Associate General Counsel, Numa
Short-term rentals provider
Be an early applicant
Short-term rentals provider
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To create stays that are unashamedly original, and that match how people feel when they travel.
Role
Who you are
- Fully qualified German lawyer, Wirtschaftsjurist, or equivalent legal qualification from another European or UK jurisdiction, or an LL.M
- At least 2 years of relevant professional experience, gained in private practice or in-house
- Experience in commercial real estate law, in particular lease agreements (ideally in a hospitality context)
- Solid experience working with commercial leases in at least one core jurisdiction (preferably Germany, the UK, or Spain)
- Structured, hands-on, and able to manage high-volume workflows in a fast-paced environment
- Strong communication skills and a business-oriented mindset
- Interest in process improvement, legal tech, and AI
- Fluent in English and German or another European language; additional European languages are a plus
What the job involves
- We are looking for a sharp, business-minded lawyer to join our in-house legal team.
- You will take ownership of a lease portfolio across multiple European jurisdictions, acting as a trusted legal partner to our operations, finance, and asset management teams.
- This is a hands-on role that combines deep legal expertise with a genuine appetite for process improvement and legal tech
- Own the end-to-end post-signing management of lease agreements across your portfolio
- Monitor and ensure compliance with all contractual obligations, deadlines, and rights (e.g. rent adjustments, options, guarantees)
- Lead the negotiation and drafting of lease-related agreements (e.g. amendments, subleases, side agreements)
- Translate contractual provisions into practical operational guidance and ensure proper implementation
- Oversee key commercial aspects such as deposits, guarantees, and landlord/tenant obligations
- Act as the primary legal contact for General Managers, Operations, Asset Management, and Finance
- Provide pragmatic, business-oriented advice on real estate and lease-related matters
- Support day-to-day legal requests (tickets, ad-hoc issues)
- Ensure regulatory compliance of properties and operations, including:
- Local regulatory requirements across jurisdictions
- Monitor compliance and coordinate with internal teams and external advisors
- Manage disputes and litigation across your portfolio
- Instruct and coordinate external counsel and ensure efficient, business-oriented handling
- Process Optimization, Legal Tech & AI
- Develop and implement guidelines, playbooks, and standardised processes to ensure consistent and scalable handling of legal matters
- Contribute to building a centralised legal knowledge base and documentation standards
- Drive efficiency and scalability across high-volume legal workflows
- Support and implement legal tech and AI solutions, in particular:
- Automation of contract and obligation tracking across the portfolio
- Streamlining internal workflows and ticket handling
- Contributing to the development of a data-driven legal infrastructure, including a centralised lease and asset management layer
Our take
While the short-term rentals market has exploded over the previous decade, led by AirBnb, no startup has managed to guarantee quality for consumers while delivering revenue to hotels and hosts alike. NUMA aims to fill that gap.
The company differentiates itself in the eyes of consumers, from competitors like Sonder, by including properties at all price points, as well as appealing to third-party hoteliers with its own tech stack solution for a percentage of revenue.
With its initial expansion hopes hindered by the pandemic, the company is now back to its focus on scaling across Europe. By growing its number of units, NUMA will be able to better serve ‘midstay’ customers who seek to stay for one month or longer in different cities, as well as catering to the new nomadic workforce.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
64% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Sep 2023
$59m
SERIES C
Feb 2022
$45m
LATE VC
Total funding: $133.4m
Company benefits
- Geographic flexibility
- Remote options & flexible hours
- Work from home equipment
- Agile work environment with flat hierarchies
- Team events and retreats
- We want you to understand our product so upon your start, you’ll get to spend a night at your nearest numa stay!
Company HQ
Government District, Berlin, Germany
Leadership
Inga Svinhufvud Laudiero
(Board Member & Co-Founder)After 9 years at Morgan Stanley in London, they embarked on a career change studying interior design at UAL, real estate at MIT, and co-founded a sustainable DTC fashion brand.
Dimitri Chandogin
(President & Co-Founder)12 years of experience in Real Estate, Private Equity & Investment Banking. Built the private equity investment arm for JSCF Sistema in Europe. Founder of DOC+, Russia's leading digital healthcare-science provider.
Christian Gaiser
(CEO & Co-Founder)Founder and former CEO of kaufDA, a leading drive to store platform, that was later named Bonial Group and sold to Axel Springer.
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