Careers

Work That Matters. From Day One.

We work with founders, investors, and fast-growing companies at the edge of what’s possible. If that’s the kind of work you’re looking for, you’re in the right place.

WHY SEASON5

We advise the companies that change markets.
We’re looking for people who find that just as interesting as we do. At season5, you’ll work with a team that combines legal depth with a genuine understanding of our clients’ businesses without the hierarchies that get in the way.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Real responsibility from day one
At season5, you won’t spend years waiting for your first real client contact. You’ll work on transactions that matter from the start and you’ll be asked not just for the fine print, but for your take on the whole picture. Everyone here is expected to think along.

Clients who are changing the world
Our clients come from the new economy: founders building their companies, investors backing the next big thing, scale-ups entering international markets. That means no repetitive routine and legal work you’ll still find interesting five years from now.

International by nature
Cross-border transactions aren’t the exception at season5: they’re the norm. You’ll work in German and English, alongside a team with international backgrounds, for clients whose deals don’t stop at borders.

WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR

Early careers
You’ve just passed your state exam or you’re about to and you want to work on complex matters right away rather than work your way up through standard tasks? You’ll find that here. We give you real structure without unnecessary formality.

Experienced lawyers
You’ve got a few years under your belt and you’re looking for a place where your experience is actually put to use – not just listed on a profile? At season5, you’ll work as a peer, on mandates where your judgment matters.

Research associate positions
Want to understand how VC work actually operates during your clerkship or alongside your studies? We offer stations and research associate positions that go beyond the seminar room.

HOW IT WORKS

No cover letter. No mystery about what happens next.

  • Send us your CV, your transcripts, and a few lines about when you could start.
  • We’ll get back to you within a week.
  • If your profile catches our attention, we’ll meet for a first conversation: video works fine.
  • The second step is meeting the team in person. That’s usually all it takes.

One more thing: we’re on a first-name basis from the start.

POSITIONS

Don’t see the right role? Send us a note anyway. We read every speculative application — and if we’re convinced, we’ll find a way.

GET IN TOUCH

antonia.volhard@season5.law

+49 157 71419137

contact@season5.law

+49 151 40187618

katharina.erbe@season5.law

+49 151 15245089

Katharina Erbe

Katharina advises founders, investors and companies on corporate law — across venture capital financings, M&A transactions and the structural questions that arise at every stage of a company's life, from first round to exit.
With over eleven years of experience on every side of the table — founder-side, investor-side, buy-side, sell-side — she brings something that can't be shortcut: the judgment that comes from seeing how deals actually play out, not just how they read on paper.

Her specialty is the work that looks routine until it isn't. The leaver clause nobody thought would matter. The housekeeping item that surfaces in due diligence. The GP departure that doesn't fit any template. These are the moments Katharina is regularly brought in for — and the ones she navigates best.

Focus areas: Corporate · Venture Capital · M&A · Founder & Investor Counsel · Fund-Level Exits · GP Departures · Leaver Cases · ESOP / VSOP · Corporate Housekeeping

→ Full profile: Katharina Erbe

max.weber@season5.law

+49 157 59619912

Dr. Max Weber

Max advises founders, investors and companies at the intersection of corporate and tax law — across venture capital financings, M&A transactions and the structuring of investments and employee participation programmes.
Dually qualified as a Rechtsanwalt and Steuerberater, he brings something still rare in the market: the instincts of a transactional lawyer combined with the technical depth of a tax advisor. One person. Both lenses. From first round to exit.

Focus areas: Corporate · Venture Capital · M&A · Tax Structuring · ESOP / VSOP / PPRs · Cross-border Transactions · Founder & Investor Counsel

→ Full profile: Dr. Max Weber

antonia.volhard@season5.law

+49 157 71419137

Antonia Volhard

Antonia advises founders, investors and companies at the intersection of corporate and employment law -  two disciplines that rarely stay in their lanes, and at most firms, rarely talk to each other.
She started in venture capital financing before moving into employment law, where she found her specialty: the cases where the corporate file and the employment file turn out to be the same file. Co-founder exits. Senior hires with equity. Restructurings that change who owns what. These are the moments most firms handle by routing to two separate teams. Antonia handles them as one.

Focus areas: Corporate · Venture Capital · Employment Law · Co-founder Leaver Events · Corporate Housekeeping · Restructuring · Founder & Investor Counsel

→ Full profile: Antonia Volhard

luisa.roedemer@season5.law

+49 151 40187618

Dr. Luisa Rödemer

Luisa advises startups, scale-ups and international companies on employment law — with a focus on the intersections that matter most: cross-border expansions, complex restructurings, participation structures and the grey zone between employment, corporate and social security law.
Her clients range from early-stage founders figuring out their first hires and contracts for managing directors and co-founders to listed companies restructuring across multiple jurisdictions. Her specialty is the space where a clean legal answer isn't enough and where employment law, corporate law and tax have to work together.

Focus areas: Employment Law · Cross-border Expansion · Restructuring · ESOP / VSOP / Genussrechte · Shareholder-Managing Directors · C-Level Advisory

→ Full profile: Dr. Luisa Rödemer

info@season5.law

+49 30 123 456 789

Henry

Meet Henry, our Italian water dog and the emotional center of gravity at season5. He doesn't bark - that would be far too ordinary. Instead, he communicates through an elaborate repertoire of sounds that sits somewhere between conversation, opera and gentle complaint, deployed with perfect timing and complete conviction.
His greeting protocol is non-negotiable: whoever enters the office is welcomed as though returning from a long and harrowing journey. He will find a toy. He will bring it. He will make eye contact that says I thought about you every single day. Whether you've been gone for three weeks or twelve minutes is entirely irrelevant.
The petting, he considers a professional matter. The singing, a public service.

Focus areas: Arrival Ceremonies · Emotional Support · Ambient Joy · Morale Infrastructure