Legal Counsel, Regulatory, Compliance & Ethics (R-18652)
Eyeota
Legal, Compliance / Regulatory
Helsinki, Finland
Posted on Jan 8, 2026
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Legal Counsel – Regulatory, Compliance & Ethics (Northern Europe)
We are now looking for an experienced in house Legal Counsel to join our Helsinki office as a trusted advisor on regulatory, compliance, and ethics matters across Northern Europe. In this role, you’ll provide expert legal guidance, ensuring our operations meet the highest standards while supporting strategic priorities.
As a key member of our regulatory and compliance team, you’ll act as a key connector, building strong bridges between global and regional teams, local operations, and the corporate legal affairs function.
We’re looking for an ambitious, curious, and adaptable lawyer who thrives in a fast-paced international environment. If you’re structured, flexible, open-minded, and enjoy tackling complex challenges, this is your opportunity to make an impact. This role will be based in our modern Helsinki office, with hybrid working possible.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide legal advice and support on regulatory areas affecting data and products, including privacy, data protection, data security, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, digital accessibility, data transfer and localization, data retention, records retention, advertising, marketing, and content regulation
- Working with others in the legal team, provide advice and counsel to data and product teams during conception, design, development and go to market
- Responsible for providing advice and counsel on a broad range of regulations including but not limited to GDPR, Bribery Act, financial services regulations, credit information regulations, commercial credit data sharing, ESG and sustainability regulation, privacy and electronic communications regulations, sanctions, AML and trade compliance, and competition law.
- Collaborate with the Operations team to ensure data flows and product risk are appropriately documented and analyzed.
- Serving as a reviewer of impact assessments and controls for data and products
- Effective coordination with commercial legal team members on data, product, and privacy considerations in commercial contracting, promotional materials, and other go-to-market
- Track and communicate proposed legislation, regulations, and enforcement actions relevant to Dun & Bradstreet’s business activities
- Support program readiness and reporting on compliance with the regulatory legal areas
- Support in compliance risk assessments related to regulatory legal areas
- Represent Dun & Bradstreet Compliance & Ethics in client interactions as needed
- Champions the Regulatory, Compliance and Ethics program across the region and its role and mission in supporting sustainable growth with integrity at Dun & Bradstreet
Essential skills and qualifications
- Masters in Law from a Finnish university
- Minimum 5 years of legal and business practices experience, preferably some in-house, with experience related to data protection, product compliance and privacy matters.
- Customer-focused, commercial-oriented, and innovation mindset.
- Comfortable translating complex legal requirements into operational controls for business and technology teams.
- Demonstrates a strong aptitude for evaluating a range of risks and effectively communicating relevant impact to business owners.
- Driven team-player motivated by bringing colleagues and stakeholders together to maximize successful outcomes.
- Demonstrated ability to regularly adjust and re-prioritize to meet multiple stakeholder and organizational needs as well as an ever-evolving regulatory
- Willingness to engage deeply with data, product, and technology teams on data and technology matters.
- Comfortable communicating with prospects, customers, and other constituents about data and compliance.
- Experience with ethical decision-making and supporting a culture of compliance
- Show an ownership mindset in everything you do. Take initiative, be curious and be inspired to take action. Be proactive, seek ways to collaborate and connect with people and teams in support of driving success.
- Continuous growth mindset, keep learning through social experiences and relationships with stakeholders, experts, colleagues and mentors as well as widen and broaden your competencies through structural courses and programs.
- Fluent in English and Finnish
Please note as our team will be enjoying the holidays, interviews for this role will not take place until January.
Why Join Us?
Does this role sound like a great opportunity but you’re not sure about making a move? We are really proud of our company and culture and think we have some great things to offer. Some of our benefits in Finland include:
· Two paid volunteer days to contribute to causes in your community
· Access to free services providing support and counselling
· Flexible working arrangements and hybrid work arrangements for most role
· Beautiful modern office at Alvar Aallon katu 5C
· Gym on site which can be used by employees 24/7
· Lunch and sport/culture benefit
· Weekly fruit delivery and company breakfast
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