Legal Counsel Lead Belgium

il y a 5 heures


Gent, Belgique Fastned Temps plein

Become part of a fast-growing company that plays a fundamental role in shaping our future Together with more than 250 colleagues from +35 nationalities, we enable EV drivers around Europe to fast-charge their vehicle with renewable energy and lead the way in making mobility sustainable. Fastned is a fast growing, listed scaleup company and is currently active in 9 countries (head office in Amsterdam and offices in Belgium, Germany, the UK, France, Switzerland, Denmark, Spain and Italy).
- **️ Your role**

As legal counsel Belgium, you will be the legal lead and therefore responsible for and manage Fastned's legal affairs in Belgium. This is a very broad legal function and ranges from negotiating and drafting different sorts of contracts to advising on topics around real estate & property law, consumer law, competition law, employment law, and more corporate and finance related matters.

We would love working with a nice, self-motivated, proactive, entrepreneurial and mission-driven person. Working as legal counsel in Belgium is a great opportunity to work at a rapidly growing, highly diversified and dynamic team while being able to make a significant impact.

You will be part of a growing team of 7 lawyers, who work in Amsterdam, London, Cologne and Paris. As legal counsel you will report to the Director Legal and Compliance and work well with all your colleagues within Fastned.

**Your responsibilities**:

- Providing full legal support and advice to the local team in Belgium. Being responsible for challenging, reviewing and drafting lease and property law contracts under Belgium law.
- Providing full legal support and advice on all sorts of other commercial contracts.
- Advising business and being the trusted advisor on key developments, strategy and other key decisions.
- Helping out with tenders - negotiating tender documentation and other public contracts.
- Providing legal advice about various regulatory matters such as competition regulations and other more consumer related, subsidies and corporate topics.
- Monitor new legislation and regulation and make sure that Fastned is compliant.
- Working on optimisation of all kinds of processes in which legal is involved.
- **️ Who we're looking for**:
We are looking for a colleague with an entrepreneurial mindset, good communication skills. Who is a team player and an actual nice person with whom it is fun working. Since you are the only legal counsel within the Belgium team, we would like you to be proactively and work autonomously in order to identify problems, drive projects, and execute pragmatic/creative legal and business solutions.

We are also looking for the following:

- Quick learner, curious, open-minded, adaptable, comfortable with ambiguity and risk, and excited by dynamic change,
- LLM law school degree in Belgium law or equivalent (studies or work experience),
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience at a law firm and/or in-house company law environment,
- Fluency in Flemish, French and English.
- **️Join us in building a better future**

We work hard to change the world, but we don't forget to recognise & celebrate our successes, big and small. We value work-life balance, offer you real work flexibility and have family-friendly policies in place. We have an inclusive work environment, and love authentic people, so don't try to fit in because we like you for who you are

**Our benefits include**:

- Stock option plan -> we believe in shared value creation;
- A training and development budget of €3,000 per year per employee, because development and training are important to us and our sector offers endless opportunities;
- Full access to our electric vehicle fleet with all charging expenses covered;
- A total of 37 holidays per year, including 5 extralegal Fastned holidays and 12 compensation days. As well as two mission days you can use to contribute to Fastneds mission or to support a cause that is important to you
- A paid pension plan, fully covered by Fastned;
- Eco-cheque vouchers every year;
- Free daily vegetarian lunches, snacks & drinks all day in the office;
- Next to fun events year-round, we throw notorious Christmas parties and organize an amazing yearly trip abroad with all employees;
- Other perks include flexible working hours, full travel compensation and the working gear of your choice.The recruitment process consists of 4 stages:

- A first video call with our recruiter to find out more about Fastned & our company culture,
- Online interview with our Head of Legal and a legal team mate to dive deeper into the role and your experience,
- Online interview with our Country Manager and Lead Expansion,
- Final conversation in the Ghent office with our Belgian team and other legal team mates.


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