Legal Counsel

at  Wageningen University Research

DO YOU WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY & RESEARCH’S SOCIETAL CHALLENGES? ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A VARIED JOB WITH PLENTY OF CAREER OPPORTUNITIES? AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO WORK IN A PLEASANT ATMOSPHERE IN WHICH YOU CAN EXPRESS YOUR ENTHUSIASM AND INDEPENDENCE? THEN JOIN OUR CORPORATE GOVERNANCE & LEGAL SERVICES TEAM! WE ARE LOOKING FOR A PRAGMATIC LEGAL EXPERT WHO KNOWS HOW TO GET WORK DONE AND WANTS TO CONTRIBUTE TO WUR’S COMPLEX LEGAL ISSUES TOGETHER WITH US.

You are an enthusiastic, accurate and independent legal counsel with at least two years’ experience in the field of private law. In this position, you will be legal counsel regarding research contracts, intellectual property, corporate law questions and contribute to data management compliance.

What are you going to do as legal counsel?

• You will advise some WUR units on research and collaboration agreements. This will involve questions on copyright, other intellectual property rights and on know-how and data. How can we as an organisation best make an impact with our models, software and data? Or how is copyrighted work of students protected? How do we deal with visual material or infringement claims?
• You will advise on corporate law questions, for example on setting up a foundation or assessing a shareholders’ agreement;
• You identify new legislation and important case law in the field of data and AI and translate this to application at WUR. You contribute to the development and implementation of compliance policy in the field of data and AI;
• There are also various other tasks, such as litigation and requests in connection with the Open Government Act (Woo), which we divide within the team based on interest, personal development or temporary assistance.

• You will advise some WUR units on research and collaboration agreements. This will involve questions on copyright, other intellectual property rights and on know-how and data. How can we as an organisation best make an impact with our models, software and data? Or how is copyrighted work of students protected? How do we deal with visual material or infringement claims?
• You will advise on corporate law questions, for example on setting up a foundation or assessing a shareholders’ agreement;
• You identify new legislation and important case law in the field of data and AI and translate this to application at WUR. You contribute to the development and implementation of compliance policy in the field of data and AI;
• There are also various other tasks, such as litigation and requests in connection with the Open Government Act (Woo), which we divide within the team based on interest, personal development or temporary assistance