30 jul
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Adevinta
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Madrid
We’re Adevinta, a general leader in digital marketplaces. Our household name brands, including Kleinanzeigen and mobile.dein in Germany, Marktplaats in the Netherlands, and Leboncoin in France, reach hundreds of millions of people every month.
We’re all about matchmaking, and our sites help people find whatever they’re looking for in their local communities – whether it’s a car, an apartment, a sofa or a new job. Every connection made or item found makes a difference by creating a world where people share more and waste less. Our brands are supported by global Tech Hubs in Barcelona, Amsterdam, Paris and Berlin.
Their goal is to develop common global products and innovation platforms that all of our brands can use, leveraging cutting‑edge technology to create highly scalable, customisable and secure products and components that free up development time and expand our access to global data.
Job Responsibilities Corporate Advisory
Advise on a wide range of corporate legal matters across group entities
Support on corporate restructurings and other strategic transactions
Provide pragmatic, business‑focused legal advice to senior stakeholders
Assist in the management of external legal counsel on corporate matters
Corporate Governance
Assist with board and committee meeting preparation, including drafting resolutions and minutes
Support compliance with corporate governance obligations across group entities
Maintain statutory books and corporate records for group companies and update Adevinta’s group organisational charts
Handle KYC requests and corporate documentation for banks and other stakeholders or counterparties
Manage signatures and execution processes
Ethical Compliance
Support the development and implementation of the group’s ethical compliance framework and policies
Advise on anti‑bribery and corruption, sanctions, conflicts of interest, and related regulatory requirements
Conduct and assist with compliance risk assessments and internal investigations where required
Deliver compliance training and awareness initiatives across the business
Monitor regulatory developments in ethics and compliance and assess their impact on the group
Stakeholder Management
Build and maintain strong working relationships with internal clients across all levels
Deliver clear, concise legal guidance tailored to non‑legal audiences
Collaborate with compliance, finance, HR, and technology teams on cross‑functional matters
Job Requirements Qualifications & Experience
EU qualified lawyer with 3–5 years of post‑qualification experience (PQE)
Background in corporate law, ideally in private practice and in‑house experience in a group or regulated environment
Demonstrated interest or experience in ethical compliance and/or data privacy
Strong drafting skills and sound legal judgement
Skills & Competencies
Ability to manage a varied workload independently and meet deadlines in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment
Excellent English written and verbal communication skills; an additional language (German, French and/or Dutch) is an advantage
Strong analytical and problem‑solving capabilities with a principled, risk‑aware mindset
Confident, collaborative team player with a proactive and hands‑on approach
High attention to detail and commitment to quality
Flexible mindset and do‑er mentality
Job Benefits Adevinta is scaling during a company restructure and localisation under new ownership. The organisation is multinational and composed of multiple product companies and legal entities, with diverse technology stacks, varied security maturity levels and evolving priorities as localisation and scale progress.
Multinational environment — chance to shape cross‑regional practices and data contracts, and gain experience with cross‑cultural and regulatory constraints.
Multiple companies with different contexts — opportunity to design marketplace‑aware ownership models and procurement‑friendly approaches that work across varied business needs.
Multiple technological stacks — scope to build canonical integration patterns and pragmatic adapters that enable interoperability across heterogeneous systems.
Different maturity levels — room to deliver reusable components, runbooks and baseline metrics that accelerate teams at different stages of maturity.
Changing environment — experience making pragmatic trade‑offs, delivering resilient solutions and operating effectively amid shifting priorities.
Future localisation and building at scale — opportunity to architect localisation‑friendly, scalable automation and platforms that enable durable, enterprise‑wide growth.
📌 Corporate Lawyer (Madrid)
🏢 Adevinta
📍 Madrid