Legal Counsel
Deminor
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Rotterdam • 🇳🇱 Netherlands
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Identify and assess litigation funding opportunities, including in-depth legal and financial due diligence of commercial cases.
- Lead and coordinate funded Dutch B2B commercial disputes, managing case progress and working closely with external counsel, experts and Deminor’s internal team.
- Contribute to Deminor’s global collective securities litigation practice, involved in the selection, management and strategy of complex cross border investor cases.
- Help expand Deminor’s footprint in the Dutch market.
Requirements
- A Dutch-qualified lawyer with minimum 5/6 years of experience in litigation, commercial law or dispute resolution.
- At least 5/6 years of experience in the litigation practice of a Dutch law firm or in a corporate setting with litigation exposure.
- Fluent in Dutch and English, both written and spoken.
- Interested in cross border collective securities litigation and Dutch commercial litigation.
- Practical, analytical and commercially minded.
- Able to think strategically beyond pure legal analysis.
- Motivated to grow in a role where legal insight directly informs investment decisions and business outcomes.
- Curious, proactive and willing to go the extra mile.
Benefits
- An intellectually stimulating role at a leading international litigation funder, with direct exposure to high stakes commercial and collective cases in the Netherlands and across jurisdictions.
- Competitive compensation with performance-based bonus potential aligned with individual and firm-wide results.
- Substantial autonomy and responsibility from day one, with a clear path to increased influence and leadership within the team.
- A collaborative, low-ego culture that values independence, integrity, perseverance, excellence, and pioneering spirit.
- Professional development and learning opportunities, including involvement in investment committees, international case strategy and exposure to multiple jurisdictions.
- A purpose-driven environment where legal expertise is translated into real-world recovery and justice for investors and companies.
- Working with experienced lawyers, financial analysts and sector specialists in a diverse, multilingual and international team, combining 19 nationalities and 22 languages across many offices worldwide.
- Deminor offers a professional, friendly and open work environment that values diverse backgrounds and individual personalities.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
litigationcommercial lawdispute resolutionlegal due diligencefinancial due diligencecross border litigationsecurities litigationcase managementstrategic thinkinganalytical skills
Soft skills
motivatedcuriousproactivecommercially mindedstrategic thinkingteam coordinationcommunicationleadershipproblem-solvingadaptability
Certifications
Dutch-qualified lawyer