Legal Internship

Please apply only if you are currently living in the Netherlands and you are still a student or you have graduated maximum 3 months prior to the internship start date.

About this Position

At Henkel, you can build on a strong legacy and leading positions in both industrial and consumer businesses to reimagine and improve life every day. If you love challenging the status quo, join our community of over 50,000 pioneers around the globe. Our teams at Henkel Consumer Brands continuously drive the evolution in dynamic categories: Laundry & Home Care and Hair. With our trusted brands, including Persil and Schwarzkopf, our cutting-edge technologies and our disruptive solutions, you will have countless opportunities to explore new paths and develop your skills. Grow within our future-led businesses, our diverse and vibrant culture and find a place where you simply belong. All to leave your mark for more sustainable growth. 

What you´ll do

• Contractual Support: Assist in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating legal documents, including supply agreements, confidentiality agreements, and intellectual property agreements. 
• Operational Legal Support: Provide day-to-day legal support, including general administrative assistance to the legal team. 
• Legal Tech & Innovation: Contribute to the implementation of legal tech solutions, including AI tools, within the Henkel legal team. 
• Corporate Governance: Support the company secretary in corporate projects and corporate housekeeping tasks. 
• Data Protection Compliance: Assist the data protection delegate in ensuring compliance with data protection regulations. 
• Legal Research: Conduct legal research and contribute to internal knowledge management initiatives, including maintaining templates, FAQs, and legal updates. 
• Training & Awareness: Support the preparation of internal legal training materials or awareness campaigns (e.g., on data protection, contract basics). 

What makes you a good fit

• Education: Bachelor of Law as minimum with a focus on contract law, corporate law and international business law. 
• Experience: Entry level; previous internships, law firm experience and/or paralegal experience are a plus  
• Skills: Pragmatic, detail-orientated and eager to learn. You demonstrate responsiveness, organization, and
• analytical thinking. You have strong interpersonal skills that support team integration and collaboration. 
• You are able to manage competing deadlines and multiple stakeholders, and work independently. 
• Legal Competence: Ability to conduct legal research and draft clear, concise legal documents. 
• Understanding of confidentiality and professional ethics is essential. 
• Language: You have a perfect knowledge of English. Knowledge of Dutch is an additional asset. 
• Technical Skills: Very good mastery of MS Office Tools required.  
• Eligibility: Eligible to work in the Netherlands for a minimum of 6 months as of the start date and a commitment to complete the full-time internship the entirety of the six-month period. 

Some perks of joining Henkel

• Flexible work scheme with flexible hours, hybrid work model
• Diverse national and international growth opportunities
• Global wellbeing standards with health and preventive care programs
• Gender-neutral parental leave for a minimum of 8 weeks
• Transport

At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Become part of the team and bring your uniqueness to us! We welcome all applications across different genders, origins, cultures, religions, sexual orientations, disabilities, and generations.