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Rabobank

Cooperative bank offering retail, wholesale services

Legal Intern

Legal Counsel & Legal SupportConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
InternshipUtrecht, Netherlands€3.46 /hr

About the Job

Requirements

  • Be in the final master's phase of a university law program and expect to graduate within one to two years.
  • Remain enrolled at a Dutch educational institution for the full duration of the internship.
  • Have excellent command of Dutch and English; Dutch is not required for internships in one of the three Legal Wholesale & Rural teams.
  • Demonstrate customer focus, result orientation, analytical ability, and a hands-on approach.
  • Be motivated, show initiative, work as part of a team, handle matters independently, and apply legal knowledge in practice.

Responsibilities

  • Work as part of a Rabobank Legal team and participate in a variety of legal activities alongside lawyers, attorneys, and other Rabobank employees.
  • For Legal Corporate, advise and support Rabobank, its Group Executive Board and Supervisory Board, and group entities in the Netherlands and abroad on corporate governance, management, strategic transactions, employment law, and implementation of prudential supervisory regulations. Draft and negotiate procurement contracts and provide advice on information technology topics, including artificial intelligence and licensing.
  • For Legal Retail, work on matters including nitrogen-related issues, tax-priority rights, app developments, inheritance law, financial law, Dutch civil law, and European regulation affecting Rabobank and its customer services; collaborate with the team and colleagues inside and outside Legal.
  • For Legal Projects & Themes, contribute to a central department theme such as artificial intelligence, crypto, privacy, financial economic crime, or environmental, social and governance matters; depending on the theme, address legal aspects of new technologies, digital assets, data protection, customer identification, fraud and money-laundering risks, or sustainable and responsible banking.
  • For Litigation & Investigations, support Rabobank Advocaten, the bank's internal law firm, in handling and litigating disputes with individual and business customers involving civil, insolvency, insurance, corporate, and financial law.
  • For Legal Wholesale & Rural – Financial Markets – Products & Regulations, support agreements for financial products, including over-the-counter derivatives, securities lending, and repurchase agreements, and help interpret and implement supervisory-law requirements such as EMIR and MiFID II/MiFIR.
  • For Legal Wholesale & Rural Europe & Africa, contribute to financing matters for business customers in the Netherlands and abroad, including acquisitions, working capital, solar and wind parks, real estate, and commodities.
  • For Legal Wholesale & Rural Group, advise and support teams working on listings, domestic and international equity and bond issuances for the bank and its customers, receivables finance solutions, securitizations, and innovative products and services for business customers.

Desired Qualifications

  • A specialization in private law, procedural law, financial law, or corporate law is preferred.

About the Company

Rabobank

Cooperative bank offering retail, wholesale services

Rabobank is a Dutch cooperative bank owned by its members, serving individuals and businesses through local branches and digital channels. It provides payment accounts, savings, mortgages, business lending, insurance, and wealth management domestically via its app, website, and branches. Internationally, its Wholesale & Rural division finances the food and agriculture value chain with lending, trade and commodity finance, markets services, and sector analysis, while DLL offers vendor finance and leasing to equipment makers and their dealers. It earns mostly from interest on loans and mortgages plus fees, and aims to support people, businesses, and communities—especially in farming and food sectors—through tailored financial services under member governance.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Debt Financing
Total funding
$275M
Headquarters
Utrecht, Netherlands
Founded
1898

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