Corporate Legal Counsel

As Corporate Legal Counsel, you are part of the Corporate Legal team and you report to the General Counsel. Without losing your general legal view, you will focus on company law, financial law, contract law. 

The position offers a varied range of tasks with room for substantive growth in function of your evolution:

• You will provide advice on corporate and regulatory aspects of to the various companies in the WDP group, i.e. the listed Belgian parent company and its subsidiaries in Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Luxembourg, Romania and Germany: 
  • Preparation and follow-up of boards of directors and shareholders’ meetings, amendments to articles of association, etc.
  • Periodic reporting (annual report, corporate governance charter,…)
  • Follow-up subsidiaries and joint ventures (shareholder agreements, articles of association, management agreements,…)
  • Legal entity management and its continuous optimization
• You give support in corporate real estate transactions, occasionally in collaboration with external advisors: due diligence, purchase/​sale agreements, shareholder agreements, legal reports, required capital increases, etc. 
• Together with the General Counsel, you further develop the compliance and risk standards for the various business processes within WDP. 
• Follow-up of relevant laws and regulations: communication and awareness thereof, drafting and maintenance of template contracts, etc.

• You have a master’s degree in Belgian law and preferably have at least 2 – 3 years of relevant work experience in the field of corporate law, compliance, risk management, ideally built up in-house as a corporate lawyer
• You work accurately and in a structured way, you have good analytical skills
• You are a real team player and have an open can-do mentality
• You are communicative, proactive and have a sense of responsibility
• You combine business acumen with a pragmatic approach and are commercially minded
• You have a fluent spoken and written knowledge of Dutch, English and French. 

At WDP, you get more than just a job — you get a career full of opportunities and benefits:

• Contract and compensation:
  • Full-time position with an open-ended contract
  • Attractive salary package with extra-legal benefits, including a company car, iPhone, meal vouchers, attractive bonus scheme, Flexible Income Plan, representation fee, insurance package
  • The possibility to work from home
• Development and growth:
  • Extensive onboarding trajectory
  • Ample opportunities for self-development through internal and external training programmes
• Team and culture:
  • A warm welcome from a team of dynamic and high-achieving co-workers
  • Fun events and a positive working environment for #TeamWDP
  • A Great Place To Work® certified company