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title: 'Legal Counsel at Orcrist Technologies'
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# Legal Counsel at Orcrist Technologies

- **Company:** Orcrist Technologies
- **Location:** Berlin, Germany
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-05-21
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/orcristtechnologies/jobs/4873193101

## Job description

Company

Orcrist is building a next generation data intelligence platform using cutting-edge technologies. We provide solutions to empower our clients to take decisive actions in complex environments, supporting competitiveness, safety, and resilience. Our Mission is to develop intelligence fusion capabilities to connect any amount of data and sources.

## Role

We’re a fast-growing tech company currently expanding across Europe. To strengthen our team, we’re looking for a Legal Counsel who will take ownership of legal, compliance, and contractual matters across several of our entities.

As our first Legal Counsel, you will own the end-to-end legal function at Orcrist and across the broader group. You will be the primary point of contact for all legal matters, from drafting and negotiating commercial contracts to advising on IT law, employment law, data protection, and regulatory compliance. This is a high-trust, high-autonomy role with significant scope to shape how we build legal infrastructure from the ground up.

## What you'll do

- Advise on public sector and defence-adjacent regulatory requirements, including export control and security-relevant contract obligations.
- Manage external legal counsel relationships — scoping, briefing, and quality-controlling outside advice.
- Support corporate governance across group entities, including shareholder matters, intercompany agreements, and subsidiary structuring questions.
- Draft, review, and negotiate commercial contracts (client agreements, MSAs, SOWs, NDAs, vendor agreements, subcontracting arrangements).
- Own and maintain the company's contract template library and standard legal documentation.
- Ensure GDPR compliance and act as internal point of contact for data protection questions; liaise with external DPO as needed.

## About You

- Fully qualified lawyer in Germany with successfully completed First and Second State Examinations (Erstes und Zweites Staatsexamen).
- Admission to the German bar (zugelassene/r Rechtsanwalt / Rechtsanwältin)
- 4+ years of post-qualification legal experience gained in-house and/or in private practice, ideally combining both environments.
- Strong experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial B2B contracts, particularly in the areas of IT and software law, including software licensing, SaaS agreements, and IP-related clauses.
- Solid knowledge of German employment law and experience advising on day-to-day employment-related matters.
- Practical experience with GDPR and data protection compliance, including drafting and negotiating data processing agreements and handling data subject requests.
- Prior experience working at a large law firm.
- Pragmatic, business-oriented mindset with strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Comfortable working in a tech environment and learning digital tools quickly.
- Full professional fluency in German (native or equivalent) and English — contract drafting and advising in both languages.

Nice‑to‑haves

- Experience advising on public sector contracts or framework agreements (EVB-IT, VOL/A, or equivalent).
- Familiarity with export control law (AWG, AWV, Dual-Use Regulation) or security clearance-adjacent requirements under SÜG.
- Prior in-house experience at a tech startup or scale-up.

## What We Offer

- Opportunity to build and own the legal function of a fast-growing deep-tech company.
- High level of autonomy and direct collaboration with founders and leadership.
- Broad exposure across commercial, technology, data protection, employment, and regulatory matters.
- Remote‑first in Germany with occasional team events in Berlin.
- Home office budget and great equipment.
- 30 days vacation.
- Direct impact on critical missions across private and public‑sector customers.

## About Orcrist Technologies

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Orcrist Technologies builds AI-powered software for real-time situational awareness and sensor fusion in defense and public sector environments.
- **Entity Type**: Private (startup stage, no funding disclosed)
- **Headquarters**: Berlin, Germany (also mentions United States presence)
- **Founded**: Year not disclosed
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Defense technology / AI and data analytics for military and public sector
- Target customers: B2B and B2G – NATO, European defense partners, government agencies, and select private sector enterprises
- Mission statement: "To give decision-makers the clarity they need—when it matters most" by enabling information dominance in fast-moving, high-threat scenarios

## Products & Services
- **Orcrist Sensor Fusion Platform**: AI-powered software that fuses data from multiple sources (sensors, OSINT, GEOINT) into actionable intelligence, designed for interoperability and real-time use.
- **Data Analytics & AI Services**: End-to-end consulting and engineering services guiding clients through data science, analytics, and AI adoption across sensitive, distributed, and unstructured data.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: 7 employees (+225% year-over-year growth) as of mid-2025, with 17+ open positions listed suggesting rapid scaling
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly listed; partners likely include NATO and European defense entities
- **Growth Signals**: 225% headcount growth in 12 months, multiple active engineering roles (ML, Infrastructure, Full-Stack), expansion of office footprint with US presence mentioned

## Competitive Advantages
- Deep specialization in highly sensitive, multi-format data fusion (sensors, signals, imagery) for defense use cases
- Focus on modularity and speed, designed specifically for NATO and European interoperability requirements
- "German precision" engineering combined with global expertise, giving credibility in regulated markets
- Small, highly skilled team (7 people) enabling agility and direct impact

## Strategic Focus
- Scaling up the engineering team (open roles for ML, Data, Full-Stack, Infrastructure Engineers) to accelerate platform development
- Expanding from defense into private sector applications of their analytics capabilities
- Building a strong European defense tech alternative to US-centric solutions

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Startup environment focused on mission-driven work with real-world impact in national security; "shaping the future of business through the transformative power of AI and data"
- **Remote/Hybrid**: All engineering and most roles offer remote or remote/Berlin hybrid options – flexible work arrangements
- **Notable perks**: Opportunity to work on cutting-edge defense AI with a small, high-performing team; open positions across departments (Engineering, Product, Legal, People, Design) signal investment in team building across functions
- **Growth**: Extremely high headcount growth rate indicates fast expansion and career advancement opportunities

## Sources
1. [orcrist.org](https://orcrist.org/)
2. [orcrist.org/about](https://orcrist.org/about)
3. [linkedin.com/company/orcrist-technologies](https://www.linkedin.com/company/orcrist-technologies/)
4. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/orcristtechnologies](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/orcristtechnologies)

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