Legal Internship (In-House Counsel)

About the role

Rituals' Legal team acts as strategic legal partners, protecting the brand's identity and its intellectual property while advising management and providing local counsel for major regions. The team has grown from one person to nine lawyers over eight years and now runs a Brand Office and a Privacy Office. It is looking for a legal intern for 6 months, starting in February 2027, to work on a variety of legal cases and get a first-hand look at in-house legal work.

Key responsibilities

• Assist in setting up and implementing a new corporate framework within Rituals.
• Support privacy tasks, including investigating and managing data breaches and handling data subject requests from employees.
• Help build an inventory of AI tools and contribute to an AI compliance framework.
• Act as a partner to the brand office, identifying and addressing copycat products and supporting gray market trade investigations.
• Contribute to ESG compliance and help draft and implement a Green Claims Playbook.
• Aid in preparing documents and materials for B-Corp re-certification.
• Draft and assess commercial contracts such as terms and conditions, NDAs and MSAs.

The internship is full-time and takes place in Amsterdam. You will join a cross-functional intern community starting in February.