Legal Advisor (Dutch Law)

About The Role

We’re looking for a Legal Advisor (Dutch Law) to join our Legal Hub, based in Amsterdam operating in an international environment.

This role is central to providing pragmatic, in‑house legal support across the organisation. You’ll work closely with internal teams, advising on Dutch‑law matters, drafting and reviewing contracts, supporting compliance, and helping manage legal risk across a wide range of activities.

The work is varied, hands‑on, and important. From contract drafting and legal advice to governance, compliance, and dispute support, you’ll play a key role in enabling GÉANT to operate confidently and lawfully.

This role suits someone who enjoys applied legal work, values clarity and accuracy, and takes pride in delivering practical solutions rather than theoretical advice.

What You’ll Do Legal Advice & Contracting

You’ll provide clear, pragmatic legal advice to internal stakeholders, primarily under Dutch law. This includes advising on contract interpretation, amendments, termination, liability, and dispute prevention. You’ll act as a trusted point of contact for legal queries, supporting decision‑making and reducing reliance on external counsel.

Drafting, Review & Negotiation

You’ll draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of legal documents and contracts in English under Dutch law, including agreements relating to procurement, licensing, employment, intellectual property, and data protection.

Compliance, Risk & Governance

You’ll support compliance with Dutch and EU legislation, internal policies, and governance frameworks. This includes contributing to risk management, reporting obligations, and ensuring legal alignment across organisational activities.

Disputes & Litigation Support

You’ll contribute to resolving disputes and, where required, support litigation activities, working closely with the Head of Legal and external counsel when needed.

Collaboration & Legal Operations

You’ll work closely with teams across GÉANT, providing guidance on legal processes, contributing to legal framework development, and supporting the ongoing development of in‑house legal capability.

About You

You may be a good fit if you:

• Have a Master’s degree in Dutch Law, ideally with a focus on contract or corporate law (or equivalent demonstrable experience)
• Have hands‑on experience drafting and advising on contracts in English under Dutch law
• Are comfortable providing legal advice in an international or cross‑border environment
• Are fluent in both Dutch and English
• Enjoy working closely with stakeholders and explaining legal concepts clearly and pragmatically
• Take pride in accuracy, sound judgement, and practical problem‑solving

Desirable (but not essential)

• Experience working in‑house or in a multi‑jurisdictional environment
• A hands‑on, can‑do approach with the ability to work independently
• Strong awareness of equality, diversity, and inclusion in legal practice
• Ability to balance multiple priorities and deadlines

About Us

Why work for GÉANT?

GÉANT is at the heart of research and education networking, we offer talented people the opportunity to be part of something meaningful and worthwhile. With 150 employees based in Amsterdam and Cambridge, together we deliver an information ecosystem of infrastructure and services to advance research, education, and innovation on a global scale. Thanks to our terabit network, 50 million researchers, scientists, academics and students can share record volumes of data unconstrained by location, solving some of humankind’s biggest challenges. Work at GÉANT and you’ll be supporting critical research into sustainable energy, deep space, high‑energy physics, earth observation, environmental disasters, medicine and much more!

Benefits of working for GÉANT

You’ll receive excellent benefits at GÉANT – we offer a generous holiday allowance and a 5% end of year bonus/allowance as standard. The other benefits you receive will depend on the country you are employed in, but you can rest assured that these will include an appropriate pension scheme and medical insurance. For full details of our benefits package please see our careers website - https://careers.geant.org/why-work-for-geant/

Working Arrangements

We have adopted a flexible-hybrid model which means that employees will work flexibly between a remote and office environment. Weekly visits to the office are required for most employees to support our values and collaborative culture and enable our teams to deliver great work. For this role we anticipate that you may be required in the office for around 2 days per week.

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