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Medior Legal Counsel

Posted 1 Jul 2025
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Work experience
3 to 8 years
Full-time / part-time
Full-time
Job function
Salary
€78,000 - €90,000 per year
Degree level
Required languages
English (Fluent)
Dutch (Fluent)

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To Make Life Easy for our users, we want to build a bank with a legal team that our users can rely on. Your challenge on this mission is to increase efficiency of providing answers to users' request, while supporting bunq by building and optimizing our legal policies and processes in accordance with regulatory developments in our core countries.

Take ownership

As our Medior Legal Counsel, you will be taking ownership of:

  • Stay updated on upcoming regulations and apply them to the users’ benefit
  • Improving the efficiency of providing employees with answers to user facing questions (by implementing AI)
  • Providing legal reviews and advice to other bunqers on different contracts and partnerships πŸ“‘
  • Maintaining internal policies and guidelines on different subject matters, and ensuring bunq stays compliant with local laws and regulations πŸ‘“

This challenge is perfect for you if

  • You bring proven skills in handling legal claims and disputes – including litigation and regulatory procedures.
  • You have deep knowledge of the Dutch legal system & financial regulation – especially in relation to regulators such as DNB and AFM.
  • You are fluent in Dutch (native or near-native level) – to communicate effectively in legal proceedings.

  • You present out-of-the-box solutions, and can take on an advisory role
  • You can put the users first, and take that approach along with an innovative mindset πŸ–‡οΈ
  • You are in the financial sector for a while now (Knowledge of fintech services and Kifid is a big plus ⭐️)
  • You hold a masters degree in law

Your space to perform

We give you the space and the tools you need to succeed πŸ’ͺ🏼

  • A competitive gross salary between €78,000 - €90,000 per annum
  • 🀟 Great, international colleagues who share your mindset
  • 🎯 Bonus based on the impact you make
  • πŸ‘©β€πŸ’» Hybrid setup: after 3 months in-office, work 2 days remote, 3 days in-office weekly.
  • 🧳 Digital Nomad program: work remotely 1 week per quarter after 1 year and 3 weeks per quarter after 2 years
  • πŸ“š We support growth with bunq Academy and €1500 annual learning budget
  • 🚴 A massive discount with OneFit for your wellbeing (in the Netherlands)
  • 🚌 Travel expenses are covered whether you come walking or by bike, bus or car (though we prefer green choices 🌳)
  • πŸ’» A MacBook so you can Get Shit Done with us
  • πŸ₯¦ Delicious lunches from our fabulous in-house chefs with vegan and vegetarian options
  • πŸ’° An optional pension plan with monthly contribution from bunq
  • πŸ’Έ Monthly contribution to your phone and internet bills
  • 🍻 Friday drinks and other celebrations - bunq style

You've heard it long and wide: innovation in the financial industry. While others have been talking about it, a core team of highly skilled enthusiasts is actually doing something about it. With the best of tech, law, finance and marketing - all with the highest possible brain power - we’ve become a breeding ground for dynamic, independent go-getters that rather do than talk. Attitude is everything: if we set our mind to it, it happens.

IT
Amsterdam
Active in 44 countries
220 employees
60% men - 40% women
Average age is 28 years