Student Assistant for Group Legal – focus on GDPR/Data Protection

Do you want to work in an international environment? Do you want to assist the legal team providing advice on data protection? Then perhaps an interesting position is awaiting you in SimCorp.

Location: Copenhagen

The position
SimCorp’s legal team supports the global SimCorp organization in legal matters. We are looking for a motivated and committed student who can work closely together with the team to support us in providing advice in a commercial and exciting environment to assist the SimCorp business become even more successful.

The job will have a focus on reviewing data processing agreements (DPAs) but will also consist of a mix between legal tasks and more administrative tasks as further described below:

• Review of DPAs with clients and vendors
• Providing input to questionnaires from clients around GDPR/data protection
• Maintaining DPA contract templates, ensuring that the contracts reflect changes in SimCorp’s products and services, changes in regulation etc.
• Assisting SimCorp’s lawyers with ad-hoc tasks, e.g. providing the right documentation from subcontractors

You will be joining the Group Legal and Contract Management team which already have 3 student assistants. You will have plenty of opportunity to work together with both the students and the lawyers of the team.

We also work closely together with employees from other parts of the organization, including employees in our global sales organization, our consultants and product development division.

We take pride in contributing to the growth of SimCorp with high quality work, but we also have a very pleasant way of working together where humor is always a big part of our relationship.

Employees can meet up in SimCorp’s own very popular Friday bar and students throughout the house also meet up on a regular basis in their own community.

The workload is 15-20 hours/week with flexible working hours during exam periods.

What we value (our requirements)
You are a third year student of law (ba.jur) or business administration and commercial law (ha.jur.) or a first year candidate student (cand.jur or candmerc.jur).

As our ideal candidate you:

• Have experience with GDPR and data protection
• Have interest for working with IT and cloud-based solutions
• Are good at organizing and planning
• Are curious and a quick learner
• Have great English communications skills, both verbally and in writing, as SimCorp’s corporate language is English
• Are able to work individually, but enjoy being part of a team
• Have a good sense of humor

Who we are
For over 50 years, we have worked closely with investment and asset managers to become the world’s leading provider of integrated investment management solutions. We are 2,800+ colleagues with a broad range of nationalities, educations, professional experiences, ages, and backgrounds in general.

SimCorp is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a culture where diverse perspectives and expertise are integrated in our everyday work. We believe in the continual growth and development of our employees, so that we can provide best-in-class solutions to our clients.

While striving to deliver client value, we believe it is vital to consider our people and our planet in every business decision we make. Acting responsibly is not optional. It is essential.

Next steps
If you would like to know more about the job, please contact Signe Westerdahl Christensen, Student Assistant ([email protected]) or Alina Wiejak, Senior Talent Acquisition Partner ([email protected]).

Please note: Only applications sent through our system will be processed.
When applying, please include CV, motivational letter, and diplomas in English. Incoming applications will be processed on an ongoing basis.

Deadline for applying is 31 July 2024.
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Location: Copenhagen