Bislab consists of 30+ driven individuals with mostly technical backgrounds from companies and institutions such as Microsoft, Cognite, CERN, McKinsey and Oxford.

This role is the whole new-markets legal mandate in one position. Credit information is among the most regulated data there is, and the rules are national: every market comes with its own licensing regime, credit information legislation, data protection practice and supervisory authority. You set the legal direction for our expansion and you run it.

The work is concrete: you map the requirements of a market before we commit, secure the licenses and authorisations we need to operate, and negotiate the data sourcing agreements our products are built on. You will work closely with the New Markets team including the CEO. We are still a small company, so the person who owns a market’s regulatory strategy also reviews the local customer contract.

We expect you to build the function AI-first: not a legal team that automates later, but one designed around automation from the first month, where contract review, regulatory monitoring and compliance documentation run far leaner than headcount suggests.

Why join Bislab?

• Strategic ownership from day one. You define how Bislab enters new markets: regulatory strategy, licensing, data access, contracts and compliance. Your pace decides when we open the next country.
• International from the start. Multiple jurisdictions, supervisory authorities and cross-border data flows, with markets beyond the Nordics next.
• Close to leadership and product. You work directly with the founders and the teams opening each country.
• AI-first. You will run a new-markets legal function that is materially leaner than its size would suggest, because you automate when possible.
• Meaningful technology. Our products improve credit processes across industries and countries. At Bislab, you will contribute to technology with genuine societal value.
• Early-team ownership. As an early team member you’ll have the opportunity to own a share of the company and directly influence our strategic direction.

Responsibilities

As Legal Director New Markets at Bislab, you take strategic and operational ownership of the full legal stack:

• The new-market legal roadmap: regulatory mapping, priorities and risk calls for each market, before we commit to entry.
• Licensing and authorisation in each market, from application to the ongoing obligations that follow, including relationships with supervisory and data protection authorities.
• Data sourcing agreements with public registries and private data providers - the agreements our products are built on.
• Customer, partner and vendor contracts in new markets, with localised versions of our standard agreements.
• Data protection and local compliance in each market: GDPR practice, processing agreements, impact assessments, policies and controls.
• Corporate and entity setup for new markets, together with finance.
• Advising founders and leadership on regulatory developments, and managing local counsel in each jurisdiction.
• Automating all of the above with AI and modern tooling, so the function scales without scaling headcount.

What We’re Looking For

• Qualified lawyer with solid experience from regulated data, fintech or financial services, and strong command of GDPR in practice.
• Experience taking a company or product into new markets: licensing, regulatory approvals and dialogue with supervisory authorities.
• Hands-on drafter and negotiator with pragmatic risk judgment: you find the way to yes, and are clear when the answer is no.
• Genuinely AI-native: you use AI daily in your own work and have automated real processes, not just talked about it.
• Comfortable owning a market end to end, with local counsel to direct but no team to delegate to.
• A practical, execution-focused mindset.
• High standards, low ego and the ability to work across commercial, product and technical teams.
• Excellent English skills, Nordic language is a plus.

We care less about your current title than your capacity. You might be a top performer at a leading law firm ready to build in-house, or an in-house counsel in financial services who wants to own international expansion.

Not ready to apply yet, but want to discuss the opportunity informally? Feel free to contact us at careers@bislab.no.