About us

Carbonfuture is active in providing the trust infrastructure that helps organizations meet their net-zero commitments and gets climate action financed at scale. Our digital infrastructure makes carbon removal credits traceable, enforceable, and trustworthy, enabling suppliers, buyers, and financial institutions to transact with confidence.

Job description

As a senior legal counsel for carbon markets, you will lead the legal work to establish carbon credits as a new financial asset class. This involves owning the full contract lifecycle, negotiating key deals, and advising on regulatory questions. You will also manage fundraising legal processes and oversee compliance across various legal areas, ensuring that Carbonfuture's legal framework supports its mission to drive climate action.

• Own the full contract lifecycle, from drafting and negotiation to signing, across customer, supplier, offtake and vendor agreements
• Negotiate key deals together with leadership, bringing in external counsel where it adds value
• Help build the standardised contract structure that replaces today's bespoke bilateral terms between suppliers and buyers and makes the markets scaleable
• Drive the legal workstream to establish carbon credits as an institutional asset class, from governance framework to documentation
• Advise on capital markets and regulatory questions as we work with institutional market participants, banks and supervisory authorities
• Act as our internal legal lead in fundraising rounds and own the signing and closing process
• Manage shareholder matters and corporate governance
• Oversee internal compliance across data protection, employment law and corporate governance

Relevant work experience

• Eight or more years of legal experience, in-house, at a law firm, or ideally both
• Deep expertise in German contract and commercial law, with hands-on experience in B2B transactions and negotiation
• Deep expertise in German corporate law (Gesellschaftsrecht), knowledge of capital markets law (Kapitalmarktrecht) is considered a plus
• Hands-on experience with financing rounds, M&A or comparable transactions, including signing and closing
• Experience with European financial regulators such as BaFin, the ECB or FINMA is a strong advantage
• A background in financial market infrastructure, banking, commodities or carbon markets is a plus

Benefits

• Flexible working hours and location
• 30 days paid leave + bank holidays
• Sports and Health benefits
• Competitive salary

Skills required for the job