Legal Counsel @ Negota Finland

Hey versatile & commercially oriented lawyer,

Would you be interested in a legal consultancy role that allows you to see various areas of business while serving your clients as an interim in-house legal team member? Does your existing legal skill set cover, for example, contracts, privacy, corporate law and/or compliance?

If the above description sounds like you, please keep reading, because Negota Finland is looking for a new Legal Counsel, and you could be the one they are looking for!

Negota Finland offers interim in-house lawyers for both part- and full-time assignments to its client-base consisting of corporate clients with a temporary need for legal expertise. Negota Finland’s lawyers work as outsourced in-house legal team members and handle a wide array of corporate legal matters, such as contracts, public procurement, compliance questions, employment matters as well as data protection and privacy.

Negota Finland and its Norwegian parent company Negota AS are held by XPartners Group, a multi-disciplinary technical consulting group headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. XPartners holds a portfolio of nearly 40 companies that together form a modern platform for urban planning and community development. Read more about Negota Finland at https://www.negota.no and about XPartners at https://xpartners.se/en/!

As Negota Finlands Legal Counsel, you will support the firms clients as an outsourced in-house legal team member. Negota Finland serves a wide array of clients from various industries, giving you the opportunity to see a variety of legal environments. Negota Finlands services are most often used by clients who have a temporary need for legal expertise e.g. due to a leave of absence or because they have a project they want to outsource. This means that even though you are a consultant, you work directly with the clients you support often at their premises and in their technological environment. Most typically, Negota Finland supports their clients in contractual matters, public procurement, compliance questions, employment matters as well as data protection and privacy topics.

Negota Finlands team currently consists of one experienced legal consultant, and a Managing Director with legal background is being recruited. As a member of a small team, you also get to participate in business development, e.g. client acquisition or legal service development.

If you tick these boxes, your could be the lawyer we are looking for:

– You have a masters degree in law and at least a few years of post-graduate expertise covering contracts, privacy, corporate law and/or compliance it is an asset if you have worked as an in-house lawyer or have been seconded to an in-house legal department.

– You communicate fluently in Finnish and English due to the Nordic roots of Negota, fluency in Swedish is a big plus but not an absolute requirement.

– You are a pragmatic and versatile lawyer who is not afraid of tackling new areas of law and business you can expect to gain exposure to a wide array of fields of business.

Negota Finland offers you:

– A combination of legal consultancy and in-house legal work: As an interim legal consultant, your daily work resembles the work of an in-house legal counsel, but you are not tied to one particular industry. If you enjoy learning about legal needs in a variety of industries, this could be your role!

– A pragmatic approach to legal advisory: Negota Finlands business is not based on providing specialist legal services, but on connecting the client with a versatile and pragmatic lawyer who the client can rely on with their daily legal matters. This role is therefore a perfect match for a pragmatic lawyer who enjoys working closely with the business!

– A Nordic network: Negotas owner XPartners combines a portfolio of Nordic consultancy companies focusing on architecture, construction, facilities and installation. This Nordic network adds an international layer to your working environment.

– A competitive base salary: Negota Finland offers you a market-level fixed base salary combined with incentives based on business profitability. In addition, you will be entitled to market standard employee benefits.

Interested? If this could be your next career move, get the conversation going by sending us your CV and cover letter by clicking the ’Apply now’ button by 10 April 2025! If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Minjons recruiter Vilma Suomi (vilma.suomi@minjon.fi / +358 50 360 5134).

Osaamisalue: Juridiikka