Regulatory Legal Counsel

Optiver’s Holding Legal Team and Legal Europe team advise the Optiver Group on a broad range of regulatory matters across jurisdictions. This role sits across both teams and supports the Optiver Group, including but not limited to Optiver Holding B.V. and Optiver VOF, on prudential and conduct-related regulatory matters.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

As Regulatory Counsel, you will join Optiver’s Global Legal function, working across both the Holding Legal Team and the Legal Europe team. Based in Amsterdam and reporting to the Head of Regulatory Legal – Europe, you will advise on a wide range of prudential and conduct-related regulatory matters affecting the Optiver Group, including Optiver VOF and other group entities.

You will provide clear, pragmatic legal advice on regulatory developments, day-to-day matters and strategic projects, while partnering closely with colleagues in Legal, Compliance, Risk and the business across Europe, APAC and the US.

WHO YOU ARE:

You are a pragmatic and intellectually curious regulatory lawyer who enjoys working across a wide range of topics in a dynamic, international environment. You are confident navigating complex legal questions, comfortable working with a variety of stakeholders, and motivated by delivering clear and practical advice.

• A Dutch law degree.
• 4 to 7 years of relevant post-qualification experience, with a strong focus on financial regulatory matters.
• Experience advising on prudential regulatory and conduct regulatory issues relevant to regulated financial institutions, proprietary trading firms, investment firms or other market participants.
• Ideally, experience gained at a leading law firm, in-house legal team, or a combination of both.
• Strong knowledge of European financial services regulation; familiarity with frameworks such as MiFID II/MiFIR, IFR/IFD, CRR/CRD, MAR, SSR, BMR and CSDR is an advantage.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English; Dutch language capability is strongly preferred.
• A practical, proactive and hands-on approach, with strong judgment and the ability to balance legal risk with business needs.
• The ability to work independently while also collaborating effectively across teams, offices and time zones.
• A positive attitude and willingness to contribute to a strong team culture.

WHO WE ARE

At Optiver, our mission is to constantly improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and acting as a stabilizing force no matter the market conditions. With a focus on continuous improvement, we participate in the safeguarding of healthy and efficient markets for everyone who participates. As one of the largest market making institutions, we are a trusted partner of 70+ exchanges across the globe.

WHAT YOU’LL GET

You’ll join a culture of collaboration and excellence, where you’ll be surrounded by curious thinkers and creative problem solvers. Motivated by a passion for continuous improvement, you’ll thrive in a supportive, high-performing environment alongside talented colleagues, working collectively to tackle the toughest problems in the financial markets.

In addition, you’ll receive:

• A performance-based bonus structure, enabling all of our employees to benefit from our global profit pool. 
• The opportunity to work alongside best-in-class professionals from over 50 different countries.
• 25 paid vacation days in your first year, increasing to 30 from your second year onwards.
• Training opportunities, discounts on health insurance, and fully paid first-class commuting expenses.
• Extensive office perks, including breakfast, lunch, and dinner, world-class barista coffee, in-house physio and chair massages, organised sports and leisure activities, and Friday afternoon drinks.

DIVERSITY STATEMENT

Optiver is committed to diversity and inclusion.

Apply directly via the form below. If you have any questions feel free to contact our Recruiter team via recruitment@optiver.com.

Kindly note that we do not require any assistance from third-parties including agencies in the recruitment of this role.