, along with regular team activities and informal gathering, a favorite being our Healthy Tuesday lunches or Pizza Thursdays in the office!