Legal Counsel

**Who we are?** Silverfin is a cutting-edge cloud software solution built by accountants, for accountants. Founded in 2013, Silverfin was created to solve the frustrations of manual, error-prone processes in analysing financial data and compliance. From day one, we’ve been a cloud-first platform with an open API architecture, leveraging structured data to transform how accountants work. Our mission is simple: to enhance and support the accountancy profession through AI and automation, ensuring accountants remain relevant and respected in the future of finance. In 2023, Silverfin became part of the Visma Group, joining one of Europe’s leading providers of cloud software. This partnership strengthens our ability to innovate and expand our impact within the accountancy industry. Today, Silverfin is trusted by over 1000 firms across 16 countries. Our clients include all of the Big 4 accounting firms, as well as leading global networks like BDO, PKF, Baker Tilly, Grant Thornton, and Moore. Headquartered in Ghent, with offices in London, Luxembourg, Mont-Saint-Guibert, and Gouda (NL), we’re a team of over 180 people - including a diverse remote engineering team working across multiple time zones - all working together to drive innovation in accounting. **Your role** As our in-house legal counsel, you are responsible for advising on a wide range of legal topics, for providing legal advice in an international, scaling company and for coordinating work with external legal experts. This is a unique and exciting opportunity to work with the leadership and key stakeholders across Silverfin, throughout our scale-up journey. You’ll be taking over from our current counsel, and will be reporting to our COO. You will be working a lot with department leaders, and both internal & external stakeholders across offices and teams. **Your responsibilities** **Commercial & Technology Transactions** **This area focuses on driving revenue and managing the commercial relationships.**- Partner on Commercial Negotiations: Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements alongside our go-to-market teams, with a primary focus on complex B2B SaaS agreements, strategic partnerships, and enterprise customer contracts on a global scale. - Legal Operations: Own, maintain, and continuously iterate on our library of commercial templates (e.g., contracts, terms and conditions, policies etc.) to ensure they align with our evolving go-to-market strategy and drive efficiency. - Supplier Agreements: Review, negotiate, and manage agreements with key suppliers and technology vendors, ensuring favourable terms and mitigating risk related to data security, service levels, and IP. - **Technology, Data Privacy & Intellectual Property**This is about protecting the company's most valuable assets: its technology, its data, and its intellectual property.** - Own Data Privacy & Compliance: In close partnership with the Information Security Officer, take a leading role in shaping the company's global data privacy program. This includes maintaining our privacy policies, ensuring compliance with GDPR, CCPA, and other applicable legislation, and managing our data processing agreements (DPAs). - Manage the IP Portfolio: Develop and execute the company's intellectual property strategy. Own the trademark policy and manage the registration and enforcement of trademarks in line with international expansion. Advise on copyright, patents, and the protection of trade secrets. - Provide Product & Engineering Counsel: Develop an understanding of our technology stack and product architecture to advise on its legal implications. Guide teams on topics such as Service Level Agreements (SLAs), open-source software (OSS) licensing and compliance, and embedding "Privacy by Design" principles into the product development lifecycle. - Oversee Risk & Compliance Frameworks: Play a leading role in managing legal risk and compliance across the organization, including advising on the legal aspects of certifications like ISO 27001. - **Corporate Governance & Strategic Projects**This pillar ensures the company is structured for growth and operates in a legally sound manner across all jurisdictions.** - Manage Corporate Structure: Work alongside Finance to manage our legal entities worldwide, including their incorporation, ongoing maintenance, and liquidation as required. This includes managing intra-group agreements to ensure proper governance and operational efficiency. - Support Strategic Transactions: Provide key legal support on ad hoc corporate transactions, such as joint ventures or partnerships. - Uphold Corporate Governance: Implement, maintain, and refine corporate governance policies and procedures across all subsidiaries, ensuring compliance with local laws and best practices. - **Employment & People Operations**This involves partnering with the People team to foster a compliant and positive work environment.** - Advise on Employment Law: Serve as the legal point o