Hybrid Lead Legal Counsel, Nordics

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About the role

  • Join Benifex as Lead Legal Counsel Nordics, shaping SaaS deals and advising a tech leader. Provide commercial legal support for a fast-growing company with a hybrid working model.

Responsibilities

  • Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, including SaaS, customer, supplier, and public sector contracts
  • Lead and support commercial negotiations for larger and more complex deals
  • Attend customer meetings to provide legal input during contract discussions and negotiations
  • Provide strategic, pragmatic legal advice to stakeholders across the Nordic organisation
  • Identify legal risks and propose commercially sound, business-oriented solutions
  • Support GDPR, data protection, and broader IT and tech-related legal matters
  • Contribute to the development of legal templates, processes, and internal knowledge sharing
  • Manage multiple parallel workstreams independently, escalating when appropriate
  • Line manage and support one Legal Counsel within the Nordic legal team.

Requirements

  • Minimum 6 years’ experience as a qualified lawyer
  • Background from a reputable private practice law firm
  • In-house legal experience
  • Strong, hands-on experience with commercial contracts and negotiations
  • Experience working with Swedish companies and Swedish commercial agreements
  • EU-qualified lawyer
  • Fluent in both Swedish and English
  • Comfortable acting as a senior advisor and challenging stakeholders when needed
  • Strong commercial mindset with the ability to constructively challenge the business
  • Able to balance strategic thinking with practical, detail-oriented execution.

Benefits

  • Guaranteed work-life balance with a fully remote or hybrid working model
  • ITP1 pension
  • Lifeplan - a leading financial advisory service that offers personalized advice for maximizing your pension savings
  • Collective agreement
  • Access to our comprehensive benefits portal
  • Generous wellness allowance
  • 30 vacation days / year
  • Referral bonuses
  • Volunteer Days – two paid days annually to give back to the community

Job title

Lead Legal Counsel, Nordics

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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