(Senior) Legal Counsel (m/f/d) Legal M&A / Transformation

Thanks to #FutureFresenius, we are simpler, more focused and stronger today. With the start of the 2025 financial year, we have entered the next phase of #FutureFresenius with momentum: Rejuvenate. This phase is characterized by 3 key areas that will accompany us in the coming years: Upgrade Core, Scale Platforms, Elevate Performance.

In the Legal M&A / Transformation team, we support the transformation process of Fresenius in close cooperation with the Corporate Development department and in direct connection with the General Counsel. This offers transaction experts (m/f/d) great development opportunities in a capital market-oriented environment at Fresenius. Now is the perfect time for you to join a young, ambitious and growing team of legal M&A professionals.

Due to the successful work on transactions to implement #FutureFresenius and the market positioning in the recent past, the Legal M&A/Transformation team was honored with the JUVE Award "In-house Team of the Year for M&A" in 2024. In addition, Fresenius has been listed as one of ten AZUR Top Employers in the Corporate Legal Department category since 2025.

Would you like to actively support and help shape the transformation of Fresenius, a global healthcare group? Then we can offer you an exciting perspective in the Legal M&A/Transformation department.

Your tasks

• You will advise Fresenius and the business units belonging to the global Fresenius portfolio on transformation and portfolio management in the context of #FutureFresenius; in particular on the acquisition and sale of companies and parts of companies, joint ventures, venture capital investments and (structural) measures under company law.

• You are the direct contact person for the extended management on all project-related issues.

• You will be responsible for managing the legal workstream in the project and transaction process (including legal structuring, due diligence, drafting contracts and corporate documentation, preparing for signing and closing) and managing the external legal advisors.

• You will work closely with the Fresenius Corporate Development team and other Fresenius Corporate and Segment functions such as Investor Relations, Strategic Finance and Tax throughout the project, acting as a true business partner at eye level with clear opinions and precise recommendations on all issues discussed in the project team.

• You are (co-)responsible for leading negotiations with Fresenius' business partners.

Your profile

• State examination in law with well above average grades

• Professional experience in legal advice and the management of M&A projects or corporate law structural measures in an international commercial law firm or an industrial company

• Strong interest in interdisciplinary and cross-border project work

• Pragmatic, creative in dealing with legal issues and presenting them to management

• Risk-based decision-making skills, taking into account the economic framework conditions and objectives

• A high degree of personal responsibility, teamwork and communication skills

• Business fluent in German and English