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Legal Counsel and Government Affairs

The Ocean Cleanup
Rotterdam

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POSTED: 11th June 2026
STARTING DATE: As soon as possible
FULL TIME, ROTTERDAM

MISSION TO METRICS

The Ocean Cleanup is a global nonprofit that develops and scales solutions to rid the world’s oceans of plastic, driving systemic change, and creating a lasting positive impact for people, wildlife, and the planet. In the next few years, we aim to have 300+ Interceptor solutions deployed across 30+ cities. Every deployment depends on legal infrastructure that works, contracts negotiated, permits secured, regulatory frameworks navigated, and institutional relationships built.

THE ASSIGNMENT

As Legal Counsel & Government Affairs, you provide comprehensive legal support across The Ocean Cleanup’s international programme. Your work spans multiple areas of law, including contracts and commercial agreements, government and institutional relations, regulatory compliance, and operational legal advice, across a portfolio of countries that evolves as the organization scales.
Your initial focus will be on our Southeast Asian operations. As the organization scales, your portfolio will grow with it, with local counsel joining in new markets and your role evolving accordingly.

You will be the legal backbone of our international operations, the person who makes complex things happen across jurisdictions, governments, and cultures where there is often no precedent to follow.

At 8+ years, we expect full ownership from day one. You manage your portfolio, anticipate problems, and escalate when genuinely needed, not the other way around .

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE AT 12 MONTHS

Uninterrupted legal continuity across all active jurisdictions in your portfolio
Key institutional and government relationships are owned, active, and not dependent on any individual's memory
All external counsel is properly instructed, briefed, and cost-managed
Country transition plans for incoming markets are documented and delivered on time
The operations and deployment teams see Legal as a trusted partner in getting things done

RESPONSIBILITIES

This role covers a broad range of legal work across the following areas:

Contracts & Commercial

Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of agreements, deployment contracts, partnership frameworks, MoUs, supplier and service agreements, funding and grant agreements
Develop and maintain contract templates for frequently used agreement types
Support the organization’s contract management and CLM governance

Regulatory & Compliance

Map applicable laws and regulations across jurisdictions and support business compliance
Advise on regulatory requirements for operations and deployments in new and existing markets
Track regulatory changes across priority jurisdictions and provide early warning to leadership

Government & Institutional Relations

Build and maintain relationships with governments, regulatory authorities, and international organizations in the deployment regions
Support engagement with public sector counterparts, from permit processes to high-level partnership negotiations
Work with local counsel and country teams on government-facing legal processes

Operational Legal Support

Provide legal advice across all phases of a project, from feasibility and permitting through to implementation and handover, working closely with deployment, operations, and business development teams
Navigate complex multi-stakeholder environments, including national and local governments, international organizations, NGO partners, and private sector counterparts
Challenge business decisions from a legal perspective where necessary
Manage and instruct external counsel across jurisdictions, quality, alignment, and cost discipline

International Scaling

Contribute to the Global Deployment Framework, the legal governance structure for country-level operations
Build the country transition architecture for incoming markets, including local counsel onboarding and knowledge transfer
Support the organization’s international entity structure and cross-border legal strategy

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

“Even if you don’t meet every professional qualification listed, we strongly encourage you to apply if you believe you have the right skills, experience, and motivation to contribute to our mission. We recognize that talent and potential come in many forms, and we value diverse perspectives and unconventional career paths. If you’re passionate about the work we do and confident in your ability to make an impact, don’t hesitate to submit your application—we’d love to hear from you”

Minimum 8 years of experience as a qualified lawyer, with significant in-house, international organization, or NGO experience
Experience supporting complex international projects across multiple phases, permitting, contracting, stakeholder engagement, implementation, ideally in infrastructure, environmental, or development contexts
Extensive experience drafting and negotiating complex international contracts across multiple agreement types
Proven track record engaging with governments, public sector bodies, and international organizations
Demonstrated ability to manage external counsel across multiple jurisdictions, quality, cost, and strategic alignment
Strong knowledge of international regulatory environments, Southeast Asia, Latin America, or equivalent experience
Common law qualification preferred; civil law candidates with substantial international experience considered
Excellent English language skills (written and verbal); additional languages relevant to deployment regions a strong plus
Willingness to travel to deployment countries

PERSONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Broad and pragmatic, comfortable across multiple legal disciplines, and you find solutions that move the mission forward
Comfortable with ambiguity and complexity, you have navigated jurisdictions and situations without precedent before
High cultural intelligence, you build trust with governments, institutions, and partners across diverse contexts
Independent and proactive, at this level, you manage your portfolio without being managed
Understand that being a great colleague and a trustworthy human being are requirements, not nice-to-haves, for any member of the Legal Team at The Ocean Cleanup
Genuinely motivated by the mission, you want to help rid the world's oceans of plastic, and that is evident in how you work

ADDITIONAL DETAILS

Starting date – As soon as possible
Location – Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Conducting a pre-employment check may be part of this recruitment process.
At The Ocean Cleanup, we believe we are stronger together, while harnessing the uniqueness each individual brings. That is why we take a fair, equal opportunity, and transparent approach to hiring and welcome special needs requests.

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