Senior Legal Advisor - Market Surveillance (f/m/d) (part-/full-time) (Financial Markets)

Location: Leipzig, Germany

Company

hirify.global Group and EEX Group operate an international exchange environment focused on energy-market trading, regulation, and market integrity.

What you will do

• Provide internal legal advice to Market Surveillance on regulatory and compliance matters.
• Draft legal opinions and written assessments on complex regulatory issues.
• Contribute legal analyses to investigation reports, including potential market-abuse assessments.
• Explain and represent Market Surveillance work and findings to external supervisory and regulatory authorities.
• Monitor, analyse, and interpret new and existing EU energy and financial-market regulations.
• Exchange expertise with legal specialists at exchanges, authorities, and institutions, and help develop internal processes and legal standards.

Requirements

• Fully qualified lawyer, such as a German Volljurist or equivalent qualification from another jurisdiction.
• Strong knowledge of regulatory law, ideally focused on energy markets, financial markets, or capital-markets regulation.
• Experience working with regulatory authorities or in a regulated environment is highly desirable.
• Excellent analytical and legal-drafting skills, with the ability to explain complex legal matters clearly and convincingly.
• Confident communication skills and the ability to represent legal positions to internal and external stakeholders.
• Proficiency in German and English, both written and spoken, is required.

Culture & Benefits

• Part-time or full-time employment options.
• Flexible mobile-working arrangements in a diverse team.
• Salary package with childcare facilities, meal allowance, job ticket, and sport and recreational events.
• Extensive further-training opportunities and a bespoke onboarding plan.
• Long-term perspective in a growing and evolving energy-market environment.
• International team environment built around exchanging ideas, mutual support, and continuous improvement.

Hiring process

• Applications are accepted in English or German.