ReOrbit is looking for an experienced Legal Counsel to join our growing team in Helsinki. As our Legal Counsel you will be responsible for overseeing all legal, regulatory, and compliance matters across ReOrbit’s global operations covering corporate, commercial, intellectual property, and employment law.

This role is central to ensuring the company’s activities comply with applicable laws while supporting strategic business goals. The Legal Counsel will act as a trusted advisor to management, HR, and other departments, providing pragmatic and solution-oriented legal guidance in a fast-paced, international environment.

It's an exciting chance to join a dynamic start-up, with the opportunity to make a real impact, to reach our goal of pushing the boundaries of space data transfer. 

Responsibilities

Corporate & Commercial Law

• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements including customer, supplier, service, JV, partnership, and confidentiality agreements.
  
• Support corporate governance, board documentation, and subsidiary management.
  
• Provide legal input on strategic transactions, fundraising, and M&A activities.
  

HR, Employment & People Matters

• Partner with HR / People team to ensure compliance with Finnish and international labour laws.
• Review, and maintain employment agreements, contractor agreements, and HR-related policies (code of conduct, confidentiality, etc.).
• Ensure compliance with GDPR in employee data handling and privacy practices.
• Advise on employee relations issues, performance management, terminations, and disciplinary cases.
• Advise on cross-border employment, secondments, and immigration matters.

Regulatory & Compliance

• Ensure compliance with corporate, space, export control, and data protection regulations.
• Maintain company compliance frameworks, including ethics, anti-bribery, and whistleblowing policies.
• Monitor legal and regulatory developments relevant to the business and advise management accordingly.

Intellectual Property & Technology

• Safeguard company IP assets in collaboration with technical teams and external IP counsel.
• Review licensing, technology transfer, and R&D collaboration agreements.
• Ensure proper IP ownership and confidentiality in employee and subcontractor arrangements.

Risk Management & Governance

• Identify, assess, and mitigate legal and contractual risks.
• Develop internal processes for document retention, contract management, and compliance reporting.
• Support internal investigations and audits when required.

External Counsel & Stakeholder Management

• Manage and coordinate work with external law firms and advisors across jurisdictions.
• Support investor, board, and governmental interactions from a legal and compliance perspective.

Skills and Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Law (LL.M. or equivalent).
  
• Bar qualification in Finland or another EU jurisdiction preferred.
  
• Minimum 7 years’ experience post-qualification, ideally from a mix of law firm and in-house roles.
  
• Strong knowledge of commercial, corporate, and employment law.
  
• Experience with cross-border operations, contracts, and technology/IP-related matters.
  
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and drafting skills.
  
• High integrity, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple priorities independently.
  
• Fluency in English required; Finnish language is an advantage.

What does ReOrbit do?

ReOrbit builds the foundation for the next generation of space applications by transforming satellites into truly intelligent, interconnected platforms, defined by software. Our satellite design philosophy revolves around the idea that satellites must network, communicate with each other and thus improve mission efficiency. How can this be achieved? Thanks to a flexible software-first architecture, where all these aspects are dealt with upfront in the mission concept, as integrated functionalities.

ReOrbit’s top-notch team of software engineers and system architects develop in-house software, procure hardware from the best-in-class suppliers, and seamlessly integrate the components to create flexible and secure satellites. Today, we are a rapidly growing company building a very strong multidisciplinary team to support our activities. We are headquartered in Helsinki, Finland with a subsidiary in Bariloche, Argentina.

Working at ReOrbit

At ReOrbit, we are focused on building a strong team as we believe nothing can be accomplished without innovative, humble and curious minds working together on a common goal. We’re all about fostering an inclusive, dynamic environment where equality and diversity are our strength. 

We offer

• Challenging but rewarding environment – you will thrive if you are always reflecting on how to make things better. Your ideas will be heard.
• Ambitious and supportive network of people, who are motivated to change the space industry, bringing expertise from both classic and new space .
• Benefits such as lunch vouchers, events, parties, occupational health care and additional health insurance - but most importantly a possibility to be a part of a unique and diverse team, connected by similar mindset and sense of humor. 
• We like to spend time together! You can choose activities whichever is to your liking – runOrbit, climbOrbit; become ping pong or board games champion.
• We support relocation and integration into Finnish society, find some experiences about relocation here

Please, submit your application as soon as possible - we are excited to hear from you and can’t wait to discover your unique skills and experiences.

For agencies: We do not accept unsolicited CVs for our open vacancies. Any CV sent to our team unsolicited will reserve us the right to pursue a candidate without obligation to the sender. All candidate submissions must be conducted through our official channels and in accordance with our terms of engagement.