We may be part of a large banking Group, but we’re a small, tight-knit bank with a focused business model and a young team. For the Legal & Compliance department, we are looking for a Legal Counsel.
Reporting to the Head of Legal & Compliance, this role combines responsibilities in legal and compliance advisory. The successful candidate will ensure adherence to legal and regulatory requirements and provide guidance across a wide range of non-financial risks, in line with the Group Risk Management Framework, Group Policy Framework, and local Dutch law and regulations. Interested? Read on!
The team
We’re a cross-border and fast-growing team of 17+ professionals based in NL & DE, bringing diverse backgrounds and different perspectives to the table. We challenge each other, tackle complex topics, and like to always think of ways to take our work to the next level. If you’re up for the challenge, keep reading and see what a day in this role could look like for you.
A day in the life of a Legal Counsel
At Lloyds Bank, our Legal Counsels are trusted advisors, strategic thinkers, and collaborative partners. Here’s what a typical day might look like:
Start the Day with Purpose
You begin your morning reviewing legal updates and regulatory developments from the AFM, DNB, and ECB. A quick check of your inbox reveals a few contract review requests and a meeting invite for a new product launch.
Legal Advisory in Action
You join a call with the Product and Risk teams to assess the legal implications of a new mortgage feature. You provide clear, practical advice on how to align with Dutch and EU regulations while supporting innovation.
Contracts & Collaboration
You review and negotiate a supplier agreement, ensuring it meets internal standards and regulatory expectations. You liaise with external counsel for a second opinion on a complex clause.
Lunch & Knowledge Sharing
Over lunch, you catch up with colleagues and join a short internal session on recent regulatory trends. It’s a great way to stay connected and continuously learn.
Policy & Process
You work on translating a new Group Policy into a local procedure, collaborating with Compliance and Operations to ensure it’s practical and effective. You also update the local Compliance Plan with recent developments.
Stakeholder Engagement
You prepare a briefing for senior management on a regulatory change and its impact on the business. Later, you join a cross-functional project meeting to ensure legal risks are identified early and managed proactively.
Wrap-Up & Reflect
You finalize a legal memo, update your task list, and reflect on the day’s progress. You leave with the satisfaction of knowing your work helps keep the bank safe, compliant, and forward-looking.
Your accountabilities
- Legal & Compliance Advisory; You will be responsible for providing legal and compliance advice regarding banking activities. Provide legal advice to business departments on a wide range of topics.
- Policy Implementation & Control; You will be responsible for the implementation of a number of high-materiality/ high-risk-exposure policies and the performance of allocated controls.
- Stakeholder Management; You will represent Legal & Compliance in cross-functional projects, internal forums, and with external stakeholders.
Who are you and what do we ask from you?
- Master’s degree in Law (LLM) is required.
- 5+ years of relevant experience at a reputational law firm, an international bank or a financial institution, with a focus on banking & finance.
- Strong knowledge of European & Dutch financial law and regulatory landscape.
- Experience in dealing with AFM, DNB, and ECB.
- Background in banking, particularly mortgages, is a plus.
- Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Fluent in Dutch and English, both written and spoken.
Some highlights of our benefits for you!
- 13th-month salary, either paid monthly or once a year in December.
- 30 days PTO (or 240 hours) per year (based on full-time employment).
- Non-contributory pension scheme.
- Flexible working; you can schedule your work hours to meet your personal needs.
Your recruitment process
Apply to our vacancies by sending your CV and motivation letter to stanley.waccary@lloydsbank.nl, or use the application form on our website. After receiving your application, we'll review it and share a reply as soon as possible.
After you have submitted your application, our recruiter Stanley Waccary will reach out to you to plan a short introductory chat via Teams.
Your first chat with us will take place either online or at our Amsterdam office. The goal of this chat is get to know each other, and see if there's a match with the team, the organisation and the open position.
We're excited to have you meet additional collagues. The chat will take place either online or at our Amsterdam office, during which we'll dive deeper into the requirements of the position and the team you'll be joining.
Congratulations! We're happy to have you as our newest addition to the team. Do you feel the same way? Then you'll receive our offer by email. For most roles, a screening is part of the process. This will take place after accepting the offer.
About Lloyds Bank
Lloyds Bank GmbH is part of Lloyds Banking Group, a financial institution with a large clientele in the UK and other parts of the world. Together with our office in Berlin, we form Lloyds Bank GmbH with its headquarters in Amsterdam and we have over 500 colleagues.
We aim to lead by example in the bold decisions we make as a business, from where and how we invest, to the products and services we offer, and of course the workplace we create. We will search for new ways to work with people, communities and businesses, to always evolve with their needs. And we will never stop innovating to make sustainable, ethical choices easy and rewarding.
At Lloyds Bank GmbH we play an important part in peoples’ lives, by the products we offer, and also how we operate. We finance your mortgage, keep your savings secure and also provide you with a personal loan if you need this. In Amsterdam we do this with an enthusiastic team of approximately 200 colleagues from different nationalities, and with an engagement score of 93%, colleagues find us a real ‘Great Place to Work’!
With our grand ambitions, we are looking for new colleagues who will bring fresh ideas to help us grow!
Are you ready to join our journey?
Have we made you curious, and are you ready to join the team? Please introduce yourself to us in the best way possible and send this to: stanley.waccary@lloydsbank.nl, or use the application form on our website. A screening is part of the process.
We hope to meet you soon!
Acquisition to this vacancy is not appreciated.