Commercial Legal Counsel

Our client is one of the leading technology providers for the ICT industry with offices and warehouses in 30 European countries, including 2 warehouses and 2 offices in the middle of the Netherlands. The company’s business is about hardware and software transactions, developing custom IT solutions and IoT applications and subscription-based cloud services for cybersecurity, IoT, virtualization, and AI. The internal culture can be best characterized by the young and dynamic spirit, and the innovative and purpose driven mentality. To strengthen our client’s Group Legal Department, we are recruiting a hands-on and pragmatic

Commercial Legal Counsel
affinity with legal operations, new technologies and AI

You provide legal support to regional and international management, and you are actively involved in further developing the Group Legal Department by developing and implementing processes and standards, incorporating new technologies and AI where possible. Also, you support local management and business operations in the Western Region, especially to the Netherlands and Belgium. Your focus is on mitigating risks. You resolve commercial legal challenges and translate them into simple solutions and easy-to-execute actions. Among other things, you are involved in reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts and managing disputes.

Profile

• Master of Laws and 6-8 years of working experience, gained at least partly in-house
• generalist, experienced in drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts
• commercial mindset and a hands-on and systematic approach, able to find pragmatic solutions
• able to work independent and structured, especially with the use of new technologies
• strong in building relationships, excellent communication skills and fluent in Dutch and English

Proposition

• broad and challenging role with room to take on new and/or additional tasks
• at a successful and fast-growing, purpose driven company in the ICT industry
• directly linked to the Deputy General Counsel
• a young, dynamic/versatile, informal and international working environment
• part-time and hybrid working arrangements, including workation

Nienke Fokma
Consultant Executive Search en Evaluatie
nfokma@legalpeople.nl
020-6125522