Legal Counsel - Stockholm

Who are Benifex? 💚💜 We are a fast-moving technology company, and one of the most successful providers of online reward and benefits solutions in the world. We believe that everyone deserves an exceptional experience at work, every day, and build workplace technology that makes this happen. Benifex’s mission is to build remarkable experiences that employees love. Today Benifex supports more than five million employees in over 3,000 organisations across more than 100 countries. To help us on our quest to be the best, we need brilliant people on board and that’s where you come in. 🚀 Why you should apply Take on a senior, highly visible legal role with real influence across the Nordic business and leadership team Work hands-on with complex, high-value commercial agreements and negotiations in a fast-paced tech environment Be a trusted advisor shaping commercial decisions, risk management, and deal structures across the Nordics Combine strategic thinking with practical execution in a role that values clear, pragmatic legal guidance Sunday Times Best Place to Work 2025 and Best Large Tech Company to Work for 2025 Work for a profitable, fast-growing market leader in the online reward and employee benefits space. Great 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. Role overview As Lead Legal Counsel Nordics, you will be a key member of both the global legal team and the Nordic leadership team, providing hands-on commercial legal support across the region. The role focuses on commercial, tech, and data protection matters, with a strong emphasis on drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex contracts in a SaaS-driven environment. You will act as a trusted advisor to the business, supporting strategic discussions, client negotiations, and major commercial deals. Reporting to the General Counsel, you will also line manage one Legal Counsel and help strengthen the quality and consistency of commercial agreements across the Nordics. This is a 12-month fixed-term contract covering a parental leave. The role can be based fully remotely or in a hybrid setup from one of our offices in Stockholm, Gothenburg, or Copenhagen. The preferred start date is May or June, or as soon as possible thereafter. 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. What we are looking for 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. We want to make the application process as simple and fair as possible. That’s why we don’t ask for a cover letter for this role. Instead, you’ll find a few short questions in the application form. Your answers will help us understand your experience and skills in a more direct and relevant way. Our interview process ✌ Benifex understands the need to have a fast and efficient process, the below will all be completed in the shortest time possible. 📞 Initial interview with the Talent team. 🧪 Online tests in numeracy and logical reasoning. ⏳ Interview with the hiring manager and a peer. 🤩 Final interview with a senior team member/director. We look forward to receiving your application!

På Lendo har vi en tydlig ambition: att göra lånemarknaden mer transparent och digital för alla. Det som började som en svensk utmanare har vuxit till Nordens ledande marknadsplats för lån, där vi dagligen hjälper kunder i Sverige, Norge och Danmark att samla och jämföra allt från privatlån, företagslån till bolån. Vårt mål är enkelt – att ge konsumenter makten över sin egen ekonomi genom smarta, digitala lösningar.Vi bygger vår framgång på en kultur där vi lever efter våra värdeord: customer centric, win as a team, focus on execution och always improve. Vi är övertygade om att det är olika perspektiv, olikheter och en stark gemensam drivkraft som gör att vi fortsätter att utvecklas. Just nu letar vi efter nästa kollega som vill växa tillsammans med oss.Om rollen Som Legal Counsel i Lendo Group blir du en del av vår koncerngemensamma legal- och compliancefunktion. Du arbetar nära affären och stöttar hela Lendo Group, vilket innebär ett brett ansvarsområde över flera jurisdiktioner. Tjänsten är baserad på vårt kontor i Stockholm och du kommer att rapportera till Head of Legal and Compliance. I rollen som Legal Counsel kommer du exempelvis att: arbeta med ett brett spektrum av juridiska frågor - från strategisk rådgivning till operativt stöd i hela Lendo Group, hantera och granska kommersiella avtal samt stötta i förhandling, bidra till regelefterlevnad, hantera interna riktlinjer och rutiner, bevaka och implementera regulatoriska förändringar inom exempelvis konsumenträtt, finansiell reglering och GDPR, och stötta i olika affärsinitiativ och strategiska projekt, ofta i nära samarbete med andra funktioner som produkt, tech och marknad. Vi söker dig som har: Juristexamen från universitet i Sverige (LL.M.) Minst tre års relevant erfarenhet av juridiskt arbete, gärna från advokatbyrå eller som bolagsjurist Erfarenhet av att arbeta med juridik i en affärsnära kontext God kommunikationsförmåga på svenska och engelska Det är meriterande om du har: Erfarenhet av arbete på eller med banker och kreditmarknadsbolag, eller annan finansiellt reglerad verksamhet Erfarenhet av arbete med krediter, AML/CTF, GDPR och försäkringsdistribution Erfarenhet av att använda teknikstöd i juridiskt arbete, t.ex. AI-verktyg Om rekryteringsprocessen Som en del i vår rekryteringsprocess arbetar vi med arbetspsykologiska tester genom HI Assessments. Vi genomför också en obligatorisk bakgrundskontroll på alla slutkandidater. Vi informerar alltid dig som kandidat innan kontrollen genomförs. Vi ser fram emot din ansökan!