Senior Legal Counsel (Global Tech Company)

A career opportunity for an experienced Dutch speaking IT lawyer who would like to join a leading global name in technology and an international legal team.

Hi there 👋 this is Mila Read from Found Legal where we specialise in in-house tech lawyer recruitment.

My client is a Global B-to-B Technology company whose in-house team is currently hiring for a Commercial Technology Lawyer.

What is attractive about working for this company?

• The scale, complexity, and global footprint of its operations.

• You will work on high-value, cross-border commercial contracts with Fortune 500 clients across industries — an opportunity to deepen expertise in structuring and negotiating complex technology agreements.

• The legal team is seen as a strategic business partner, not just a support function. This creates an environment where commercial legal work is impactful, and closely tied to business outcomes. The legal function is mature, well-integrated with sales and delivery, and offers the chance to work on deals that shape key client relationships.

• You will collaborate with experienced legal professionals and access best-in-class contract frameworks and tools to enable your continuous learning and professional growth.

• Working here will position you strongly for future career progression. You will gain deep expertise in complex IT services contracting which are highly transferable and in demand across the Tech industry.

• The global exposure and deal volume will sharpen your ability to manage risk in diverse regulatory and commercial environments, making you a stronger negotiator and strategic advisor.

• You will gain exposure to senior stakeholders which is essential for moving into future leadership roles.

• Being part of this high-performing team and working on complex matters will enhance your CV and profile for future roles in any other tech company.

Where is the role located and what is the mode of working?

The office for this position is located in Amsterdam.

However you can work mostly remotely, provided that you can be in the office when required for face-to-face meetings with the business (usually one day ever two weeks or so).

My client will prefer candidates based in the Netherlands, Belgium or Germany.

What does the role offer?

• attractive package
• an international role
• career development and progression
• complex and interesting commercial legal work
• being part of a supportive legal team with great culture
• autonomy and respect as a legal advisor to a leading global organisation
• remote or hybrid working (about twice a month in the office in Amsterdam)

What will you be doing in your role?

• Providing legal and strategic advice on commercial and policy matters, including information technology and IP, especially software and licence agreements as well as distribution agreements, strategic partner relationships, transactional risk and deal structuring for complex transactions

• Drafting, negotiating and providing advice on a broad spectrum of commercial agreements involving company’s customers, suppliers and partners, including services and supply agreements, SaaS, PaaS, Cloud and more

• Advising your business colleagues across the organisation on various ad hoc legal questions

• Support leadership on the management of high-risk issues

• Provide pragmatic legal support at all stages of the contracting process, helping the business to succeed at the right level of risk for the company

• Create and provide legal training to business colleagues on key risk issues

• Collaborate with fellow lawyers in the global team to develop and improve how they contract, and how they navigate and address the legal risk

About you

• You have at least 5+ years of experience as a commercial technology lawyer (ideally more)
• You’d like to work for a reputable global IT company as part of a supportive international team
• You are fluent in Dutch (this a must have requirement) and English

Next steps

Please email me at mila@found.legal or send a message via LinkedIn.

I look forward to hearing from you.

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My name is Mila Read, I am a specialist recruiter for in-house technology lawyer roles — join my network of 19,000+ in-house lawyers for future opportunities.