Legal Counsel
Key Skills
Job Description
About the role
As a Legal Counsel, you will work closely with executive management and business stakeholders, providing legal advice and support across the organisation. You will help protect the company’s interests, manage legal and compliance risks, and ensure that our business operates in line with applicable laws and internal standards.
We are looking for a proactive, business-oriented legal professional who combines strong legal expertise with sound judgment and a practical approach to complex matters.
Your responsibilities:
- Provide legal advice to management and business stakeholders across a broad range of matters.
- Manage legal, compliance, and regulatory risks and support the implementation of internal policies and governance processes.
- Draft, review, and negotiate commercial, vendor, employment, and other business agreements.
- Advise on employment, corporate, administrative, and other legal matters, including M&A activities.
- Support the protection and enforcement of the company’s intellectual property rights.
- Monitor relevant legal developments and assess their impact on the business.
- Conduct legal research and provide clear, practical risk assessments and recommendations.
- Manage relationships with external legal counsel, regulators, and authorities.
- Support the resolution of complex legal matters and promote a culture of compliance, ethics, and accountability.
What we're looking for:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Law and a valid licence to practice law in the relevant jurisdiction.
- Minimum 5 years of experience as a Legal Counsel or in a similar legal advisory role.
- Experience in corporate, employment, and administrative law.
- Experience in an international or retail environment is an advantage.
- Fluency in English; French, German, or another European language is a plus.
- Excellent legal drafting, negotiation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong analytical and strategic thinking with a practical, business-oriented approach.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.
- High level of integrity, discretion, and professionalism.
What we offer:
- Be part of a dynamic, global, premium brand retailer
- Career development/advancement opportunities
- Competitive compensation based on experience/knowledge
- Benefits include amazing Nike discount, pensio
The role involves up to 10% travel across our territories, depending on business needs.
Core Responsibilities
The Legal Counsel will provide expert legal advice to management and stakeholders while managing regulatory risks and compliance processes. They are responsible for drafting and negotiating business agreements and supporting the protection of intellectual property rights.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Law with a valid license to practice and at least 5 years of relevant experience. Strong expertise in corporate, employment, and administrative law is required, along with excellent communication and negotiation skills.
Benefits
- Career development opportunities
- Competitive compensation
- Nike discount
- Pension
About Retailors Netherlands B.V.
Industry: Retail
Company size: 5,001-10,000 employees
Retailors, a Fox Group company is a leading fast growing retailer, specializing in sports, athleisure, and urban segment - a global partner of choice of NIKE, FOOT LOCKER, and Converse. Retailors owns, operates and develops partnered stores of Nike and Footlocker, and the distributor of CONVERSE. Retailors rapidly expands its stores network through acquisitions and new openings, Retailors is positioned to become an international sports and athleisure retail leader. With offices in TLV, Amsterdam, Warsaw, Paris, Toronto and Melbourne, Retailors operates in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, France, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Israel.