Legal Expert General Legal Affairs
Are you a Legal Expert looking to make a meaningful impact in the realm of General Legal Affairs? Our client is seeking a proactive individual with a Belgian Master's degree in law and at least 3 years of experience in private practice or financial services. As part of the team, you'll have the opportunity to provide strategic legal advice, handle regulatory interactions, and collaborate with internal stakeholders. Fluent in English, Dutch, and French? This role offers personal growth, a dynamic work environment, and the chance to work with innovative colleagues in an international setting. Join us and be part of a team that values creativity, collaboration, and professional development. Apply now!
Description
We are currently looking for an enthusiastic member to join one of our client's legal teams: General Legal Affairs. In your role as a legal expert, you will be expected to:- Identify and manage legal risks within your area of expertise, providing practical, meaningful, and timely legal advice, ensuring compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and policies;
- Act as a key legal partner for your main internal clients (e.g., business delivery, accounts, digital sales and adoption, pricing, KYC, customer experience, and value proposition). Provide business-focused and risk-based legal advice, assist with regulatory interactions, handle legal claims (with the help of external advisors), draft contracts, terms and conditions, validate customer journeys and marketing materials, etc.;
- Work closely with other legal colleagues in Belgium and abroad, as well as with compliance, risk management, regulatory teams, and supported businesses;
- Closely monitor regulatory developments in your area of expertise, actively participate in industry discussions, and proactively provide in-depth, relevant, and up-to-date information on upcoming regulatory changes to your legal colleagues and business lines.
Your profile
- You have a Belgian master degree in law and at least 3 years relevant experience gained in private practice, a bank or relevant financial services organisation with proven track record in excellent legal support and ability to proactively identify and manage legal risk, while being a true business partner;
- You have acquired a deep understanding, sound legal reflexes and a keen interest in relevant areas of economic and financial law, such as accounts (payment accounts, saving accounts, basic bank service, term accounts, invest accounts, sleeping accounts, etc), payment services, publicity and marketing regulation in the financial sector, digitalisation journeys, pricing requirements, regulatory reporting requirements and deposit guarantee, B2C and B2B economic law requirements (incl. consumer protection & market practices), anti-money laundering, etc.
- You are a trusted business partner and legal gatekeeper, capable of thinking proactively along in terms of flexible legal solutions, feasible from a commercial and organisational perspective;
- You have strong analytical skills and the ability to deliver high quality, to the point work in easily understandable language;
- You are a true team player, but also capable to work autonomously;
- You are flexible, stress resistant and available to support demanding business partners with sound and business driven legal solutions in a fast-changing environment;
- You are fluent in English, Dutch and French (written and spoken)
Offer
- Monthly salary indication: € 5501 - € 7500
- Personal growth & challenging work with endless opportunities to realise your ambitions;
- An informal, dynamic environment with innovative colleagues supporting your endeavours, where new ideas are valued ahead of convention;
- Work closely with inspiring, supportive and engaged colleagues and stakeholders in an international environment;
- A learning and development environment with an emphasis on knowledge sharing and training.