Legal Counsel

About Insify

The legal infrastructure behind insurance is as broken as the products themselves. Regulations written for a different era, compliance frameworks that slow companies down instead of protecting them, and legal teams that show up at the end to say no instead of at the beginning to say here's how.

We're doing it differently.

Insify is a high-growth scale-up backed by €43M in total funding from investors including Accel, Munich Re Ventures, and Nico Rosberg, with a mission to become the European leader in AI-powered SME insurance.

Its culture is intense, high-stakes, and mission-driven, with a focus on hiring smart, ambitious owners who thrive on challenges, value intellectual honesty, and share the mindset of becoming a global category leader.

The founding team consists of experienced entrepreneurs who have previously built businesses such as HelloFresh, Bloomon, and SumUp, bringing a bias for speed, scale, and high standards to financial services. Together, they combine deep fintech and e-commerce expertise with cutting-edge AI to stay ahead of the curve.

About the role

Insify is looking for a Legal Counsel who wants to be a builder, not a gatekeeper.

This is not a role focused on reviewing contracts at the end of a process. You will be embedded in the business, working alongside Product, Growth, and Commercial from the start, shaping how Insify launches new products, enters new markets, and scales its legal and compliance infrastructure across Europe. You will own GDPR, navigate the regulatory complexity of a multi-jurisdiction insurtech, and turn legal risk into a competitive advantage rather than a reason to slow down.

As Insify expands into new European markets, you will help lay the legal groundwork that makes each new country faster to enter than the last. The work is varied, the stakes are real, and the impact is immediate.

What you’ll be doing:

• Be the trusted legal voice across the business, advising on Dutch and EU commercial and regulatory law, building the legal posture from the ground up, and making sure the business moves fast without moving blind
• Stay ahead of legal and regulatory developments across the Netherlands, France, and future markets, and turn complex regulatory shifts into clear, strategic guidance the business can act on
• Own international expansion from a legal perspective, helping navigate the groundwork that makes each new European market faster and smarter to enter than the last
• Partner with Product, Growth, and Commercial to launch new offerings, campaigns, and partnerships, bringing legal thinking into the room early rather than as a final hurdle
• Build and scale compliance infrastructure so it grows with the company: practical, embedded, and designed for a business moving fast across multiple jurisdictions
• Own GDPR and the broader privacy framework, working cross-functionally to keep policies fit for purpose and genuinely embedded in how the company builds

This role is a strong fit if you:

You are a lawyer who has done legal advice at a law firm and now wants to actually build something. You've seen how legal work gets done from the outside and you're ready to own it from the inside. Specifically, this role is for you if you want to:

• Move from advising businesses to being part of one, with real skin in the game and decisions that stick
• Join a disruptor taking on one of the most structurally broken industries in Europe
• Be at the forefront of AI adoption in a regulated industry, where the legal questions are genuinely new and interesting
• Shape multi-country expansion from the ground floor, not just reviewing contracts, but helping determine how new markets are entered
• Work in a team that moves fast and expects legal to keep up, not slow things things down

You’ll also need:

• A strong legal background in Dutch law, gained through education, in-house, or law firm experience; EU law is a significant advantage
• 3+ years of market experience working in the Netherlands
• Relevant industry exposure in financial services, insurance, or tech, though sharp generalists who learn fast are also welcome
• Fluency in Dutch and English; any other European language is a plus
• The ability to communicate clearly and confidently with senior stakeholders, with a point of view, not just a list of options
• Comfort with ambiguity, competing priorities, and driving multiple complex initiatives without losing the thread

This role is not for you if:

• You prefer reviewing work at the end of the process rather than shaping it from the start
• You need stable priorities and fully defined scope to perform well
• You're looking for a role where the legal team is a separate function the business works around
• You expect a long runway before taking real ownership

We offer

• The chance to do some of the most interesting legal work in European insurtech, alongside a team of sharp, ambitious people from diverse backgrounds across fintech, e-commerce, insurance, consulting, and beyond
• Competitive compensation that reflects responsibility and impact
• Insify Pension Plan with 6% employer contribution
• Travel reimbursement for your commute
• Hybrid working, with up to 2 days from home per week
• 25 holiday days per year, plus Christmas Eve when it falls on a weekday
• Remote work up to 4 weeks per year
• €50 monthly Alleo budget for whatever you like
• Monthly team drinks, quarterly offsites, lunch and learns, and a collaborative team environment
• MacBook provided
• Real room to grow, with in-house leadership programmes and coaching as the company scales