Student, Legal team

at  IFU Investeringsfonden for udviklingslande

USING ITS OWN FUNDS AND AS FUND MANAGER OF INVESTMENT FUNDS.

IFU is Denmark’s Development Finance Institution. We strive to be a best-in-class impact investor by making
commercial private sector investments that support the green transition, as well as building just and inclusive
societies in developing countries and emerging markets. IFU has a strong focus on creating sustainable and
responsible businesses, which generate measurable social, economic and climate impacts as well as solid
financial returns.
the job
In this role you will assist IFU’s legal team with legal tasks, and you will gain broad insight into the daily tasks
in a legal department. You will solve internal tasks within e.g. company law, compliance and updating of
standard documents, as well as external tasks for IFU’s investment team.

Your primary tasks as a student in the legal team will be:

• Legal work, e.g. preparing draft agreements, reviewing and commenting on drafts by other parties
• Legal research
• Updating standard documents, internal directives and guidelines, tax overviews, international lawyers’

lists, etc.

• Administrative work regarding subsidiaries, e.g. drafting minutes of annual general meetings and

board meetings and making registrations with the Danish Business Authority

• Compliance tasks, e.g. reading new legislation relevant to IFU, updating policies
• Legal ad hoc tasks

Your work schedule will be flexible, 15-20 hours weekly, taking exams into consideration.
the team
You will be part of the legal team of nine people, including two students. The team solves many different tasks,
and no two days are alike. The legal employees are all lawyers with international experience, and some have
the right to appear before the courts in other countries. So, there is ample opportunity to gain experience with
complicated transactions, international investments, international organisations, etc.
Joining IFU, you gain a job in a unique international investment fund, and you will be part of the team of
students across IFU., who are assisting and helping on key areas in the organisation. As a student in IFU,
you will get familiar with how we work and create impact through investments in developing countries and get
exposure to the investment process and impact creation work, working with experienced colleagues and other
students.
In IFU we attach great importance to good teamwork and collaboration, maintaining a positive atmosphere and
having fun together. We help each other out, share our knowledge, and – while each of us hold high standards
and integrity to our work – we don’t take ourselves too seriously and share a good laugh.
qualIFICatIonS
You are enrolled in a university level law degree program. Furthermore, you plan to continue with a relevant

master’s degree.

• study MA Law or Business Law
• You are an experienced user of Microsoft Office
• You are fluent in English, both written and spoken
• You are self-motivated, responsible and meet agreed deadlines

Furthermore, it’s an advantage if you:

• Have general knowledge of company law and financial law is an advantage

WorkIng and learnIng at IFu
Learning is an important element of working in IFU, and we will support your personal development through
training, sparring and by ensuring that you get exciting and challenging tasks and new opportunities for growth.
When joining IFU, you will take part in our extensive onboarding programme to get the best possible start in
your new role.
applICatIon
If you can see yourself in this role and think the job sounds interesting, we would love to hear from you!
Send your CV and motivated application to job5@ifu.dk before 5 April 2024. We will screen applications and
conduct interviews on an ongoing basis.
We are looking forward to receiving your application!
Further InFormatIon & ContaCt
If you have any questions, you are very welcome to contact Nicoline Reventlow-Mourier, legal student, at
nrm@ifu.dk, Hege Veiby Mortensen, HR Business Partner, hvm@ifu.dk or Nicolai Boserup, general counsel,
at nib@ifu.dk and we will revert to you. Please visit our website at www.ifu.dk for more information and the
projects we are working on.
IFU – the Investment Fund for Developing Countries provides risk capital to companies operating in developing
countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America and parts of Europe. Investments are made on commercial terms
in the form of equity, loans and guarantees. IFU has co-invested in over 1,300 companies in more than 100
developing countries and emerging markets. Contracted investments total EUR 30.5 billion, of which IFU has
contributed EUR 3.4 billion. Capital under management is EUR 2.1 billion. Read more at www.ifu.d

• Legal work, e.g. preparing draft agreements, reviewing and commenting on drafts by other parties
• Legal research
• Updating standard documents, internal directives and guidelines, tax overviews, international lawyers