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You will be updated with latest job alerts via emailBecome part of a fastgrowing 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 fastcharge 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).
As legal counsel Belgium you will be the legal lead and therefore responsible for and manage Fastneds 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 selfmotivated proactive entrepreneurial and missiondriven 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.
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 openminded 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 inhouse company law environment
Fluency in Flemish French and English.
We work hard to change the world but we dont forget to recognise & celebrate our successes big and small. We value worklife balance offer you real work flexibility and have familyfriendly policies in place. We have an inclusive work environment and love authentic people so dont try to fit in because we like you for who you are!
Our benefits include:
We look forward to meeting you!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 2 legal teammates to dive deeper into the role and your experience
Office interview with the Head of Legal the Country Manager Belgium and the Lead Expansion
Final conversation with our Belgian team and other legal teammates.
If you have questions or need further information regarding your application please contact our recruitment team via recruitment(at).
Fastned stands for equity and inclusion. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds gender identities sexual orientations religions neurodiversity disabilities parental status or any other protected characteristic that makes you unique.
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