As Legal Counsel, you will play a key role in providing high quality legal transaction support to the business in the Europe & Africa region.

Do you have the relevant work experience in banking and finance, preferably within corporate or leveraged lending, asset based finance or payment services? Do you have a solid base in Dutch or English law? Then please read on and apply for this job online!

You and your job

Imagine working in a team that contributes to the growth and strategy of Rabobank Europe & Africa by supporting the activities of the region with high-quality legal expertise together with effective legal risk management for the bank. Your role would involve working with the business to analyze and develop products and services, provide legal advice and support on transactions, identify and address the associated (legal) risks and issues, and share your knowledge with colleagues over a broad range of business and staff departments. You can make the difference!

An average working day

Are you curious about what would be on your to-do list on an average working day? Your day-to-day activities may include:

• Keeping control of the legal risks and legal framework for the bank with respect to financing structures;
• Being a sparring partner for your fellow team members and colleagues in various business departments, both within Region Europe & Africa and beyond;
• Accurately identifying potential issues and risks;
• Drafting legal documentation;
• Coordinating, negotiating and overseeing transactions;
• Keeping up with the latest legal developments and applying it in daily practice;
• Cooperating with colleagues from different disciplines (e.g. Compliance and Risk) throughout the bank.

Focus on this position

Your primary focus is expected to be on delivering transaction support in syndicate and bilateral financing transactions (e.g. leveraged and corporate lending, export finance) for Core Lending, Project Finance and/or Asset Based Finance.

Together we achieve more than alone

We believe in the power of difference. Bringing together people's differences is what makes us an even better bank. So we are very curious about what you can bring to our Legal Europe & Africa team.

Collaboration is at the heart of everything we do. Working together is how we learn from each other and enhance each other’s (professional) development. We bundle our powers and contribute – based on our own expertise – to the strategy of the bank and Region Europe & Africa. The team currently consists of 22 legal counsel, each with their unique background and offering. We encourage our legal counsel to broaden horizons through secondments across the teams.

You and your talent

Customer focus, pro-activeness, organizational sensitivity and decisiveness are essential for this position. We are also looking for the following qualifications:

• Masters of Law, preferably Dutch or English law qualified;
• At least 3 years of relevant work experience, preferably in corporate or leveraged lending, asset based finance and/or project finance;
• Excellent command of the English language.

This is what we offer you

• An attractive benefits package that fits in scale 8 or 9 (between €3.518,06 and €5.811,03gross a year) including 13th month and holiday pay, depending on experience and seniority;
• €750.00 budget to set up your home workplace and up to €40.00 for working from home allowance per month;
• Personal budget of €1.400 to spend on activities related to your personal development and career;
• Thirteenth month's salary and 8% holiday allowance;
• An Employee Benefit Budget (EBB) of 10% or 11% of your gross salary to be used at your discretion. Buy extra holiday hours, add more to your pension savings or ask for part of the extra budget to be paid out;
• Flexible working times and hybrid location-independent working within the limits dictated by working in a team (#LI-Hybrid);
• 100% reimbursement of commuting costs if you travel by public transport;
• A pension scheme to which you contribute 5%.

Please apply with your resume and brief cover letter. Good to know:

• If you have any questions about the specific details of this position, please contact Rashpal Kaul, Core Lending Lead at Legal Europe & Africa, via email rashpal.kaul@rabobank.com ;
• Sanne Courant, Corporate Recruiter would be happy to answer any questions about the application procedure viaemail sanne.courant@rabobank.nl (#LI-SC3);
• The application process includes screening. Based on the screening procedures in place at Rabobank, we assess whether new staff are reliable enough to work at Rabobank;
• We want to use your talent in the broadest sense and would like to look at your response more broadly than this vacancy. Your profile will be included in the Legal Sourcing Board. If you object to this, you can indicate this by e-mail at Legal.Compliance@rabobank.nl ;

Rabobank pursues an active diversity policy. This is done by striving for diversity in terms of gender, cultural background, age, etc. when composing teams. Also by creating a corporate culture in which people are open to each other's background and no one is excluded. This is part of our social position, and as a result, our services will be more in line with the wishes of customers. So you can be who you are. More information about diversity and inclusion can be found at

We look forward to your application

Applying In 5 steps

We'd like to get to know you.

Step 1 Applying

Thanks for applying! We consider all the CVs and covering letters that we receive. After the closing date, you will hear from us as soon as possible.

Step 2 First interview

Usually you’ll be meeting with your (potential) team leader and an immediate (future) colleague. We are keen to get a sense of whether you are a good fit for the position and our team. And you probably have a lot of questions too.

Step 3 Second interview

We want to speak to you a second time. In this online meeting, we will delve deeper into the details of what the job entails. Another colleague will often join the interview too.

Step 4 Offer

If you are a good match for us and we’re a good match for you, then you’ll receive a good offer by email. Some positions require you to undergo further assessment first.

Step 5 Screening

We assess whether you are trustworthy enough to work for Rabobank in a screening process.

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