Legal Counsel, Compliance

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We are looking for a lawyer to join our global Legal Compliance team in Lyngby, Denmark. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced legal professional who wants to combine deep legal expertise with practical business impact. Importantly, while the role extends beyond traditional legal advisory work, you will retain and further develop your professional legal specialization while helping shape and strengthen Novonesis' global compliance framework.

You will join a collaborative, business-facing team responsible for key compliance areas including anti-corruption, whistleblowing and investigations, sanctions and trade compliance, privacy, AI governance, competition law, food & health regulation, compliance due diligence, and compliance training and awareness. Together, we partner with the business to enable responsible growth while maintaining the highest ethical standards.

The Role & Your Impact 

In this role, you will serve as a legal business partner influencing decisions with independent judgment, helping Novonesis drive strategic compliance initiatives across a global organization.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Providing practical, risk-based advice to business leaders and stakeholders on  compliance-related dilemmas.
• Driving global compliance projects from design and stakeholder alignment through implementation, communication, training, and follow-up.
• Providing compliance assessments related to emerging regulatory requirements and helping define effective governance and ownership models.
• Leading investigations, and remediation initiatives.
• Building compliance awareness and fostering a proactive culture of integrity across functions, regions, and commercial teams.
• Leading and continuously improving Novonesis' global anti-corruption compliance program.
• Working closely with line of business, and other corporate functions in headquarters as well as in the regions.

This role offers a unique opportunity to remain close to complex legal and regulatory questions while taking ownership of implementation, change management, and strategic compliance initiatives across the business.

What You'll Need to Be Successful 

We imagine you bring:

• A Master's degree in Law.
• At least 5 years of relevant experience from an international company, law firm, consultancy, audit firm, enforcement-related function, or compliance role.
• Experience advising on anti-corruption, trade sanctions, or other areas of legal compliance and regulatory risk.
• Experience in conflict handling, investigations, and contract drafting
• Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal.
• The ability to translate complex legal and compliance matters into clear and actionable business guidance.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and experience working across functions and cultures in a global environment.

Qualified and licensed lawyers are encouraged to apply. The role offers the opportunity to maintain an active license (“bestalling”) to practice law while building an in-house career.

Additional Skills & Interests We Value 

It would be an advantage if you have the following skills/interests:

• You want to have fun at work. Because we do!
• You have a can-do attitude and seek solutions, where you have identified challenges.
• You are able to combine compliance expertise with business acumen to balance risk, value and strategic priorities
• You appreciate building strong stakeholder relationships and trust across the organization
• You embrace new technology and AI responsibly to enhance insights and efficiency

Who You Are 

You are a person of high integrity with strong ethical standards and sound judgment.

You thrive in environments where you must balance legal requirements, business realities, and risk considerations. You are comfortable constructively challenging decisions when necessary and are recognized for providing pragmatic, solution-oriented advice.

You combine strategic thinking with hands-on execution and can independently drive complex initiatives while building strong relationships across the organization. You are curious, collaborative, open-minded, and value diverse perspectives and ways of working.

What We Offer 

At Novonesis, you will have the opportunity to work on meaningful and high-impact compliance topics in a global organization committed to responsible business conduct.

We offer:

• A visible and business-facing role with global exposure.
• Opportunities to shape and influence Novonesis' compliance agenda.
• Close collaboration with senior stakeholders across functions and regions.
• Professional development within both legal and compliance disciplines.
• A supportive, collaborative, and purpose-driven work environment.
• The opportunity to maintain and grow your legal expertise while expanding your influence through business partnering, compliance leadership, and strategic project execution.
• And most importantly a caring, fun and inclusive workplace, where we appreciate each other’s company.

Ways of Working

• Location: Lyngby, Denmark.
• Flexible working arrangements within team and business needs.
• Limited travel expected.

Relevant Information 

Application deadline: 30. September 2026

For further information, please contact Britt-Mari Hauberg, Sr. Director, Chief Legal Compliance Officer, at [email protected].

Our purpose guides the way

In Novonesis, we know that solutions rooted in biology can help solve humanity’s biggest challenges. Since we began more than a century ago, this has been our guide. It’s how we've gotten so far. And it’s how we'll impact the future. Now, more than ever, the world needs change. And with biosolutions, the possibilities for transformation are endless. If our purpose resonates with you, we encourage you to apply.

Opportunities for everyone

We are committed to an inclusive recruitment process and equal opportunity for all applicants. Therefore we ask you to apply without a cover letter or photo and instead include a few sentences in your CV explaining your motivation for applying.

We make all employment decisions based on business needs and welcome candidates with a wide range of backgrounds, including ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status.

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