Legal Counsel - Corporate M&A

About Us

Legora is redefining how legal work gets done. Not built for lawyers, built with them. We work alongside the world’s best legal teams, who expect excellence, precision, and speed, and we hold ourselves to the same bar.

Our AI-native workspace lets legal professionals move faster, think more clearly, and operate with sharper precision. By analysing thousands of documents in minutes and powering end-to-end workflows, we cut through complexity, teams can focus on what matters: judgment, strategy, and outcomes.

1,000+ customers across 50+ countries trust us, including Cleary Gottlieb, Goodwin, Linklaters, White & Case, Dentons, and Barclays. We’ve scaled to$100M+ in ARR , with teams across Europe, North America and APAC, and continue to expand through acquisitions including Qura, Walter AI and Graceview.

We partner with world-class performers: including Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees, Ludvig Åberg (and his caddie), and campaigns featuring Jude Law.

Joining Legora means three things.

• We lean in: ownership over titles, outcomes over intentions.

• We fight for excellence: high standards, direct, ego-free feedback.

• Wegrow together: as a team and with our customers.

Mission before ego. Everyone contributes. No one coasts.

If you’re driven by impact, pace, and raising the bar. This is the place.

The role

As a Corporate and M&A legal counsel in Legora’s Stockholm office, you will play a central role in supporting one of the fastest-growing legal technology companies globally. You will work closely with our leadership and corporate development teams, advising on a broad range of matters spanning mergers and acquisitions, corporate transactions, financing, and day-to-day corporate legal matters.

This role requires a high degree of independence and the ability to operate across multiple time zones, partnering closely with senior stakeholders to execute transactions and support corporate operations while managing complex legal and commercial risk. You will report to the General Counsel, based at our Stockholm headquarters.

Legora’s legal function is a forward-deployed, AI-first team working across multiple jurisdictions and legal disciplines. We act as trusted partners to the business, with particular focus on product development, operations, and commercial initiatives. Beyond strong legal judgment, we value curiosity, problem-solving, and a proactive mindset — looking for pragmatic solutions as we help redefine how legal work is done globally.

What you will be doing

• Act as a strategic legal partner to the business, working closely with senior stakeholders in Corporate Development, Finance, and Leadership on M&A transactions, investments, financings, and corporate restructurings.

• Draft, review, and negotiate transaction documents with a focus on closing deals efficiently and pragmatically.

• Manage end-to-end due diligence processes, coordinating across workstreams and jurisdictions to identify, assess, and advise on legal risks material to transactions.

• Advise on deal structuring, risk allocation, representations and warranties, indemnification frameworks, and post-closing mechanisms such as earn-outs and completion accounts.

• Handle the incorporation and establishment of new entities across relevant jurisdictions, including drafting constitutional documents, coordinating with local counsel, and managing filing requirements.

• Maintain and manage the company's corporate books and records, including board and shareholder resolutions, statutory registers, cap table management, and regulatory filings to ensure ongoing corporate compliance.

• Support corporate governance matters, including board resolutions, corporate housekeeping, and regulatory filings arising in connection with transactions and ongoing corporate activity.

• Develop and maintain templates, playbooks, and corporate governance frameworks to standardise processes and improve efficiency across transactions and corporate matters.

Who you are

• Law degree (LL.M. or equivalent) from Sweden, the UK, or an EU-jurisdiction, qualified to practice in that country.

• 6-10 years of experience at a top-tier law firm and/or as an in-house legal counsel.

• Proficiency in both spoken and written Swedish and English. Additional language skills are meritorious.

• Strong experience leading due diligence processes and drafting and negotiating transaction and financing documents across buy-side and sell-side mandates. You are an excellent negotiator with sound commercial instincts.

• Solid grounding in corporate law, including entity formation, corporate governance, and corporate recordkeeping across one or more relevant jurisdictions.

• Strong legal judgment and confidence in making decisions independently in a fast-moving transaction environment.

• Experience handling cross-border transactions and navigating multi-jurisdictional legal considerations is meritorious.

• Experience with regulatory matters, including competition law, foreign investment review, or financial regulation relevant to M&A and financing, is meritorious.

• Your focus is on achieving meaningful business outcomes, translating complex legal issues into clear, actionable advice delivered at pace.

• You thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, entrepreneurial environment and are comfortable managing multiple live transactions and corporate matters simultaneously across different time zones.

• You take initiative and are committed to delivering high-quality results, even under tight deal timelines.

• You are excited about the potential of technology to transform the legal industry. You have a keen interest in AI and legal tech, and are eager to learn and apply these tools to M&A and corporate workflows in real-world settings.

Legora is an Equal Opportunity Employer

At Legora, we believe great teams are built on diversity of thought and experience. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive, high-performance culture where everyone can do their best work. We welcome people of all backgrounds and don’t discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.