Senior Legal & Compliance Counsel

About us

Andea and Manufacturo are an international group developing MES/SaaS software for industry. We operate through companies in Poland, Germany, the USA, Japan and Mexico, serving clients in the aerospace, defence, automotive and advanced manufacturing sectors.

The group’s legal department handles corporate, contractual and compliance matters for all group companies.

Purpose of the role

You will support the Group General Legal & Compliance Counsel in providing legal services to our European and US companies. You will be responsible for corporate housekeeping, corporate documentation, registry matters, contract review and day-to-day compliance.

Reporting line: directly to the General Legal & Compliance Counsel. The role offers a high degree of autonomy in routine matters, direct contact with the group companies’ clients and subcontractors, and close collaboration with the General Counsel on complex matters.

Why Andea

• Andea provides hands-on management and mentorship by people who have been in the industry for over 20 years and have worked at companies like SpaceX.
• Andea is the leading solution implementer of Apriso, considered as best-in-class MES (as stated by Gartner).
• Andea is growing steadily while holding onto and cherishing its small company ideals.
• Andea offers multiple career paths and opportunities tailored to each employee.
• Andea prides itself on its onboarding process and continuous education options.

Some of your daily tasks will include

Corporate law and the National Court Register (KRS)

• Drafting resolutions of management boards, shareholders’ meetings and supervisory boards, together with minutes and attendance lists.
• Organising and running shareholders’ meetings, including annual general meetings approving financial statements.
• Filing applications with the National Court Register (KRS) via the Court Registers Portal (PRS), including changes to the composition of corporate bodies, articles of association, share capital and commercial proxies (prokura).
• Filing financial statements with the Financial Statements Repository (RDF) and submitting notifications to the Central Register of Beneficial Owners (CRBR).
• Maintaining corporate books and registers, including the share register and the register of powers of attorney.
• Supporting transactions and changes to the group structure (capital increases, share disposals, due diligence).

Contracts

• Reviewing, drafting and negotiating contracts in Polish and English: NDAs, MSAs, SaaS and licence agreements, DPAs, and agreements with suppliers and subcontractors.
• Preparing redlines with comments for the business and counterparties.
• Maintaining contract templates and a database of negotiation positions.

Compliance

• Ongoing GDPR support: records of processing activities, data processing agreements, sub-processor oversight and responding to enquiries.
• Developing and updating internal policies and delivering employee training.
• Managing the internal whistleblowing procedure and monitoring regulatory changes.
• Supporting export control and sanctions compliance for contracts with defence-sector clients.

You won’t be working on your own - you will work hand in hand with an experienced in-house counsel and have a real influence on how the legal function is organised.

What you will bring along

• Master’s degree in Law.
• At least 5 years of experience in corporate legal services, gained in an in-house legal department or in the corporate practice of a law firm serving corporate clients.
• Experience in reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts, including with foreign counterparties.
• Experience in compliance, in particular GDPR and internal policies.
• Practical knowledge of the Polish Commercial Companies Code and the ability to draft corporate resolutions independently.
• Independent handling of KRS filings via PRS, RDF filings and CRBR notifications.
• English at C1 level or higher, including legal English: drafting and negotiating contracts and day-to-day communication with teams in the USA, Germany and Japan.
• Accuracy, independence and the ability to prioritise across multiple parallel matters.

Nice to have

• Qualification as a Polish attorney-at-law (radca prawny) or advocate (adwokat), or traineeship in progress.
• Experience in the IT/SaaS sector, including licensing and intellectual property agreements.
• Knowledge of EU technology regulations: the AI Act, NIS2 and the Data Act.
• Basic knowledge of employment law, including the new pay transparency obligations.
• Experience in M&A transactions or due diligence.

What you’ll get in return

• PLN 22,000-30,000 net (+VAT) per month on a B2B contract, depending on experience and professional qualifications.
• Work in an international technology group, on matters across 5 jurisdictions.
• Work model: Hybrid.
• Support for professional development.

Grow with us

• You’ll begin your journey with Andea with an onboarding process designed to bring you into the day-to-day work of our legal team.
• You will be encouraged to proactively seek learning opportunities relevant to your daily work, and we’ll cover the associated costs.
• We’re also big on internal knowledge sharing. We support and encourage our employees to gather more experience and climb the career ladder at the speed and direction right for them.

Now, we need the right people to help us achieve this - people like you.