Legal Expert - Business & Commercial Law

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Are you passionate about making an impact through legal? Do you thrive in dynamic environments and have at least 4 years of experience as a lawyer, in-house legal counsel, or legal consultant? If you’re hands-on, motivated, and ready for a new challenge, we want to hear from you!

Join our Business & Commercial Law team and help us make a real impact on the thriving Belgian economy, with a focus on SMEs, family-owned companies, and innovative businesses across East and West Flanders, and the North of Brussels.

As a Legal Expert, you’ll:

• Support in diverse ways: Provide practical, pragmatic advice to clients on agreements, types of collaborations, settlements, and other legal challenges in relation to customers, suppliers and partners - helping our clients protect, transition and grow their businesses.
• Draft, review and negotiate critical documents: Work on agreements such as partnership contracts, service agreements, cooperation frameworks, distributor or agency agreements, settlements, and other essential legal documents.
• Shape your focus area: Develop expertise in contract and commercial law, negotiation support, IP, consumer protection etc.
• Collaborate closely with clients: Work side-by-side with the business owners of SMEs, family enterprises, and innovative businesses making a direct and tangible impact.
• Work in a dynamic environment: Contribute to the success of multidisciplinary teams, partnering with tax specialists, accountants, strategic advisors, M&A experts, and IT consultants.
• Engage with the market: Build relationships with business leaders, stakeholders, and other professionals thereby growing your network
• Support business development initiatives: Research new regulations and trends, assist in marketing legal services, and contribute to workshops, seminars, and thought leadership articles.

• You hold a Belgian master’s degree in law (an advanced master’s is a plus) and are ready to apply your expertise to practical and impactful client work.
• You possess solid technical legal knowledge with at least 4 years of relevant experience as a lawyer, in-house legal counsel, or legal consultant.
• You’re a fast learner and change agent, eager to adapt quickly and lead innovative approaches to solving complex legal challenges.
• You thrive as a natural connector, building and maintaining strong, long-term relationships with clients, stakeholders, and colleagues across various industries.
• You are hands-on and proactive, with a down-to-earth approach that turns challenges into opportunities.
• You’re strategic and innovative, applying creative solutions and forward-thinking strategies to deliver real impact for clients.
• You function exceptionally well in multidisciplinary teams, collaborating with tax specialists, accountants, strategic advisors, M&A experts, IT consultants, and more to create seamless solutions.
• You love intrapreneurship, bringing an entrepreneurial mindset to a corporate environment and driving innovation within your role.
• You are communicative and assertive, thriving in a dynamic and collaborative team environment.
• You have excellent knowledge of Dutch and English (French is a plus), enabling you to effectively communicate in a multicultural and multilingual setting.
• You actively contribute to business development, participating in researching new regulations and trends, assisting in marketing legal services, and engaging in networking, workshops, and seminars.

Be the true you! We foster diversity and inclusion and encourage you to bring your authentic self to work. Explore, question and collaborate while building a career that inspires and energises you.

Never stop growing!Diversity of thought makes us stronger. At Deloitte, we tailor a personalized learning experience, offering you the opportunity to grow at your own pace and achieve maximum impact.

We practice what we preach! As a Purpose-led organisation, at the heart of everything we do is a set of timeless principles and unifying values.
Life looks different for each of us, so we created a varied benefits package that you can tap into:

• My Benefits My Choice, a flexible rewards plan tailored to your lifestyle and priorities
• Sustainable transport options offered by Mobility@Deloitte
• Flexible work arrangements for all and initiatives supported by Parents@Deloitte
• Wellbeing tips and activities powered by Energise@Deloitte
• Topped off with other health benefits and insurance opportunities

Empowering our employees with flexible work arrangementsremains essential in today's reality:

• Hybrid workplace:combination of home office and on-site (+10 offices in Belgium or client's premises).
• Part-time employment: all our jobs are open to part-time work under a 90% or 80% regime.