September 9, 2024

EG Danmark A/S

Helsinki

Legal Counsel

Are you experienced in working with IT and commercial contracts, tenders, tech law, and IP rights? And are you seeking challenges where you can make an immediate impact and make a difference?
If so, look no further – we have an exciting opportunity that might just be tailor-made for you!
About Group Legal & Compliance
In Group Legal & Compliance, we are responsible for providing legal advice to the business across a wide range of areas, including drafting and negotiating IT contracts with customers, participating in procurement processes, negotiating and entering into agreements with subcontractors, data protection, IP rights, and M&A processes – all with the aim to find the best possible solutions for EG.
Currently, the department consists of 14 full-time legal counsels located in Denmark (Aarhus and Ballerup) and India (Mangalore) with significant experience in IT law, procurement law, data protection law, M&A, company law and corporate governance. This gives you many opportunities for professional and qualified collaboration and learning, and we truly value teamwork, a positive atmosphere, and humor.
Your role and tasks
As legal counsel in EG, you will handle matters within a wide range of legal areas and collaborate with various stakeholders to solve problems and ensure compliance. Your tasks will primarily be within:

Drafting and negotiating IT contracts with customers and vendors including data processing agreements.
Reviewing, revising and negotiating public and private tenders.
Drafting and revising various contract templates and ensure compliance with EG's contract management policy.
Assisting in various M&A tasks, including integration of acquired companies into EG.
General legal advice to the business on day-to-day legal matters.

Commercially minded, independent, and outgoing
We are looking for a commercially minded lawyer with an interest in and experience with technology law and related legal areas. You should be eager and willing to engage in close dialogue with the business, challenge commercial terms and assessments, and be a business partner for the business on contractual, commercial and legal matters. Further, you possess the ability to work independently as well as part of a team, particularly in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. A proactive mindset focused on continuous improvement is highly valued.
EG is currently undergoing significant development, which gives you a unique opportunity to shape your role and tasks. In addition to handling specific assignments, you will be involved in shaping internal processes in Group Legal & Compliance.
We are looking forward to hearing from you if you hold a Master of Laws or a Master of Business Law with a minimum of 3 years of experience working with IT/software law. You should demonstrate commercial understanding and be able to see connections across the business.
As a person, you are engaged, service-minded, and self-driven. You excel at completing tasks, yet you remain persistent when necessary. Last but not least, you communicate professionally at all levels of the business in both Finnish and English, in both written and spoken forms.
What can you expect from us?
An exciting and challenging daily work environment, engaging with a variety of people in different roles and across different countries.

A professional environment with an open and informal tone.
Talented and committed colleagues with a high level of expertise, who take responsibility, show care, and support each other.
A team that places great importance on making work enjoyable.
Excellent opportunities to develop your professional and personal skills.
Targeted training courses in our EG Academy.
A strong emphasis on health and well-being.
A pension and insurance package.

How to contact us
If you are interested in learning more, feel free to contact General Counsel, Sune Albert, on salbe@eg.dk. We review applications on an ongoing basis and will hire as soon as the right candidate is found, so please submit your application as soon as possible. All inquiries will be treated confidentially.
We craft the vertical software of tomorrow, bringing sustainable impact to customers and society. We always strive to improve: We are a dedicated team of innovators and problem solvers. As an integral part of our culture, we take responsibility for our contribution to customers, each other, and the society we live in.
Read more: About EG or watch this short video: We are EG - You Tube if you want to know how the software we deliver makes a difference for many users every day. You can also watch our latest video here, where four of our dedicated colleagues share their experience of working in EG.

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