Legal & policy jobs in Amsterdam at employers that can sponsor a visa

<p> </p><p> </p><p><img src="https://hcm17.sapsf.com/mccainfood/McCain_Logo.png" alt=""></p><p> </p><p><strong>Position Title: </strong>Legal Counsel </p><p><strong>Position Type:</strong> Regular - Full-Time ​</p><p><strong>Requisition ID:</strong> 44869 </p><div><div><strong>In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.</strong></div><div><strong>About the role.</strong></div><div>The Legal Counsel is a broad, hands-on role within the European Legal Team, supporting the business across a variety of commercial, corporate, and procurement matters. This position offers significant exposure to diverse legal work, close mentorship from senior legal leaders, and the opportunity to grow in scope and responsibility over time.</div><div><strong>What you’ll be doing.</strong></div><ul><li>Provide day-to-day legal support across commercial, corporate, and procurement matters for the GBI & EMENA business.</li><li>Draft, review, and negotiate procurement, supply, and commercial agreements while helping stakeholders achieve objectives and mitigate risk.</li><li>Support the wider European Legal Team on ad hoc legal matters and projects.</li><li>Build trusted relationships with procurement and commercial stakeholders across the business.</li><li>Utilize legal technology tools to manage workflow, track matters, and improve efficiency.</li><li>Identify legal and commercial risks and escalate matters appropriately when senior legal input is required.</li><li>Collaborate with legal colleagues across other regions.</li></ul><div><strong>What you’ll need to be successful.</strong></div><ul><li>Qualified lawyer (or equivalent) with up to 5 years' post-qualification experience.</li><li>Fluent business English, both written and spoken.</li><li>Interest in legal technology and willingness to learn and adopt new tools.</li><li>Exposure to commercial or procurement contracts is beneficial but not essential.</li><li>Solutions-focused mindset with a proactive, hands-on approach.</li><li>Commercially minded and pragmatic in balancing legal requirements with business needs.</li><li>Strong relationship-building and collaboration skills.</li><li>Ambitious, curious, and eager to grow professionally.</li></ul><div><strong>About the team.</strong></div><div>The role sits within the European Legal Team and supports the GBI & EMENA business. The position works closely with procurement and commercial stakeholders, collaborates with legal colleagues across regions, and receives mentorship from senior legal leaders. The role has no direct reports.</div><div><strong>About McCain.</strong></div><div><a tabindex="0" href="https://www.mccain.com/about-us/our-purpose-values/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Click Here</a> to learn more about McCain and how we provide opportunities to make an impact that matters.</div><div><strong>Leadership principles.</strong></div><div>At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.</div><div><strong>AI & Digital Capabilities.</strong></div><div>At McCain, AI and digital capabilities are part of how we work and innovate. We value curiosity toward emerging technologies and the thoughtful, responsible use of AI-enabled tools to improve outcomes as part of our future-ready culture. We encourage employees to embrace technology, explore new ways of working, and leverage AI-enabled tools responsibly to drive efficiency and better business outcomes.</div><div><strong>The McCain experience.</strong></div><div>We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you’ll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we’re better together.</div><div>Our purpose is grounded in building meaningful relationships. We’re big believers in the power of working together in person. It helps us stay connected, collaborate more effectively, and grow as a team. At the same time, we recognize the importance of flexibility. Most office-based roles follow a hybrid model, with the option to work remotely two days a week. There may be exceptions depending on the role and location, so we encourage you to speak with your recruiter for more details.</div></div><p><em>McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.</em></p><p> </p><p><em>McCain is an accessible employer. 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McCain leverages AI in the hiring process, though all final decisions are made by humans. You can understand our approach to AI and how your personal information is being handled </em><em><a title="" href="https://careers.mccain.com/us/en/privacypolicy" target="_self">here</a></em><em>. </em></p><p> </p><p><strong>Job Family: </strong>General & Administration      <br><strong>Division: </strong>Global Legal and Governance <br><strong>Department: ​</strong>European Legal Department ​<br><strong>Location(s):</strong> NL - Netherlands : North Holland : Amsterdam </p><p><strong>Company: </strong>McCain Foods Holland B.V. </p>