Legal Counsel – Join the team behind FINN.no

  • Application Deadline: April 13, 2025
  • Oslo
  • Hybrid
  • Application Deadline: April 13, 2025
  • Oslo
  • Hybrid

Schibsted Marketplaces is home to the most trusted and visited online marketplaces in the Nordics – including FINN (Norway), Blocket (Sweden), DBA and Bilbasen (Denmark), and Tori and Oikotie (Finland). Every day, we help millions of people make life-changing decisions – to buy, sell, hire, or get hired – by creating trusted matches through smart technology, strong brands, and deep local expertise.

Now, we’re looking for an experienced and business-oriented Legal Counsel to join FINN.no in Oslo and become part of our strong Nordic legal team.

The role

As Legal Counsel, you will provide legal advice to FINN and support Schibsted Marketplaces across the Nordic region. You’ll join a team of 11 passionate and highly skilled legal professionals, and work closely with product teams, business leaders, and other key stakeholders in an innovative and fast-paced environment.

You will become a trusted advisor within a broad range of legal areas, primarily commercial law and corporate law, and play a key role in supporting our growth, compliance, and risk management across markets.

What you'll be doing

  • Be a strategic legal partner to FINN and other Nordic companies in Schibsted Marketplaces
  • Provide clear and practical advice within business/commercial law
  • Draft, review and negotiate contracts, including supplier, partnership and service agreements
  • Handle corporate governance tasks in Norway – including board meetings, AGMs and ad-hoc matters
  • Coordinate with internal legal experts and manage collaboration with external counsel
  • Identify and assess legal risks, and proactively suggest risk-mitigation measures
  • Support compliance initiatives and implement new EU legislation across the group
  • Contribute to M&A projects when relevant

Who you are

  • Master of Law (cand.jur/master i rettsvitenskap)
  • Licensed to practice law in Norway (advokatbevilling)
  • 6–8+ years of relevant experience from law firm and/or in-house legal team
  • Broad commercial legal experience, ideally with exposure to areas like corporate law, e-commerce, consumer rights, marketing law or M&A
  • Strong business acumen – you enjoy understanding commercial drivers and translating legal advice into actionable guidance
  • Structured, proactive and solution-oriented
  • A team player who enjoys collaboration, but who also thrives with independent responsibility
  • Fluent in both Norwegian and English, written and spoken

What we offer

  • A key role in a strong and collaborative Nordic legal team
  • The opportunity to work closely with one of Norway’s most iconic tech companies – FINN.no
  • High degree of responsibility from day one, with continuous opportunities for learning and development
  • A hybrid work setup and centrally located offices in Oslo
  • Competitive compensation and benefits
  • A people-first company culture built on trust, curiosity, and impact

Get in touch

Curious to learn more?
Please reach out to Victoria Smedsrud, Legal Lead for Norway (victoria.smedsrud.hersvik@schibsted.com / +47 95 92 98 19) or
Theresa Moltke, Head of Legal, Schibsted Marketplaces (theresa.moltke@schibsted.com / +45 24 60 77 28)

Work with great people

Cansu Kilit
Agile Coach
"Working in such a cross-functional team allows us to leverage diverse perspectives, which leads to better outcomes. With a shared goal, we rely on each other and help each other."
Yuri Shatalov
Visual Designer
"Cosiness, friendliness, curiosity, diversity, experience – all of this awaits you at Schibsted Marketplaces. We work in constant cooperation and collaboration with each other, and we win together."
Ingvild Nerås
Engineering Manager
"I enjoy working in a company where I feel I have the support to grow and challenge myself. There are so many passionate people here, and this inspires me in my own development."
Christina Lock Fuglsang
Product Manager
"I really appreciate the strong culture of collaboration and continuous learning at Schibsted Marketplaces. As a Product Manager I have ample opportunity for personal growth and having a meaningful impact."

Great Place to Work

  • Career opportunities across our various brands

  • Empowering body and mind with Schibsted Life

  • We embrace diversity

  • Learn and develop within Learning Lab

  • Work with products that matter in people's lives

  • Sustainability at our core

About the company

FINN, Blocket, DBA, Bilbasen, Oikotie & Tori. Did you spot any familiar names? Then you already know a bit about Schibsted Marketplaces! Our team spans across the Nordics and Poland, united by a shared passion for our work and to foster a friendly and caring community. Curiosity, teamwork, problem-solving and continuous learning are the cornerstones of our culture.

Currently, we’re embarking on an exciting journey to become a fully marketplace-focused company. Our mission is to empower people to make smart choices for themselves and future generations. To achieve this, we are committed to staying agile and proactive in the rapidly evolving digital landscape — shaping the future of digital marketplaces.

1839Christian Schibsted founds a Printing House.

1860Aftenposten is established, soon becoming a favoured and trusted media channel.

1966Schibsted acquires VG.

1996 - 1998Schibsted buys Aftonbladet and Svenska Dagbladet, two of Sweden’s leading national quality newspapers.

2000Finn.no is founded, today one of Norway's strongest brands.

2003Blocket is acquired. Today the number one market place in Sweden.

2005Schibsted Growth starts investing in various digital brands.

2006 The international expansion of Schibsted classified business is starting.

2019Adevinta is listed at Oslo Børs. Schibsted’s international Marketplaces is spun off into a separate company.

2020 - 2021Adevinta acquires 100% of eBay Classifieds Group creating the worlds largest online classified company. As part of the agreement, Schibsted buys DBA.dk and bilbasen.dk

2024Schibsted separated into two companies. The news media operations were sold to the Tinius Trust, creating two new companies – Schibsted Media and Schibsted Marketplaces.

Victoria Smedsrud | Contact Person

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