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title: 'Legal Counsel at Da Vinci'
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# Legal Counsel at Da Vinci

- **Company:** Da Vinci
- **Location:** Amsterdam North Holland, Netherlands
- **Posted:** 2026-08-17
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/davinciderivatives/jobs/4953848101

## Job description

## About the Role

As Legal Counsel, you will work closely with the trading teams and play a key part in maintaining the high standard of legal advice across the firm. The role reports to the General Counsel.

Da Vinci offers an exciting and dynamic work environment, where employees are given the freedom to come up with great ideas and the space to push these to completion. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be part of a successful and fast-growing company.

## Responsibilities

- Contract management: Draft, review and negotiate contracts across the full lifecycle, and act as trusted advisor to the business on commercial legal matters
- Corporate matters: Handle corporate housekeeping, including board and shareholder resolutions, and manage stakeholder engagement
- Corporate structuring: Support corporate optimisation projects and entity set-up, coordinating with internal teams and external advisors
- Privacy, IP and AI: Advise on complex and bespoke topics with legal impact on the organisation
- Legal technology: Help the department adopt AI tools in a controlled way, working with our technology teams on the guardrails
- Novel matters: Assess the legal impact of new products and markets as they arise
- Cross-functional work: Partner with Compliance, Risk, Finance, and Business Development to keep cross-functional projects efficient and aligned
- Laws and regulations: Track upcoming legislation relevant to Da Vinci's activities and advise the business on its impact
- Legal risk awareness: Represent Legal across the organisation and build awareness of legal risk

## Requirements

- Law degree from the EU, UK or US
- 3 to 5 years of work experience since graduating, gained in private practice and/or in a legal function at a regulated financial services firm. Experience advising financial services clients is a strong plus
- A “go the extra mile” mentality: you follow through until the job is done, with judgement on when to go deep and when to stay practical
- A team player who enjoys collaborating and thrives on varied work, where no two days are the same
- Proven contract experience: drafting from scratch, commercial negotiation, and managing business and counterparty expectations
- Experience with corporate housekeeping, including board and shareholder resolutions and meetings
- Affinity with entity set-up across jurisdictions, corporate restructuring and (tax) optimisation projects
- Curiosity about emerging topics such as artificial intelligence, both as a legal subject and as a way of working
- Comfortable using AI tools in day-to-day legal work, and keen to help the department get more out of them

## Benefits

- An opportunity to work in a high-tech, driven environment
- The chance to see trading first hand as trusted advisor to the business
- An opportunity to work alongside some of the most qualified professionals in the industry
- A base salary of EUR 70k-100k (based on experience)
- Excellent variable pay and growth opportunities
- Shareholding in the company for outstanding performance
- Relocation package when moving from abroad, including relocation budget, flight coverage, house-finding service and expat support
- Fresh breakfast, lunch and dinner prepared by our in-house chef
- An in-house gym and game room (pool table, board games and console games)
- Social events and after-work drinks
- Reimbursement of travel costs to and from the office

## About Da Vinci

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Da Vinci is a proprietary trading house that provides liquidity in digital assets and traditional financial instruments, solving market inefficiencies through volatility arbitrage and delta1 strategies.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Proprietary trading firm)
- **Headquarters**: Amsterdam, Netherlands
- **Founded**: 2015
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Financial services – proprietary trading, market making, quantitative finance
- **Target customers**: B2B – exchanges, brokers, and counterparties in digital asset and traditional finance markets
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "Building the best proprietary trading house in the world" by solving technical and mathematical challenges with creative solutions.

## Products & Services
- **Liquidity Provision**: Da Vinci provides liquidity on major exchanges across Asia and the US, trading digital assets and traditional financial instruments.
- **Proprietary Trading**: The firm takes directional positions trading volatility, using quantitative strategies and volatility arbitrage.
- **Melzi (In-house Trading System)**: A custom-built, low-latency trading system developed from scratch by Da Vinci engineers, designed to implement sophisticated trading strategies efficiently.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Total funding – not applicable (bootstrapped proprietary firm); headcount growth indicated by active hiring across multiple offices.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: No external investors listed; partners include exchanges and brokers such as W.S.G. Abacus (university partner).
- **Growth Signals**: Expansion to four global offices (Amsterdam, Miami, Mumbai, Hong Kong) and continuous hiring for trading, quant, and engineering roles; launched own trading system Melzi.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Non-hierarchical culture**: Encourages employees to speak up and shape the firm’s future, with no limit on personal growth.
- **Custom-built technology**: The Melzi trading system is purpose-built for low latency and specific trading needs, giving a competitive edge.
- **Talent focus**: Hires "sharp minds and strong drive" across trading, quantitative research, and development, with a meritocratic reward system.

## Strategic Focus
- **Sustainable growth and collaboration** across teams and offices.
- **Continuous innovation** in trading strategies and technology, with ongoing investment in employee development and in-house training.
- **Expanding global presence** in key financial hubs (Asia, US, Europe).

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Non-hierarchical, meritocratic, and collaborative – employees are encouraged to explore interests and take ownership.
- **Compensation**: Competitive salary and bonus based on performance, not seniority.
- **Benefits**: In-house training and external programs, relocation support for expats (including Dutch classes in Amsterdam), public transport costs covered, gym memberships, nutritious meals, health insurance.
- **Work environment**: Year-round social activities, company trips, in-house lounge, sports events.
- **Remote/Hybrid policy**: Not explicitly stated; offices in Amsterdam, Miami, Mumbai, Hong Kong – likely office-based given trading environment.

## Sources
1. [davincitrading.com](https://davincitrading.com/)
2. [davincitrading.com/careers](https://davincitrading.com/careers/)
3. [Greenhouse job board](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/davinciderivatives)
4. [abacus.utwente.nl](https://www.abacus.utwente.nl/partner/45-da-vinci.html)
5. [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/da-vinci-trading/jobs/)

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