Role: Legal Counsel
Location: Amsterdam
Salary: Competitive and candidate dependent
Reporting To: General Counsel, Amsterdam
A leading online stock brokerage, situated in the heart of Amsterdam is seeking an experienced legal counsel to assist in the business's growth across Europe. You will play a vital role in communicating with local authorities, whilst actively educating the business on all regulatory obligations that may impact the business.
The Role:
- Strategic Guidance: Support all departments on relevant legal and regulatory issues by conducting research, analysing challenges, and formulating advice on local regulations.
- Regulatory Interactions: Ensure compliance with AFM and other regulatory bodies, and manage relationships with regulators and supervisors.
- Risk Management: Identify and anticipate key regulatory obligations and risks, ensuring they are addressed in a practical and scalable manner.
- Policy Development: Convert identified obligations into relevant policies and procedures to be communicated and implemented across the global organisation.
- Regulatory Representation: Represent the regulatory perspective across various work streams and products to develop regulatory strategies that align with global objectives and ensure controlled and compliant growth.
- Training Development: Create training courses to ensure adherence to legal standards.
The Candidate:
- Experience: 4+ years as a corporate lawyer or in the financial sector.
- Skills:
- Strong analytical skills: Ability to view problems from multiple angles.
- Ability to work independently and set priorities easily.
- Proactive mindset: Always looking for ways to improve things.
- Good communication skills: Easily connect with colleagues and stakeholders.
- Interest: Affinity with and interest in the financial sector, particularly Capital Markets.
