GC Jobs Update — 5 September 2025

+35% more roles in Europe this week, but only slight growth in UK&I and APAC

As usual in September, the market is slowly picking up, with 35% more roles this week in Continental Europe compared to last week, but just 1-2 more opportunities both in the UK&I and APAC.

In this issue you will find roles across:

• UK & Ireland — 9 opportunities

• Germany — 5 opportunities

• Spain — 6 opportunities

• Netherlands — 3 opportunities

• Jobs across Austria, Gibraltar, Noway, Portugal, Belgium and Luxembourg

• APAC — 9 opportunities

We also have one of those rare truly global jobs that can be based pretty much anywhere in the world: Deputy General Counsel with Sentient Labs. This one will get hundreds of applicants, so the best way to apply would be via a referral / someone working there (although that’s true for any popular role).

Let’s dive into all of this week’s new roles:

United Kingdom & Ireland

1. Deputy General Counsel — Remote, Sentient Labs

2. Legal Director — Madrid, Galway or London, Planet — Software — Spain, Ireland or UK

3. Head of Legal — London, Paris, Brussels, Dubai, New York, TapTap Send — Payments

4. Head of Legal Services — Bath, University of Bath

5. General Counsel - Employment — Dunstable, Whitbread —Hospitality

6. Head of Legal - Maternity Cover — London, Acamar Films

7. Assistant General Counsel — London, Corebridge Financial —Financial Services

8. Deputy General Counsel — Northern Ireland, Paris, London or Rotterdam, Sedgwick —Financial Services

9. Head Of Legal Operations — Redhill, London, Tonbridge Wells AXA UK —Financial Services (from £95,000)

10. General Counsel — Dublin, Three —Telecoms, Ireland

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Continental Europe

1. Head of Legal — Vienna, Vienna, foodora —Food and Beverage Services, Austria

2. Head of Legal — Brussels Region, Enaos —IT Services, Belgium

3. Head of Legal, Compliance & Property — Aarhus, STARK, Denmark

4. Head of Legal — Helsinki, PreMarket —Finland

5. Head of Legal Manufacturing and Supply — Gentilly, Sanofi —Pharma, France

6. Head of Purchasing Legal & Compliance Strategic Development — Saint-Priest, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Volvo — France

7. Head of Legal — Paris, Microsoft —Software, France

8. Legal Manager — Puteaux, Worldline —France

9. Legal Manager & DPO — Paris, Tessan —France

10. Litigation Director — Paris, Vinted —Online Platform, France

11. General Legal Counsel) — Munich, HOLON —Automotive, Germany

12. General Counsel – Fintech Startup — Berlin, Cherry Ventures — Germany

13. Global Head of Legal Corporate & Group M&A — Frankfurt am Main, Deutsche Bank — Germany

14. Assistant General Counsel — Frankfurt am Main, JPMorganChase — Germany

15. General Counsel — Cologne, Aufinity —Fintech, Germany

16. Chief Legal Officer — Gibraltar, Wincent —Crypto, Gibraltar

17. Assistant General Counsel EMEA — Nijkerk, Glory —Tech, Netherlands

18. General Counsel — North Holland, nLighten —IT Services, Netherlands

19. Deputy General Counsel — Northern Ireland, Paris, London or Rotterdam, Sedgwick —Financial Services, France, UK or Netherlands

20. Head of Legal — Trondheim, DeepOcean —Oil and Gas, Norway

21. Head of Legal, Data Privacy — Porto, Farfetch — Portugal

22. Head of Legal — Lisbon, Audax Renewables —Oil and Gas, Portugal

23. Deputy General Counsel — Remote, Sentient Labs —Remote (USA, EMEA, APAC)

24. Head of Legal — Barcelona, Catalonia, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) —Biotech, Spain

25. Chief Legal Officer — Tech Hustle Group — Spain

26. Head of Legal — Barcelona, PayXpert —Financial Services, Spain

27. VP Managing Counsel — Barcelona, ADP — Spain

28. Legal Director — Madrid, Galway or London, Planet —Spain, UK or Ireland

29. Head of Legal — Stockholm, Stockholm County, LYKO —Retail, Sweden

30. VP Legal and Compliance — Goeteborg, Volvo —Automotive, Sweden

31. Head of Legal — Dubai, Salt — UAE

32. Head of Legal — London, Paris, Brussels, Dubai, New York, TapTap Send — UK, France, Belgium, UAE, USA

33. Head of Legal & Compliance — Luxembourg, Ziffer Group —Family Office

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Middle East

1. Head of Legal — London, Paris, Brussels, Dubai, New York, TapTap Send — UK, France, Belgium, UAE, USA

2. Head of Legal — Dubai, Salt — UAE

APAC

1. Head of Legal — Sydney, PQE Partners — Financial Services

2. Associate General Counsel, APAC — Sydney, Meta —Software

3. Head of Legal, Risk & Compliance — Sydney, Fetch 🐾 —Pet Services

4. Associate General Counsel — Hong Kong, Chubb Life —Insurance

5. Deputy General Counsel, Trading & Markets — Hong Kong, OKX —Crypto

6. General Counsel — Auckland, Pattle Delamore Partners

7. General Counsel — Singapore, SGB —Banking

8. Director, Assistant General Counsel, APAC and Americas — Singapore, HOYA Surgical Optics —Medical Equipment

9. Assistant General Counsel — Singtel —Telecommunications

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Mila