Damen
maritime
LegalTrainee
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“Legal Trainee at Damen. Skills: Legal, Compliance, Commercial Law. Gain hands‑on experience across disciplines. Learn to balance legal risk management”
What You'll Achieve.
develop into a confident legal sparring partner; clear understanding of your talents; clear understanding of the variety in legal functions; boosted your leadership and people; gained the insights to support the business; made meaningful
Industry & Context.
analytically strong; accurate; intellectually
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
completed Master’s degree in Law (LL. M.), excellent command of English, analytically strong, accurate, intellectually
Nice to Have
Master’s degree in private law, corporate / commercial law or maritime, command of Dutch, Prior experience through a successful student internship, for example within a commercial law firm
What You'll Do.
Gain hands‑on experience across disciplines
Learn to balance legal risk management
Contribute directly to complex transactions
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Build a internal network with colleagues worldwide; managing complex stakeholder environments
Communication Scope
excellent command of English; excellent command of Dutch
Full Job Description
We offer you an Ocean of Possibilities. Join our family. Are you ready to launch your legal career in an international, dynamic and maritime environment and explore the oceans of opportunities within Damen? The **Damen Legal Traineeship** offers you a unique opportunity to develop into an all-round legal professional in one of the world’s most diverse and forward‑thinking shipbuilding families. Over the course of two years, you will gain broad exposure to corporate, compliance and commercial legal matters, with direct involvement in major transactions and strategic projects. You will experience Damen from multiple perspectives and grow into a confident legal sparring partner for the business. **The Legal Traineeship** The Legal Traineeship is a two-year journey and consists of four rotations of approximately six months each. The program has a solid core structure, while allowing room to tailor certain elements to your interests and background. You will rotate through, among others, the following departments: * Compliance – advising on (export) compliance and integrity matters in an international context and driving and developing the compliance program; * Corporate Legal – supporting and advising on corporate housekeeping and structuring, governance, M&A, financings and other strategic corporate matters; * Commercial Legal – legal support to sales and divisions, including contracting and commercial support to specific divisions (such as the building divisions, Damen Services (providing after-delivery warranty or Damen Financial Services, where focus will be on providing financial services to the customers of the Damen Group (via loan or lease), or the negotiations with financiers to Damen Financial Services itself). Throughout the traineeship, you will be guided by one overall mentor and work closely with experienced legal professionals across the organization. During the traineeship, you will develop your legal and compliance knowledge and transform this knowledge
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