Legal Counsel

The Legal Counsel for Netherlands will have overall legal responsibility and provide support on all legal matters within the local market (contracts, litigation, general legal advice, customer complaints, etc.) and work closely with all local stakeholders, including the commercial team, whilst ensuring Kindred retains its position as a trustworthy partner who puts compliance first throughout our operations. The Legal Counsel will work within a global team of 15 lawyers based across Europe within a fast-paced industry.

Key responsibilities

Manage, oversee and execute a variety of legal tasks, including;

• Manage various complex litigation matters and other administrative procedures
• Reviewing and drafting legal documents and commercial contracts including agreements for technology services, games and software licences, sponsorship and marketing agreements
• Liaising with internal stakeholders (procurement, commercial, finance) and suppliers during contract review and negotiations.
• Select, appoint, manage and direct external counsel representing Kindred in various procedures, both contentious and non-contentious.
• Supervising advertising and promotional campaigns
• Providing effective legal advice and support across the business and take ownership of any type of legal support required
• Manage customer complaints and customer litigation
• Handling regulatory litigation

• Monitoring, reviewing and revising Kindred terms and conditions
• Monitoring and advising on the legislative landscape and gambling developments in local markets and drafting public statements and customer communications
• Work with local and international trade bodies on a need-to basis providing local legal and regulatory guidance.
• Operate as a business partner with close proximity to the line organisation

Core skills and competences

To accomplish the mission and fulfil the role, the Legal Counsel requires the following skills and competences:

• You will be comfortable with reviewing laws and regulations and dealing with legal documentation across jurisdictions
• Extensive experience with drafting and reviewing various types of agreements
• Extensive and proven experience with handling administrative, civil and commercial litigation matters, primarily in civil law jurisdictions.
• Demonstrated experience in simultaneously successfully handling different responsibilities, in a high-pressure environment and against strict deadlines, and building on synergies between various teams and stakeholders
  
  
• Strong analytical and decisive skills, with the ability to prioritize and communicate key objectives to achieve organizational goals while maintaining accuracy and quality
• A hands-on, versatile and well-organised “doer” who has proven to always go the extra mile, is a genuine team player and breathes the Kindred values, able to represent Kindred's best interests in various internal and external fora
• Strong analytical and decisive skills, with the ability to prioritize and communicate key objectives to achieve organizational goals while maintaining accuracy and quality
• Strong interpersonal and people skills, team player by nature and able to make fast and complex decisions and ensure buy-in from other business stakeholders based on a mutually respectable relation
• Experience in dealing with dynamic multi-dimensional legal issues in a regulated industry
• Ability to foster open and pro-active relationships with direct functional stakeholders

Relevant Experience

• Professional qualification as lawyer or similar professional qualification. Minimum 4-5 years' experience in a legal role gained in-house or in a leading private practice; previous experience in a digital industry is desirable.
  Extensive experience in one or more of the following areas: Commercial, AML, E-commerce, Media & Technology, Regulatory
• Native level of English and Dutch proficiency. One additional European language is a plus.