Commercial & Data Privacy Lawyer - Amsterdam - 3+ PQE
- Recruiter
- Jameson Legal.
- Location
- Netherlands, North Holland, Amsterdam
- Salary
- £45180.50 - £81324.90 per annum
- Posted
- 16 Jul 2021
- Closes
- 26 Jul 2021
- Ref
- DRS-IA-11268
- Contact
- Jameson Legal
- Job Title
- In House Counsel
- Practice Area
- Company / Commercial, Data Protection
- PQE Level
- 2-4
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Our client is global, its services are entrepreneurial, and its market growth is exponential, keeping millions of employees connected within their business.
This is an exceptional career opportunity to join our client at a time when the business is rapidly scaling up. A recent funding round has assured continued success and growth.
You will join a visionary legal team whose belief is in the product. This position is based in Amsterdam.
Reporting into the General Counsel, this is a newly created position to support operations with respect to legal and data protection technology documentation.
Your experience will include:
- Reviewing, drafting and negotiating a range of technology/SaaS focused commercial agreements.
- A high level of experience associated with data protection and privacy to include developing and implementing internal policies and programmes.
- Being the point of contact for data privacy queries.
- Providing training with respect to updates and changes in regulations and policies with respect to data privacy.
You will:
- Be an EU qualified Lawyer and have a minimum of 3 years post qualified experience.
- Have German contract law experience associated with IT/SaaS contracts and data privacy.
- An IAPP certification is a nice to have but not essential.
- Have an ability to speak German and English to business proficiency.
- Be able to review, draft and negotiate legal documents in English and German.
- Have a strong background in data protection and privacy.
- Enjoy a role that is fast paced, and which will expose you to a variety of unknowns requiring a solution focused and a commercially pragmatic approach.
- Be confident and motivated to succeed in a highly driven and entrepreneurial environment.
- Be confident in your ability to work across various departments and teams and have strong communication and relationship building skills.
Prior experience working in a Tech company is nice to have but not essential.
Our client offers a competitive base salary and a range of very attractive benefits and incentives to include bonus, employee share options, professional development budget and a relocation package.
Please get in touch with Donna Rosenberg Strydom to express your interest. All applications and conversations are confidential.
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