Team Lead Legal - Legal Counsel

As Team Lead Legal - Legal Counsel, you are responsible for the legal function across LYNX and provide strategic direction on legal matters throughout the organisation. You lead a team of legal professionals and ensure that LYNX operates within a robust legal framework across its international activities.

In this role, you act as a trusted advisor to management and work closely with Compliance, Risk, Finance, Operations, IT and other departments. You oversee the company-wide legal roadmap, monitor regulatory developments and translate complex legal requirements into practical guidance for the business.

You combine hands-on legal expertise with leadership and governance. From supporting regulatory requests and cross-border legal matters to strengthening internal policies and developing your team, you ensure that LYNX remains legally prepared, well-governed and ready to respond to an evolving regulatory landscape.

What you’ll do

• You will play a key role in safeguarding LYNX’ legal and regulatory integrity.
• Providing legal and regulatory support and conducting legal and regulatory research and translating complex regulations into practical advice and clear documentation
• Lead and supervise a team of legal and support professionals, providing guidance, coaching and clear accountability.
• Own and maintain the company-wide legal roadmap and legal mandate, ensuring timely and actionable reporting to management and relevant stakeholders.
• Develop and continuously improve the legal framework across the organisation, aligned with Dutch and European regulatory requirements.
• Plan and oversee the annual legal roadmap, including horizon scanning and monitoring new laws and regulations.
• Act as the internal point of contact for legal matters and advise departments including Compliance, Risk, Finance, Operations and IT.
• Represent LYNX on legal matters towards regulators, affiliates, auditors and other external stakeholders.
• Ensure internal policies, SOPs and related legal documentation remain accurate, accessible and aligned with regulatory requirements.
• Oversee cross-border legal matters and coordinate legal topics across LYNX's international organisation.
• Drive continuous improvement of legal processes, strengthening legal risk awareness, governance and operational efficiency.
• Take end-to-end accountability for legal outcomes and contribute to LYNX's regulatory readiness.
• Provide strategic direction for the legal function, including team development, delegation and alignment with wider company objectives.

Who you are

You are a senior legal professional with proven experience in legal advisory, governance and financial services. You combine strong legal expertise with a pragmatic and business-oriented approach and are comfortable taking ownership of complex legal matters.

You are able to advise senior stakeholders, lead a team and translate regulatory requirements into practical solutions. You work in a structured and proactive way, anticipate legal risks and are comfortable operating in an international and highly regulated environment.

In addition, you have:

• Extensive experience as an external lawyer and/or in-house Legal Counsel, including legal advisory and governance responsibilities.
• Strong knowledge of Dutch legislation and financial regulatory frameworks, including the BW, Wft, Bgfo and Wwft.
• Strong knowledge of relevant European regulatory frameworks, such as MAR, GDPR, DORA, MiFID II, IFR and IFD.
• A strong understanding of outsourcing arrangements, partnership structures and third-party risk management.
• Experience with cross-border legal matters and international regulatory coordination.
• Strong analytical, organisational and communication skills.
• Professional fluency in both Dutch and English.
• The ability to communicate complex legal matters clearly to both legal and non-legal stakeholders.
• A high level of integrity, professionalism and regulatory awareness.

Nice to have

• Previous leadership experience, ideally managing a small, high-impact legal team.
• Experience within a brokerage, investment firm or execution-only financial services environment.
• Experience working with regulators and other external supervisory stakeholders.
• Experience developing or maturing a legal function within an international organisation.

What we offer

At LYNX, we believe that our people are the key to our success. You’ll work in an international and professional environment where your expertise and ideas have a direct impact on the organisation.

You can expect:

• A challenging senior position with significant ownership and international scope.
• The opportunity to shape and further develop the legal function at LYNX.
• Close collaboration with senior management and specialists across the organisation.
• A fixed 13th month.
• A pension scheme.
• Travel expense reimbursement.
• An annual training budget of €2,000 to support your professional development.
• Regular team activities, drinks and company events.

Who we are

LYNX helps investors take control of their financial future. As an online broker, we provide our clients with access to global financial markets through a professional trading platform, combined with high-quality service and expertise.

With multiple offices across Europe, our international teams work together to continuously improve our services and organisation. We operate in a highly regulated and fast-changing environment, where collaboration, expertise and taking ownership are essential to our success.

We're an equal-opportunity employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates without attention to gender identity/expression, age, racial, ethnic and cultural background, religion and beliefs, sexual orientation/identity, disability or neurodiversity.