Junior Corporate Legal Counsel

Do you want to work in an international environment? Do you want to assist the Corporate Legal Team in Group Legal providing advice on a broad range of IT, corporate and commercial law issues and assist with ensuring compliance in a Danish based global IT company? Then perhaps an interesting position is awaiting you in SimCorp.
Location: Copenhagen
WHAT MAKES US, US
Join some of the most innovative thinkers in FinTech as we lead the evolution of financial technology. If you are an innovative, curious, collaborative person who embraces challenges and wants to grow, learn and pursue outcomes with our prestigious financial clients, say Hello to SimCorp!
At its foundation, SimCorp is guided by our values — caring, customer success-driven, collaborative, curious, and courageous. Our people-centered organization focuses on skills development, relationship building, and client succеss. We take pride in cultivating an environment where all team members can grow, feel heard, valued, and empowered.
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WHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANT TO US
SimCorp’s Corporate Legal Team in Group Legal supports the global SimCorp organization in legal matters. We are looking for a skilled and committed, full-time team member to work closely together to support us in providing advice in a commercial and exciting environment to enable the SimCorp business to operate even more efficiently. Ideally you have a couple of years of experience after graduation as cand.jur, cand.merc.(jur.) or similar.
You will be joining the Corporate Legal Team in Group Legal. We also work closely together with employees from both the rest of Group Legal and Contract Management as well as other parts of the organization, including employees in our procurement team, executive management team and local managers.
We take pride in contributing to the growth of SimCorp with high quality work, but we also have a very collaborative way of working together where humor is always a big part of our cooperation. Within the team, we actively use AI to enhance both our project work and daily operations, enabling us to deliver faster and more effectively. Also, we continually strive to improve our AI skills by attending trainings and staying curious about new developments, ensuring that we remain efficient and well‑prepared for the opportunities ahead.
WHAT YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
SimCorp’s main product, SimCorp Dimension, is one of the world's leading investment management software solutions used globally by international financial institutions and equity funds.
SimCorp was acquired by Deutsche Börse December 2023 and the Axioma Group was merged into SimCorp. Further, SimCorp has over the years completed several acquisitions and is continuously expanding across the world. This requires worldclass corporate and compliance focus while at the same time ensuring the corporate organizational structure is effective.
As our new Junior Legal Counsel, your main focus will be on corporate matters and commercial contracts as further described below:
Assist with the establishment of new legal entities and mergers or liquidations of existing legal entities.
Register changes in board and management in the +35 SimCorp group entities across the world.
Assist with servicing our management by preparing board and management meetings
Ensure compliance on corporate matters worldwide including answering KYC and due diligence forms from vendors and customers globally.
Contribute to the establishment and continuous refinement of vendor contracts
Cooperate with group procurement in connection with negotiating and drafting different vendor agreements.
Assist with resolving issues that arise in existing commercial relationships and handling pre-litigation legal disputes and inquiries, through day-to-day advice.
Provide ad-hoc advice on various legal matters such as intellectual property rights, regulatory compliance, corporate law and various other areas of law.
WHAT WE VALUE
As our ideal candidate you:
Have a masters of law (cand.jur) or business administration and commercial law cand.merc(jur.)
Have experience with corporate and contract law from an international organisation
Have skills or interest in working with corporate law in a global and complex company structure
Are good at organizing and planning
Are curious and able to quickly grasp new concepts
Have proficient English communication skills, both verbally and in writing, as SimCorp’s corporate language is English
Are able to manage tasks on your own, but enjoy being part of a team
Thrive in a busy work environment.
BENEFITS
Attractive salary, bonus scheme, and pension are essential for any work agreement. However, in SimCorp we believe we can offer more. Therefore, in addition to the traditional benefit scheme, we provide flexible working hours and a hybrid model. And opportunities for professional development: there is never just only one route - we offer an individual approach to professional development to support the direction you want to take.
NEXT STEP
Please send us your application in English via our career site as soon as possible, we process incoming applications continually. Please note that only applications sent through our system will be processed. At SimCorp, we recognize that bias can unintentionally occur in the recruitment process. To uphold fairness and equal opportunities for all applicants, we kindly ask you to exclude personal data such as photo, age, or any non-professional information from your application. Thank you for aiding us in our endeavor to mitigate biases in our recruitment process.
We are eager to continually improve our talent acquisition process and make everyone’s experience positive and valuable. Therefore, during the process we will ask you to provide your feedback, which is highly appreciated.
WHO WE ARE
For over 50 years, we have worked closely with investment and asset managers to become the world’s leading provider of integrated investment management solutions. We are 3,000+ colleagues with a broad range of nationalities, educations, professional experiences, ages, and backgrounds in general.
SimCorp is an independent subsidiary of the Deutsche Börse Group. Following the recent merger with Axioma, we leverage the combined strength of our brands to provide an industry-leading, full, front-to-back offering for our clients.
SimCorp is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to building a culture where diverse perspectives and expertise are integrated into our everyday work. We believe in the continual growth and development of our employees, so that we can provide best-in-class solutions to our clients.
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