Legal Counsel
$70,000–$100,000 year
On-siteAmsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands
Job Summary
Draft, review, and negotiate contracts across the full lifecycle while acting as a trusted advisor on commercial legal matters. Handle corporate housekeeping, including board and shareholder resolutions, and support corporate optimisation projects and entity set-up. Advise on complex topics covering privacy, IP, and AI, and help the department adopt AI tools with defined guardrails. Assess the legal impact of new products and markets, track upcoming legislation, and represent Legal across the organisation to build legal risk awareness. Partner with Compliance, Risk, Finance, and Business Development to keep cross-functional projects efficient and aligned.
Required Qualifications
- Law degree from the EU, UK or US
- 3 to 5 years of work experience since graduating, gained in private practice and/or in a legal function at a regulated financial services firm
- Proven contract experience: drafting from scratch, commercial negotiation, and managing business and counterparty expectations
- Experience with corporate housekeeping, including board and shareholder resolutions and meetings
- Affinity with entity set-up across jurisdictions, corporate restructuring and (tax) optimisation projects
Desired Qualifications
- Experience advising financial services clients is a strong plus
- Curiosity about emerging topics such as artificial intelligence, both as a legal subject and as a way of working
- Comfortable using AI tools in day-to-day legal work, and keen to help the department get more out of them
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