Head Of Legal

Job Req Number:  126209
Time Type: Full Time

Senior Manager, Head of Legal – BENELUX, United Kingdom & Ireland (BENLUKIE)

Location: Flexible within the BENLUKIE Cluster

Are you an experienced legal leader looking to make an impact in a global organisation where your expertise helps keep international trade moving?

At DSV, legal professionals play a critical role in enabling business growth, managing risk, and supporting customers across one of the world's largest transport and logistics networks. As Senior Manager, Head of Legal for the BENELUX, United Kingdom & Ireland (BENLUKIE) Cluster, you will lead a high-performing international legal team while partnering with senior business leaders to shape strategic decisions across multiple countries.

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About the Role

This is a senior leadership opportunity within DSV's Global Legal function. You will have overall responsibility for the legal function across the BENLUKIE Cluster, leading a team of experienced legal professionals located in the United Kingdom, Belgium, and the Netherlands.

Reporting to the Senior Director, General Counsel Europe 1, you will act as a trusted advisor to business leaders and play an important role in supporting commercial growth, operational excellence, governance, and risk management across the region.

What You'll Do:

• Lead and develop the BENLUKIE legal team, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.

• Provide strategic legal advice and support to commercial and operational stakeholders across multiple countries.

• Serve as the primary legal business partner for senior stakeholders across country, cluster, regional, and global levels.

• Oversee the drafting, review, negotiation, and management of commercial agreements with customers, suppliers, and partners.

• Advise on transportation, logistics, commercial, contract, and corporate legal matters.

• Provide guidance on disputes, claims, litigation, and risk resolution strategies.

• Manage and coordinate external legal counsel where required.

• Support engagement with regulatory, governmental, and industry stakeholders.

• Ensure compliance with DSV policies, governance frameworks, and applicable legislation.

• Drive legal reporting and governance activities across the BENLUKIE Cluster.

• Contribute to regional and global legal initiatives, transformation programmes, and strategic projects.

What We're Looking For

You are a commercially minded legal leader who combines strong technical expertise with the ability to build trusted relationships across a complex international organisation.

To be successful in this role, you will bring:

• Qualified lawyer status in at least one jurisdiction within the BENLUKIE Cluster.

• 8-10+ years of post-qualification in-house legal experience within an international business environment.

• Experience within logistics, freight forwarding, transportation, supply chain, or similarly complex multinational industries.

• Strong expertise in transportation and logistics law, commercial law, contract law, and/or corporate law.

• Experience working across both common law and civil law environments.

• Proven leadership experience managing legal professionals in a multinational organisation.

• Strong communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills.

• Sound judgement, commercial awareness, and the ability to balance legal risk with business objectives.

• Professional-level English language skills; additional BENLUKIE languages, particularly Dutch/Flemish, would be an advantage.

Why Join DSV?

DSV is one of the world's leading providers of transport and logistics solutions. With approximately 150,000 colleagues across more than 90 countries, we keep global supply chains moving and help our customers succeed.

At DSV, your contribution matters. You'll join a people-driven organisation where expertise is valued, collaboration is encouraged, and career development is supported on a global scale. We empower our people to take ownership, deliver results, push transparency, and win together.

Whether you are leading teams, supporting customers, or helping shape business strategy, your work creates a real impact.

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Ready to Apply?

If you are an experienced legal leader looking for an opportunity to influence business decisions across multiple countries while developing your career within a global organisation, we would love to hear from you.

Apply today and take the next step in your career with DSV.

DSV – Global transport and logistics

Working at DSV means playing in a different league.

As a global leader in transport and logistics, we have been on an extraordinary journey of growth. Let’s grow together as we continue to innovate, digitalise and build on our achievements.

With close to 150,000 colleagues in over 90 countries, we work every day to offer solid services and meet our customers’ needs and help them achieve their goals. We know that the best way to achieve this is by bringing in new talent, fresh perspectives and ambitious individuals like you. 

At DSV, performance is in our DNA. We don’t just work – we aim to shape the future of logistics. This ambition fuels a dynamic environment built on collaboration with world-class team players, accountability and action. We value inclusivity, embrace different cultures and respect the dignity and rights of every individual. If you want to make an impact, be trusted by customers and grow your career in a forward-thinking company – this is the place to be.

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