Join a fast-growing company with a purpose! At Fastned you will actively contribute to accelerating the transition to electric mobility. Together with over 360 colleagues (+40 nationalities) across 9+ countries, we have big plans: we are building a Europe-wide network of 1,000 beautiful fast charging stations where electric drivers can charge their cars with energy from the sun and wind. We have recently been voted the best charging network in the UK, France, Switzerland and the Netherlands, a testimony to our drive to offer the best charging experience to EV drivers!

Your role

As legal counsel Belgium, you will be the legal lead and therefore responsible for and manage Fastned's legal affairs in Belgium and part of the Fastned Belgium management team. This is a very broad legal function with the main focus on drafting and advising on real estate & property law topics. Other topics that come up deal with competition law, construction law, employment law, compliance and more corporate and finance related matters.

We would love working with a nice, self-motivated, proactive, entrepreneurial and mission-driven person. Working as lead legal counsel in Belgium is a great opportunity to work at a rapidly growing, highly diversified and dynamic team while being able to make a significant impact.

You will be part of a growing team of 10 lawyers, who work in Amsterdam, London, Cologne and Paris. As legal counsel you will report to the Director Legal and Compliance and work well with all your colleagues within Fastned.

Your responsibilities:

• Providing full legal support and advice to the local team in Belgium. In this role you are the trusted advisor to the management team, you are good at weighing legal risks versus commercial chances and you like problem solving.

• Being responsible for challenging, reviewing and drafting lease and property law contracts under Belgium law.

• Providing full legal support and advice on all sorts of other commercial contracts.

• Advising business and being the trusted advisor on key developments, strategy and other key decisions. You will be part of negotiations and external network development sessions.

• Helping out with tenders - negotiating tender documentation and other public contracts.

• Providing legal advice about various regulatory matters such as competition regulations and other more consumer-related, subsidies and corporate topics.

• Monitor new legislations and regulations and make sure that Fastned is compliant.

• Working on optimisation of all kinds of processes in which legal is involved.

Requirements:

Who we're looking for:

We are looking for a colleague with an entrepreneurial mindset, good communication skills. Who is a team player and an actual nice person with whom it is fun working. Since you are the only legal counsel within the Belgium team, we would like you to be proactively and work autonomously in order to identify problems, drive projects, and execute pragmatic/creative legal and business solutions.

We are also looking for the following:

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience at a law firm and/or in-house company law environment,

• LLM law school degree in Belgium law or equivalent (studies or work experience),

• Quick learner, curious, open-minded, adaptable, comfortable with ambiguity and risk, and excited by dynamic change.

• Either fluent in French and English or fluent in Dutch, French and English. We would love to work with someone who speaks French fluently to help us to unlock Wallonia in the coming years.

• We have an office in Brussels and an office in Ghent. You can work from both offices and from home partly. 

Join us in building a better future!

We work hard to change the world, but we don't forget to recognise & celebrate our successes, big and small. We value work-life balance, offer you real work flexibility and have family-friendly policies in place. We have an inclusive work environment, and love authentic people, so don't try to fit in because we like you for who you are!

Our benefits include:

• Stock option plan -> we believe in shared value creation;

• A training and development budget of €3,000 per year per employee, because development and training are important to us and our sector offers endless opportunities;

• Full access to our electric vehicle fleet with all charging expenses covered;

• A total of 37 holidays per year, including 5 extralegal Fastned holidays and 12 compensation days. As well as two mission days you can use to contribute to Fastneds mission or to support a cause that is important to you!

• A paid pension plan, fully covered by Fastned;

• Eco-cheque vouchers every year;

• Free daily vegetarian lunches, snacks & drinks all day in the office;

• Next to fun events year-round, we throw notorious Christmas parties and organize an amazing yearly trip abroad with all employees;

• Other perks include flexible working hours, full travel compensation and the working gear of your choice.

Apply today!

We look forward to meeting you! The recruitment process consists of 4 stages:

• A first video-call with our recruiter to find out more about Fastned & our company culture,

• Online interview with 2 legal teammates to dive deeper into the role and your experience,

• Online interview with the Head of Legal, manager of the role,

• Office interview with the Country Manager Belgium and the Lead Expansion, followed by a coffee chat with team members.

If you have questions or need further information regarding your application, please contact our recruitment team via recruitment(at)fastned.nl.

Fastned stands for equity and inclusion. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, gender identities, sexual orientations, religions, neurodiversity, disabilities, parental status or any other protected characteristic that makes you unique.

We are looking for a colleague with an entrepreneurial mindset, good communication skills. Who is a team player and an actual nice person with whom it is fun working. Since you are the only legal counsel within the Belgium team, we would like you to be proactively and work autonomously in order to identify problems, drive projects, and execute pragmatic/creative legal and business solutions.

We are also looking for the following:

• Quick learner, curious, open-minded, adaptable, comfortable with ambiguity and risk, and excited by dynamic change,

• LLM law school degree in Belgium law or equivalent (studies or work experience),

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience at a law firm and/or in-house company law environment,

• Fluency in Flemish, French and English.

We look forward to meeting you! The recruitment process consists of 4 stages:

• A first video call with our recruiter to find out more about Fastned & our company culture,

• Online interview with 2 of our Legal Counsels to dive deeper into the role and your experience,

• Office interview with the Head of Legal, Country Manager and Lead Expansion,

• Final conversation with our Belgian team and other legal team mates.