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Legal Counsel – M&A/Corporate – Brussels

Last update 15.05.2025
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YOUR JOB IN A NUTSHELL

The Legal Corporate Team consists of 3 experienced and highly motivated lawyers, and is part of the Legal Transversal Services pillar within the Legal department. We advise on all M&A (Mergers & Acquisitions), private equity and corporate related transactions in which the bank and its subsidiaries are involved. Your job as a legal counsel offers a unique mix of fast-moving transactional and advisory work, within a very dynamic context, both on a national and international level.

AND IN DETAIL

  • You will be involved in all stages of a transaction or project, ranging from the initial structuring phase until the closing of the transaction.
  • An important part of your work will consist of legal support in negotiations, drafting and reviewing different types of agreements and documents (share purchase agreements, shareholders’ agreements, etc).
  • You will have extensive contacts with a large variety of internal clients and external counterparties, and as the case may be, be part of the core transaction team. In this respect, you may also have regular contacts with key stakeholders within the organization, as well as with members of the bank’s senior management.
  • You will also be actively involved in both the corporate law platform and M&A platform, for which you will work closely together with our legal colleagues in other territories where the BNP Paribas group is active.
  • The Legal Corporate Team is also heavily involved in the bank’s overall corporate governance, as well as being the local point of contact for any competition law related questions or matters.

YOUR TALENTS AND COMPETENCES

  • You have an outspoken interest in M&A transactions, Private Equity, and corporate law in general. You love being involved in fast moving transactions and sitting at the negotiation table.
  • You are able to work autonomously and independently, are stress resistant, critical, and have a strong legal analysis capacity.
  • You are a team player, who enjoys sharing knowledge and working together with the other in-house lawyers and the business colleagues.
  • You have strong communication and negotiation skills and you are able to convince others.
  • You are pragmatic and solution oriented, but at the same time you have an eye for detail, are organised, and you never lose sight of the legal risks and applicable boundaries.
  • You are flexible, business minded, and are willing to go the extra mile to get the deal done.
  • You have a Belgian Master’s degree in Law and have at least 3 to 5 years of relevant experience in the areas of M&A, Private Equity, and corporate law in general.
  • You can express yourself proficiently, both orally and in writing, in Dutch, French and English.
  • You should have proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, and Powerpoint).

WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER

OUR IMPACT

As a company, we implement concrete and sustainable solutions to reduce our environmental footprint, such as saving paper and resources, recycling our waste, encouraging the use of green transport, buildings that are designed and managed to limit our impact, etc.

YOUR CAREER PERSPECTIVES

The departments that make up BNP Paribas Fortis cover a wide range of activities. You will therefore have many opportunities for ‘horizontal’ and ‘vertical’ career development.

OUR OFFER

You will enjoy a permanent contract with an attractive salary package. You'll be working at our Brussels headquarters, just a short stroll from the railway station. We support your work-life balance by offering a mixture of in-person and remote work, among other things.

OUR ENGAGEMENT

At BNP Paribas Fortis, we want to attract and retain all talent, whatever their gender, age, background or sexual orientation, and irrespective of whether they are living with a disability, as every person has their own experiences and their own identity. All of our full-time vacancies are also open to candidates wishing to work on an 80% or 90% full-time equivalent basis.

If the function is categorized as a banking services provider function (cf. Law of 22 April 2019 establishing an oath and a disciplinary regime for the banking sector), you will also need to provide us with a 'certificate of absence of professional ban' from the FSMA confirming that you are not professionally disqualified.

TEMPTED BY THE CHALLENGE?

A first selection is made based on your CV and motivation letter. Are we convinced that you are the right candidate? Then we will contact you.

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