Geographic Legal Counsel
Key Skills
Job Description
We’re looking for a Geographic Legal Counsel to join Accenture’s Legal team in Amsterdam. This is a varied role combining Dutch corporate law and compliance. You’ll advise on local legal matters while also helping implement global compliance programmes in the Netherlands, working closely with colleagues across Europe and global teams. Topics can range from corporate governance and board matters to anti-corruption, data privacy, AI and other compliance matters. What you’ll do Advise on Dutch corporate and compliance matters. Support corporate governance and board-related activities. Implement global compliance programmes within the Netherlands. Interpret Dutch legal requirements and provide local guidance to international teams. Collaborate with legal and compliance colleagues across Europe and globally. Support a broad range of local legal matters and stakeholder requests. What makes the opportunity interesting? 🌍 A genuinely international environment with strong local Dutch responsibility ⚖️ A broad mix of corporate and compliance work 🤝 Direct exposure to stakeholders across different teams and countries 💡 Exposure to Accenture Legal’s use of legal technology and AI 📈 Opportunity to grow your scope over time, including potential exposure across the Netherlands & Nordics region What we’re looking for: ✅ 5+ years of relevant legal experience in corporate law and local compliance ✅ Native-level Dutch and English fluency (any Nordic language is a plus) ✅ Bachelor’s + Master’s degree in Dutch Law from a university (WO level) ✅ Comfortable working with diverse stakeholders in an international environment
Core Responsibilities
Advise on Dutch corporate and compliance matters, support corporate governance and board activities, and implement global compliance programmes in the Netherlands. Interpret local legal requirements and collaborate with legal, compliance, and business stakeholders across Europe and globally.
Requirements
Requires at least five years of relevant experience in corporate law and local compliance, native-level Dutch and English fluency, and a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Dutch Law from a WO-level university. Candidates should be comfortable working with diverse stakeholders in an international environment; a Nordic language is an advantage.
About Accenture
Industry: Business Consulting and Services
Company size: 10,001+ employees
Accenture helps the world’s leading enterprises reinvent by building their digital core and unleashing the power of AI to create value at speed for organizations across industries. Our strategy is to be the reinvention partner of choice for our clients and lead in the safe, widespread adoption of AI, and to be the most client-focused, AI-enabled, great place to work in the world. We bring together the talent of our approximately 814,000 people with proprietary assets and platforms, deep process and industry expertise, and leading ecosystem relationships to deliver end-to-end solutions and measurable outcomes at scale. Through our Reinvention Services, we offer broad expertise across Cybersecurity, Digital Core, Finance, Industry and Enterprise, Song, Supply Chain and Engineering, and Talent, with advanced capabilities in AI and Data, Industry and Process, and Technology. We serve approximately 9,000 clients and generated approximately $74 billion in FY26 revenue. Visit us at accenture.com. This LinkedIn company page is moderated. When engaging with Accenture, we encourage everyone to: - Use common courtesy and be respectful of others. - Create your own original content and avoid content that you know to be fraudulent. - Never repost someone else's copyrighted work, unless you have permission. - Never post personal, identifying, or confidential information. We reserve the right to delete comments or posts we deem to be: - Profane, obscene, inappropriate, offensive, abusive material. - Spam, repeated comments and commercial messages and personal advertisements. - Discriminatory or that contain hateful speech of any kind regarding age, gender, race, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability. - Threats; personal attacks; abusive, defamatory, derogatory, or inflammatory language; or stalking or harassment of any individual, entity or organization. - False, inaccurate, libelous, or otherwise misleading in any way.