Legal Counsel

About Heart Aerospace

Heart’s mission is to create the fastest, most affordable and sustainable mode of transport for regional travel. Our goal is to serve the market in every corner of the world.

Our first aircraft is the ES-19, a nineteen-passenger airliner with an operating range of 400 km. The ES-19 is a fully electric aircraft, and our goal is to have the aircraft certified for commercial operation by 2026.

Your place of work will be at our main office and hangar facility, located at Säve Airport in Gothenburg, Sweden, or at our office in Stockholm. At Heart you’ll be working at the cutting edge of technology while contributing towards a sustainable future. We offer stock options to all our employees and a challenging and inspiring work environment.

We seek experienced and skilled professionals to join our small, fast-moving team developing a new electric aircraft in Sweden. We’re in a very expansive phase and now is the time to join our team.

Come help us write a new chapter in the history of aviation together.

Role Overview

We are now looking for a skilled Legal Counsel to join the legal team at Heart!
You will be the second person to join the legal team and work in close collaboration with the General Counsel, with a broad scope of legal, compliance and strategic tasks. Your main responsibilities will be related to building up the capacity of the legal team, support in all types of commercial negotiations, help building and implementing the compliance program, and all sorts of corporate related actions. The legal team is supporting all different teams at Heart Aerospace where needed within a wide range of legal matters.

Your work will consist of, but is not limited to:

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Negotiating, reviewing, and drafting different kind of commercial agreements and consulting agreements in both English and Swedish

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Help building and implementing our compliance program, including GDPR and export control

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Support on equity investments and setting the financing strategy

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Support on Heart Aerospace’s management incentive programs

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IP related questions

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Managing and optimizing risks

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Template building and other structural work

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Handling disputes and litigations


The person we are looking for has a broad experience from different areas of legal and compliance assignments and is eager to learn and take on new challenges. You will get the chance to have a real impact on our success story and see the results of your work. As the legal team is still a small team, we value great self-discipline and a natural talent to make things happen.
You will report to the General Counsel.
Qualifications & Experience

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Degree of Master of Laws

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3-5 years of relevant experience from a reputable law firm and/or an industrial company

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You have previously worked with general corporate law and have extensive experience of reviewing and drafting commercial agreements.

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Experience from building and implementing compliance programs

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Knowledge about export control and GDPR

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Knowledge of M&A, joint ventures, equity and capital market and employment law matters is meritorious

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You are a business-oriented team player with good social skills

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Highly organized and result-driven

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Ability to understand priorities

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Exceptionally good negotiation and problem-solving skills

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Experience working in a start-up environment

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Passionate and purpose driven

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Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, Swedish is a plus

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Eagerness to work with others

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Passion for aircraft and Heart’s mission



At Heart Aerospace, we believe every career is as unique as the individual and empower employees to reach their full potential in a winning culture motivated by a powerful purpose. We are growing and there will be plenty of opportunities for development and taking on other responsibilities.

Heart is committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified candidates and employees pursuant to applicable law. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Working at Heart Aerospace is not just a career; it is a chance to directly make the world more accessible and sustainable.