Legal Counsel

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At Riverty, we believe that everyone should be in control of their own financial situation. Our shared commitment is to make financial solutions more innovative, empathetic and user-friendly to empower financial growth for everyone. To do this, we rely on 50 years of experience and the commitment of over 5,000 creative minds, innovators and explorers in 11 countries.

Are you ready?

As part of our community, you will have the opportunity to develop your skills and transform the world of finance together with us. We create an environment where you can evolve personally and benefit from our flexible working conditions and work-life balance.

We are looking for a

Legal Counsel

Join our team at our location in Oslo, Copenhagen, Varberg or Helsinki

Are you in your comfort zone when working with different people from different countries and are you looking for new challenges in your legal career in an international organization? Can you multitask without losing the overview and do you like a dynamic work environment with a lot of different legal topics to advise on? Then you might be our new colleague

About the role

As a Legal Counsel, you play a key role in supporting Riverty's business and the entire company in various legal affairs. The entire Riverty legal community consists of about 25+ lawyers with whom you will have a lot of regular interactions. The daily work will also entail close contact with other functions such as Product, Sales, Marketing, Risk, Compliance, Finance, and Operations. Riverty's organizational culture is international and low-hierarchical, prioritizing cooperation and open interaction between the teams, fostering a dynamic and collaborative work environment.

In this role, you will join our team of lawyers from Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and the Netherlands and report to our General Counsel for RBIF (business unit Riverty Back in Flow) Nordics & Benelux. Your role in our debt collection and purchase business is central. Your primary responsibility will be to support our business in Norway and Denmark, a role that is crucial to our operations in these regions.

What will be your challenge:

In this role, you will be involved in client and supplier matters and drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial agreements, set-ups, and other legal documents. You will also be able to take responsibility for the company's internal legal training and actively participate in developing the legal department. The role includes intermittent travel in the Nordics and occasionally to other countries. Daily, your tasks will also include the following:

• Provide legal support and advice on a wide variety of topics, particularly in debt collection, consumer law, business law, and contract law
• Play a pivotal role in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating client contracts, supplier agreements, and other pertinent internal and external contracts and legal documents
• Support a wide range of internal stakeholders and act as a sparring partner to the international Legal team
• Represent the organization in matters involving supervisory authorities
• Monitor upcoming legislation and advise the organization on the potential impact on business
• Depending on location, have the opportunity to litigate disputes before the courts

What will help you to succeed in the role:

• A Master's degree in law (Norway or Denmark preferred) and 2-5 years of hands-on experience
• Experience in debt collection, debt purchase, consumer protection law, and contract law
• Well-developed legal, drafting, and advisory skills
• Analytical, determined, result-oriented, and self-motivated personality
• Ability to work independently, able to handle a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Good communication skills, able to explain complex topics in a simple way, a commitment to work and commercial thinking
• Fluency in English and one of the Scandinavian languages