Join us at Spinverse Group as our next in-house Legal Counsel! We are looking for a proactive legal expert who can provide clear and practical legal advice tailored to our business needs.

As Legal Counsel, you will draft, negotiate and review corporate agreements to ensure legal compliance and strategic alignment. You’ll collaborate with leadership, business units and external partners to support transactions, protect company interests and manage legal risks. Additionally, you will assist clients with multiparty consortium agreements and work closely with finance, HR and operations teams.

Key responsibilities

• Drafting & negotiation: prepare and negotiate various corporate agreements, including sales, service, subcontracting, employment, licensing and NDAs, ensuring clarity, enforceability and compliance.
• Legal advisory: provide guidance on corporate governance, HR matters and business transactions. Support teams in contract interpretation and issue resolution.
• Compliance & risk management: ensure adherence to corporate, tax, IP and data protection laws. Identify and mitigate legal risks.
• Contract management: maintain and update corporate agreement records, ensuring compliance and timely renewals.
• Litigation support:assist in resolving contract-related disputes, including litigation, arbitration, and settlements, coordinating with external counsel as needed.

Qualifications & skills

• University degree in Law (LL.M. or equivalent) with 2+ years of experience as a corporate lawyer, with a focus on corporate agreements and business transactions.
• Strong drafting, negotiation, and analytical skills with an excellent grasp of corporate law and compliance.
• Fluent in Finnish and English; proficiency in Swedish is a plus.
• Ability to provide clear, actionable legal advice and collaborate effectively across teams.
• Detail-oriented, proactive and capable of managing multiple projects in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

Experience in multiparty consortium contracts and public agreements related to R&D&I agreements is highly preferred.

Why join Spinverse

At Spinverse, we invite you to be part of a community where diversity, groundbreaking innovation and a commitment to shaping a brighter and a more sustainable future for Europe are the cornerstones of our culture. Our team of over 20 nationalities brings diverse perspectives and ideas to everything we do, creating a smart, inclusive and collaborative environment. We’re proud to be Great Place to Work certified, valuing teamwork, innovation and the meaningful impact we achieve together.

This role will offer invaluable hands-on experience in a fast-paced, innovation-driven environment. This role offers the chance to work closely with senior leadership, directly shaping the legal framework of high-profile R&D and technology projects.

Our compensation package includes a base salary, performance-based bonus, a range of benefits including extensive healthcare, lunch benefits and wellbeing resources through ePassi

To apply
If this position sounds attractive to you, please apply by uploading your CV and cover letter by April 4^th, 2025. For more information on this open position, do not hesitate to contact Matti Kuusisto, Vice President, Administration and Legal at +358 50 533 9257. Available times for discussion are March 27th, 13:00-14.00, March 28th, 13:00-14.00 or matti.kuusisto@spinverse.com . We look forward to hearing from you.

Spinverse is the Nordic leader in innovation consulting. We help our customers solve global challenges and grow through innovations – digitalisation and sustainability being the driving needs. Our highly qualified experts are committed to making an impact on groundbreaking projects. We are fortunate to collaborate with innovative people, companies and institutes from all over Europe. Spinverse is the forerunner in bringing together large company-led R&D projects and ecosystems and we work across many industry segments, focusing on areas where there is public funding to stimulate innovation. For more information, please visit: www.spinverse.com.

Contact person:

Matti Kuusisto +358 50 553 9257

Spinverse is the Nordic leader in Innovation Consulting, specialized in creating open innovation ecosystems, funding, corporate renewal and boosting growth. We drive innovation in all key industries: health, electronics, ICT & security, circular bio-economy, manufacturing and energy to solve the major global challenges.

Our customers range from largest corporations to the smartest growth companies in the Nordic countries and other parts of Europe. We help our clients to manage innovation portfolios, build project plans, select partners, find funding and lead the projects. Together with our clients we build new businesses from 100 M€ upwards.

Spinverse employs more than 60 international professionals at its offices in Finland, Sweden and Germany.

To increase our delivery capacity and client reach, we are looking for experienced freelancers around Europe. You will be involved in a wide range of consulting assignments, typically in the areas of Open Innovation, corporate renewal and growth.

Our value proposition for the freelance partners is a win-win relationship that allows the freelancer to:

1. better focus on assignments in their core areas of expertise and together win assignments that neither of the partners alone could sell or deliver;
2. increase the sales and the share of billable hours by leveraging the Spinverse brand as well as marketing and sales resources;
3. leverage Spinverse’s capacity of delivery support and administration to reduce the time spent on supplementary activities.

We are looking for different freelancers for a variety of roles, including:

1. Bid writing expert, with successful track record in national and EU funding instruments and proposal preparation;
2. Multi-party program and ecosystem expert, with good project work and management skills in certain industries or across industry boundaries;
3. Customer relationship guru, capable to act as the interface between the client and Spinverse’s program execution team.

Relevant Competencies:

• M.Sc. or D.Sc., for example in engineering, industrial management, economics or natural sciences
• Excellent writing and presentation skills in English (especially technology-related), other European languages are a plus
• Business and / or industrial experience especially within bio-refining, ICT (e.g. 5G, cyber security, FinTech, AI/ML, BigData) or Industry 4.0 (e.g. digital twins, sensors, data analytics) sectors as well as private fundraising and public funding applications (National/EU instruments)
• Understanding of business cultures of entrepreneurs, corporate executives, scientists etc.
• Good social skills and ability to interact with customers and project stakeholders in a client-oriented way
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to challenge the customers
• Ability to prioritise and attention to detail

To express your interest in the freelancer relationship, please send your LinkedIn Profile URL or resume, cover letter (max 500 words) with an indication of your typical daily rates in relevant projects.

Contact person:

Dijana Soininen +358 400 248 973