Junior Legal Counsel

About Marktlink

Marktlink is a committed international M&A specialist with an independent, discrete, and no-nonsense approach. Together with our labels Marktlink Exit-Ready and Marktlink Transaction Services we support entrepreneurs by preparing their business for sale and guide them throughout the entire sales or acquisition process. Our label Marktlink Capital offers entrepreneurs the opportunity to invest in strong private equity and venture capital funds.

Since our start in 1996, entrepreneurs have been our driving force. With a profound market knowledge and a personal approach, we advised many transactions and in doing so we influenced the lives of many.

Junior Legal Counsel

Your goal

For our Corporate Legal team in Amsterdam, we are looking for a Junior Legal Counsel to support a wide range of legal and compliance tasks. Are you looking for a position to help build the Legal department in an organization where growth and expansion are the norm? Would you like to gain practical knowledge to enhance your development? Are you analytical and enjoy variety in your work? Then we are looking for you!

This position at Marktlink offers a unique opportunity to gain experience across various legal fields. As a Junior Legal Counsel, you will take on a supportive and administrative role as well as an independent role, where you will be involved in a variety of tasks and projects related to the day-to-day operations, the expansion in the European market, general compliance and KYC, policies, and corporate housekeeping.

Your responsibilities

• Supporting the legal counsel with day-to-day operations, communications and research.
• Developing various policies regarding legal processes and compliance.
• Working on the expansion of the company in various European countries.
• Handling pre-litigation work, such as notices of default.
• Negotiating and reviewing contracts including general terms & conditions.
• Performing compliance checks, handling KYC-requests.
• Building and expanding the legal know-how database
• Participating in various legal projects, aligned with your interests across various departments of the company such as HR, Marketing, Finance, IT & Facility.

Your profile

• A degree in law from a university of applied sciences (HBO) or academic (WO) level.
• 0-2 years of relevant work experience.
• Knowledge of and an interest in corporate law & contractual law is required. Knowledge of Labor law, IP and/or Privacy is considered a bonus.
• Excellent command of Dutch and English, both spoken and written. More languages are preferable
• Enthusiastic, analytical and detail oriented.
• You thrive in a dynamic organization and are proactive, hardworking and flexible.

Why us?

• Opportunity to shape the future of a leading European M&A firm;
• Unlimited holidays — work hard, play hard, with a unique blend of freedom and responsibility;
• Competitive salary and annual bonus;
• HP laptop and iPhone;
• Responsibility from day one, with flexible working hours and entrepreneurial colleagues;
• Tailor-made training and personal development — because growth never stops;
• Annual paid ski trip and the Marktlink Gala.

A positive result of the pre-employment screening is a necessary condition for offering an employment contract.