HSO Group - Senior Legal Counsel

• A strategic role with autonomy, ownership and real business impact
• Being part of the business where you influence commercial and strategic decisions

As Senior Legal Counsel, you operate at the core of HSO’s business and serve as the primary legal advisor across the HSO Group. With strong commercial awareness and negotiation skills, you play a key role in shaping deals, safeguarding our contractual position and ensuring risks are surface early. You ensure that our commercial agreements are clear, future-proof and legally robust. You will professionalize and elevate our legal function: defining contract standards, setting up processes and shaping advisory structures. Where needed, you engage external legal experts, but you remain in control.

This role places you in the middle of complex, high value IT contracts and strategic commercial discussions. You act as a true business partner at senior level, setting direction, bringing structure and building a legal foundation that directly contributes to HSO’s long-term success.

About HSO

As a Microsoft Inner Circle partner and internationally operating organisation, HSO gives you access to best practices, certifications, and a worldwide network of experts. With more than 2,200 talented colleagues across Europe, Asia, and North America, we support clients in the industrial, retail, financial, professional services, and public sectors at both local and international levels. We develop industry specific solutions using Microsoft’s latest Cloud and AI technologies.

You will work for both HSO Netherlands and HSO International. HSO International was established to ensure consistency and quality in the design and delivery of international projects. This team consists of worldwide Microsoft platform experts dedicated to multinational implementations. You will report directly to the Finance Director and work closely with our Sales organisation.

Your impact

• Draft, review and negotiate complex commercial contracts;
• Advise on licensing, SaaS agreements, data & privacy, security clauses and compliance matters;
• Translate legal risks into clear, actionable guidance for the business;
• Contribute to commercial strategy, tenders and innovation initiatives;
• Lead the development of legal processes, templates and contracting standards.

What you bring

• A university-level legal education (LLM or equivalent);
• At least 8 years of experience as an Attorney, Legal Counsel or In‑house Legal Counsel;
• Proven affinity with IT contracts, licensing structures, and technology-driven legal frameworks;
• Strong commercial mindset and the ability to negotiate commercial agreements with precision and pragmatism;
• Experience with international project services contracting across multiple jurisdictions;
• Understanding of regulatory requirements relevant to the IT environment;
• Ability to translate complex risks into clear, practical advice;
• Excellent command of both Dutch and English, spoken and written.

What we offer

At HSO, you step into a strategic role with long-term growth, international exposure and the opportunity to shape your legal landscape. Alongside a competitive salary and performance-based bonus, we offer:

• A flexible workplace: choose Rotterdam, Veenendaal, Amsterdam, or remote;
• Mobility allowance: lease a car or convert the amount into salary, plus 100% reimbursement of public transport costs;
• Option to participate in our bicycle lease plan;
• €65 net monthly vitality budget, we value a healthy and safe working environment, both on-site and remote;
• A full onboarding program starting on day one, plus a personal training budget to support your professional development, and access to GoodHabitz online learning;
• 25 vacation days + option to purchase 10 additional days;
• Daily catered lunch, company events, sports activities, and weekly social gatherings to strengthen our shared journey.