bunq

Legal Counsel

bunq  •  Amsterdam, NL (Hybrid)  •  3 months ago
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Job Description

To make life easy for our users, we’re building a bank with a legal team they can rely on. Your goal will be to make our legal work more efficient and to help bunq stay compliant as we grow and launch new products. You’ll be the go-to person for practical legal advice that helps us move fast and stay on the right track.

Up for this? Kick off your application by taking our assessment and find out if bunq is your perfect match 🌱

Take ownership

As our Legal Counsel, you will:

  • Advise on products and regulations: work closely with our product teams to identify key legal and regulatory implications early, and find clear, workable solutions.

  • Support with contracts and partnerships: review and draft agreements that enable bunq’s growth while managing legal risk in a pragmatic way.

  • Keep us ready for what’s next: monitor changes in financial regulation and help translate them into actionable steps for bunq.

Requirements

  • Broad legal experience: you’re a generalist who can easily switch between contracts, product advice, and regulatory topics.

  • Background in banking or finance: you understand the regulatory environment and how authorities like DNB or AFM operate.

  • You know how to turn complex legal requirements into clear, useful guidance for the business.

  • You’re proactive, eager to learn, and always looking for better ways to work.

  • You explain legal topics in a way everyone can understand.

  • You have a Master’s degree in Law.

  • It’s a plus if you speak Dutch 🇳🇱

Curious to see how we make life easy? - try the bunq app, it only takes 5 minutes to sign up.

Your space to perform

We give you the space and the tools you need to succeed 💪🏼

🤟 Great, international colleagues who share your mindset

👩‍💻 Hybrid setup: after 3 months in-office, work 2 days remote, 3 days in-office weekly.

🧳 Digital Nomad Program: After your first year, enjoy up to 20 days per year to work while traveling, combining flexibility with strong team collaboration

🚀 We reward tenure with a dedicated travel budget: €1.5k after 2 years and €3k after 4 years to visit another core office.

📚 We support growth with bunq Academy and €1500 annual learning budget

🚴 Massive discount with Urban Sports Club 💪

🚌 Travel expenses are covered whether you come walking or by bike, bus or car (though we prefer green choices 🌳)

💻 A MacBook so you can Get Shit Done with us

🥦 Delicious lunches from our fabulous in-house chefs with vegan and vegetarian options

💰 An optional pension plan with monthly contribution from bunq

💸 Monthly contribution to your phone and internet bills

🍻 Friday drinks and other celebrations - bunq style

All new hires are subject to Pre-employment Screening (PES), which includes checks conducted by our third-party partner, DISA. This is part of our commitment to a secure and trustworthy workplace

bunq

About bunq

We are bunq, bank of The Free. We’re here to break free from the status quo, and create a bank with our users in mind. Giving them the freedom to live life on their own terms.

We built our own financial system from the ground up, and with the launch of our app in 2015, reinvented banking as you know it. And that’s just the beginning! We work around the clock to create fintech innovations that simply make banking and money management as easy, transparent, and fun as possible.

Have a business?

bunq Business was created as the ultimate bank account to save you time. This means no more paperwork, branch visits or bureaucracy ever again. Just the freedom to focus on what’s truly important: running your business.

Go to bunq.com/business and find out how we can help your business thrive.

Want to join us in our mission to revolutionise the traditional banking industry? You will become part of an international team of more than 500 bunqers (48 nationalities and counting!) that all have one thing in common: we love what we do. Waking up with brilliant ideas and going to bed knowing that you’ve personally contributed to them. That’s working at bunq.

If that sounds like your kind of challenge, go to bunq.com/jobs get the ball rolling.

Industry
Finance & Insurance
Company Size
501-1,000 employees
Headquarters
Amsterdam, NL
Year Founded
2012
Website
bunq.com
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