Legal Counsel

Volkswagen Doğuş Finansman A.Ş. (vdf); Fatih; On-site; TRY 350,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Volkswagen Doğuş Finans (vdf) is seeking a qualified Legal Counsel to deliver legal services across all group companies as part of the in-house legal team. The role emphasizes contract drafting, negotiation, and risk management to support business units and governance processes.

The ideal candidate will hold a law degree, be a Turkish Bar Association member, and bring 5+ years of experience in banking or financial services, with strong English communication and proactive problem-solving

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Law and active Turkish Bar Association membership.
• Minimum 5+ years of experience in banking or financial services.
• Fluency in written and spoken English; strong communication and negotiation skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal services across all group companies as part of the legal team.
• Draft, negotiate, and interpret contracts across the company’s activities.
• Develop risk mitigation strategies for contractual risks.
• Create internal templates, guidelines and toolkits for business and legal issues.
• Support achievement of the team’s service levels across the group companies.

Skills

Communication skills

Negotiation

Presentation

Reporting

Analytical thinking

Proactive problem solving

Multitasking

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Law

Job description

Volkswagen Doğuş Finans (vdf), established in 1999 as a joint venture between Volkswagen Financial Services A.G. (51%) and Doğuş Group (49%), specializes in providing financing solutions for Volkswagen Group brands, including Volkswagen Passenger Car, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicle, Audi, SEAT, ŠKODA, Porsche, Bentley, Lamborghini, Scania, and MAN. Additionally, vdf offers financing options for second-hand vehicles under DOD, Doğuş Group’s used vehicle brand and business, engaged in buying, selling and trade ins. Offering a comprehensive range of vehicle loans, insurance products and services through a single payment plan, vdf streamlines the process as a one-stop shop for customers. With its long years of expertise in vehicle financing, vdf creates new and special financial solutions tailored to customer needs and enables them to drive away in their dream vehicles directly from authorized dealers. vdf distinguishes itself in the sector with its simplified procedures, customer-centric approach, competitive interest rates and flexible payment plans.

At vdf, we prioritize our customers’ needs and expectations, offering high value-added products, fostering loyalty and building long-term relationships. We maintain a motivated and high-performing workforce, striving to achieve excellence through collaborative and supportive work environments. Our goal is to add value both within our areas of responsibility and also to the broader business landscape.

Careers at vdf:

At vdf, our core values are “Trust,” “Courage” and “Customer Orientation”.

We aim to attract talented individuals who will add value to our company and grow into future leadership roles through succession plans. We seek candidates who are well-educated, open to change, dynamic, committed to continuous self-improvement, team players and aligned with our values.

We believe that providing our employees with diverse career opportunities that allow them to realize their full potential will encourage internal development and motivation. We are dedicated to the ongoing development and support of our human resource, preparing them to meet the evolving needs of our company and to take on future roles within the organization.

“We are ethical.”, “We hire people who act with integrity." “We work transparently and objectively."

vdf is looking for a "Legal Counsel" that you may find the details below:

Purpose of the position is to provide legal services across all group companies as part of the legal team. The role will focus on supporting the work deriving from the business units and so shall have a particular emphasis on management.

Responsibilities:

• Work with legal team to provide effective management (i.e. drafting, negotiation and interpretation) of all contracts across the range of the company’s activities.
• Develop and understand risk mitigation strategies for contractual risks.
• Develop internal templates, guidelines and toolkits of a wide variety of business and legal issues.
• Participate in the development and achievement of the team's service levels across the group companies.
• Manage and follow up corporate processes i.e the appointment and resignation of the Board of Directors, organize ordinary and extraordinary general assembly meetings, capital increase-decrease, prepare board of directors' resolutions, notification letters for official legal authorities.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Law (LL.B.) and active membership in a Turkish Bar Association
• 5+ years of experience either in banking or financial services industry,
• Proficiency in written and spoken English,
• Strong communication, negotiation, presentation, reporting, analytical and proactive problem solving, follow-up on multi tasking skills.