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Purpose

Candidate Civil Law Notaries within the office are responsible for performing legal or legal-related duties as directed by more senior Candidate Civil Law Notaries and other senior lawyers. Generally, such duties include legal drafting, correspondence, attending client and internal meetings, researching and document preparation.

Key Dimensions

Candidate Civil Law Notaries complete a three-year training contract in order to develop their legal capabilities and build on the knowledge gained from legal studies. This period of training is supervised by the Royal Professional Organisation of Civil Law Notaries (Koninklijke Notariële Beroepsorganisatie).

Key responsibilities and challenges

Specifically, the nature of a Candidate Civil Law Notary’s responsibilities include the following:

• learning to analyse problems and find solutions through investigation of factual and legal issues;
• advising clients (under supervision);
• learning how to give technically accurate/commercially aware advice constructively and objectively;
• reviewing documentation in order to identify and analyse relevant factual and legal issues;
• developing an ability to draft documents, notarial deeds and agreements in a clear and precise manner;
• attending and participating in client meetings; 
• understanding the processes involved in handling negotiations;
• developing organisational skills required to organise a transaction;
• participating in developing (notarial) precedents and other know-how;
• working in a multi-disciplinary, often multi-jurisdictional team of lawyers;
• utilising in-house legal resources (including computerised research tools) and other business information;
• participating in recruitment and marketing activities for Linklaters in the Netherlands.
• An important element of a Candidate Civil Law Notary’s training period is scheduled training activities which are designed to assist with the learning of new skills in addition to those which are acquired by on the job training. Such training is gained through:

• weekly departmental meetings;
• monthly group information sessions;
• Linklaters’ Junior Associate Induction course and research skills course;
• recurring office wide courses and courses on special legal developments;
• the Notarial Professional Education course;
• external training supervised and regulated by the Royal Professional Organisation of Civil Law Notaries (Koninklijke Notariële Beroepsorganisatie).

Skills/Experience/Qualifications Required

We are looking for graduates who have recently qualified in notarial law in the Netherlands. If you fit this profile and would like to start your career in a dynamic, international team of lawyers and notaries, please apply using the link below.

How to apply

Please apply sending a copy of your CV, motivation letter, university grades, any internship reports, and your thesis via our online system. or send an email to NLRecruitment@linklaters.com.

Want to know more about Linklaters, check out our website for graduates:

www.linklatersgraduates.nl