Senior Legal Counsel

Job ID: 1927

Would you like to join a great team of brilliant lawyers working with our largest customers and with primary focus on financing transactions? We are now looking for a Senior Legal Counsel to join the team in Large Corporate & Institutions Legal (LC&IL) in Stockholm.

At Nordea, we’re committed to being a partner our customers and society can count on. Compliance and integrity go hand in hand. Joining us means you’ll have an impact on how we do banking – today and tomorrow. So bring your ideas, skills and unique background. With us, you’ll be in good company with plenty of opportunities to collaborate, grow and make your mark on something bigger.

About this opportunity

Welcome to Large Corporate & Institutions Legal. We provide inhouse legal advice to all business units within Large Corporate & Institutions in Nordea, working across all our four Nordic locations as well as New York. The role offers stimulating tasks relating to Swedish and international financing transactions with primary focus on legal support to Nordea’s Leverage Finance and Fund Finance teams.

What you’ll be doing: 

• Give legal advice within the LC&I product range with primary focus on Nordic and international LBO and fund finance transactions
• Dealing with general matters of law, in particular financing, company and insolvency law primarily in the context of financing transactions
• Participate in projects related to business and product development as well as regulatory implementation within LC&I

You will join a team of experienced and highly professional inhouse legal counsels. We prioritise and focus not only on having a high level of integrity and legal skills, but also on creating and maintaining an informal and accommodating working environment, not only in our team but also with internal business units. The role is based in Stockholm. 

Who you are 

Collaboration. Ownership. Passion. Courage. These are the values that guide us in being at our best – and that we imagine you share with us.

To succeed in this role, we believe that you have:

• An open and curios mindset and a positive attitude 
• A strong sense of ownership and drive
• A proven ability and passion to find or create solutions to complex problems and excellent drafting and negotiation skills
• Proven track record of independently managing and negotiating high-value loan transactions within a wholesale banking or corporate finance environment
• High integrity with a willingness to speak up
• A strong ability to prioritise conflicting demands and handling multiple tasks simultaneously
• Excellent people and stakeholder management skills

Your experience and background:

• At least six years working as a legal counsel in a wholesale banking environment or a banking and finance practice at a law firm 
• Significant experience from complex financing transactions, including leverage and acquisition finance and fund finance
• A Master's of Law degree from Sweden
• Excellent language skills in Swedish and English

If this sounds like you, get in touch!

Nästa steg

Submit your application no later than 16/02/2026. For more information, you’re welcome to contact Fredrik Stjernström at Fredrik.Stjernstrom@nordea.com.

At Nordea, we know that an inclusive workplace is a sustainable workplace. We deeply believe that our diverse backgrounds, experiences, characteristics and traits make us better at serving customers and communities. So please come as you are.

Please be aware that any applications or CVs coming through email or direct messages will not be accepted or considered.

If you are an external consultant interested in this role and wish to apply please contact the hiring people leader for separate instruction on how to apply.