Senior Legal Counsel

Job description

M-Files is redefining how work gets done. Our AI-native document management system offers purpose-built business use cases, spanning universal and industry-specific workflows, to enable secure collaboration, automate processes, and ensure governance.

Unlike traditional systems, M-Files organizes content around the context of your business: connecting documents to related people, projects, and transactions.

With our unique metadata-driven architecture, organizations can model content in line with their business processes, unify information across silos, and apply AI at scale. The result is greater productivity, reduced risk, and smarter, faster decisions for over 6,000 customers in 100+ countries.

At M-Files, our Guiding Principles unite us across diverse cultures and personalities:

1. Make It Happen: We set bold goals, take ownership, learn from mistakes, and relentlessly pursue results.
2. Help Others: We lead with kindness, assume good intentions, hold one another accountable, and celebrate wins together.
3. Love Customers: We put customers and partners at the heart of everything, delivering value with respect, fairness, and speed.

To learn more about us we encourage you to visit  https://m-files.com/ .

As part of our continued growth, we are strengthening our Legal team in Finland with a Senior Legal Counsel.

The Legal team supports M-Files’ global business operations, ensures compliance, and manages legal risk. The scope is intentionally broad and requires a strong, versatile in-house generalist.

Your responsibilities may include:

Commercial & Sales Contracts

• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide range of commercial agreements, including:

  • SaaS agreements and MSAs (hard requirement)
  • Sales and commercial contracts in international contexts
  • Professional services and implementation agreements
  • Reseller, distributor, and technology partner agreements
  • Procurement, vendor, and supplier contracts

• Advising business units on commercial risks, liabilities, opportunities, and negotiation strategies.

Data Privacy & Cybersecurity

• Providing expertise, guidance, and operational support related to data protection and privacy.
• Drafting and negotiating Data Processing Agreements.
• Conducting privacy risk assessments and supporting privacy-by-design.
• Maintaining and deploying best practices in privacy and cybersecurity.

Broad, Diverse Legal Work

• Handling matters across several legal domains, such as:

  • Labor and employment (as part of a broad in-house portfolio)
  • Intellectual property and licensing
  • Corporate governance and responsibility
  • Compliance, ethics, export/import, and regulatory topics
  • Content regulation and AI-related regulatory developments

• Providing practical, business-oriented legal solutions to support global teams.

Operational & Strategic Legal Support

• Improving contractual templates, playbooks, and processes.
• Delivering training and guidance to internal stakeholders.
• Taking ownership of legal workstreams and stepping in to support areas previously handled by other team members.
• Contributing to initiatives that support M-Files’ business goals from a legal perspective.

What We Expect from you

• Master of Laws (LL.M.) or equivalent university degree from within the EU.
• Minimum 7 years of diverse in-house and/or law firm experience with a clearly demonstrated ability to pivot between legal areas.
• SaaS and software industry experience.
• Strong commercial and sales contracting background, including international SaaS/MSA negotiations.
• Substantial data privacy expertise, including hands-on DPA drafting and privacy operations.
• International work experience and ability to support global business stakeholders.

Core Capabilities

• Broad in-house generalist background—not highly specialized but strong across multiple key areas.

• Demonstrated proficiency in several domains including:

  • Sales contracts / commercial law
  • Data privacy
  • Labor and employment matters
  • General corporate and compliance topics

• Ability to quickly take ownership of ongoing workstreams with minimal onboarding.

• Strong business-oriented legal thinking and decision-making.

• Proactive, independent, and capable of managing a diverse global workload.

• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, sales-driven, and constantly evolving environment.

• Excellent stakeholder management and collaboration skills.

• Strong prioritization, efficiency, and ability to handle several tasks simultaneously.

• Fluency in Finnish and English; Swedish, German, or French are advantage

We offer a dynamic and diverse role within a skilled global expert organization. No two days are the same.

You will enjoy:

• Hybrid working model (office + remote)
• Strong focus on employee wellbeing and flexibility
• A leadership culture that supports autonomy and growth
• Comprehensive benefits (sports & culture, lunch, phone, free gym at Tampere HQ, hobby clubs)
• Permanent contract, start date by agreement

At M-Files, people are at the center of everything we do. We support your professional growth and provide opportunities to develop new skills. Our guiding principles, Make it Happen, Help Others, Love Customers, reflect how we work and succeed together.

Does this sound exciting to you?

Please submit your application, salary request, and CV as soon as possible, but no later than January 25th, 2026.

Applications must be submitted through our career portal or job boards such as LinkedIn. We do not accept applications via email. Please note that, due to the high volume of applications, we are unable to respond to LinkedIn InMails.

Please note that candidates are expected to already hold valid residence and working rights in Finland.

At this time, M‑Files does not provide visa sponsorship or relocation support for this role.