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Legal Counsel France (H/F)

Paris
Full-time
Permanent employee

About the job

Join Flatpay, one of Europe's fastest-growing fintechs, as Legal Counsel France. Reporting to the Chief Legal Officer based in Denmark, you'll be THE legal go-to for our French entity: contracts, corporate, employment law, GDPR, compliance and AI. Broad scope, direct impact.

What you'll do

Be THE legal business partner of Flatpay France
  • Advise Commercial, People, Customer Support and Operations teams daily with clear, fast and solution-oriented answers
  • Secure strategic decisions by assessing commercial, contractual and regulatory risks specific to the French market
  • Work closely with French stakeholders (Managing Director France, People, Finance, Commercial) while reporting to the CLO based in Denmark

Drive contracts and corporate matters for the entity
  • Draft, review and negotiate all commercial agreements (customers, partners, suppliers)
  • Build and improve our legal templates and standards to scale efficiency
  • Handle corporate housekeeping for the French entity: AGMs, minutes, registers, powers of attorney, and coordination with external counsel

Own French employment law and support the People function
  • Advise the People team on French employment law: contracts, terminations, disciplinary matters, settlement agreements, labor court litigation
  • Anticipate regulatory developments (Pay Transparency Directive, CSE, collective bargaining agreements such as Syntec) and their operational impact
  • Secure sensitive matters (negotiated exits, precautionary suspensions, qualification of faute grave / faute lourde) in close collaboration with the People team and specialized external counsel

Drive GDPR, Compliance & AI matters
  • Support the compliance function: risk assessments, internal procedures, employee training
  • Advise on data protection and day-to-day GDPR application
  • Support topics related to AI and emerging technologies (regulation, risks, use cases)

Who you are

  • You hold a Master 2 in Business Law and/or Employment Law (CAPA appreciated) with at least 3 to 5 years of experience in a law firm and/or in-house, ideally within a scale-up, a fintech or a tech environment
  • You master contract law, corporate law, French employment law and GDPR; you know how to turn legal analysis into pragmatic business solutions
  • You are structured, autonomous and solution-oriented: you juggle multiple priorities without compromising on quality and thrive collaborating remotely with an international team
  • Fluent English is mandatory (C1 minimum, written and spoken) as it is the working language across the group; French is native level
  • Knowledge of the payments industry, banking law or fintech regulation is a real plus, though not a prerequisite

Chi siamo

Benvenuto in Flatpay!

Ci impegniamo a consentire ai commercianti di prosperare nell'attuale ambiente aziendale dinamico. Crediamo che le soluzioni di pagamento debbano essere facili da capire e da usare. I nostri valori fondamentali guidano tutto ciò che facciamo, assicurando che i commercianti possano fidarsi di noi per fornire servizi semplici e affidabili.


Come parte del team Flatpay, non sei solo un dipendente; sei un contributore essenziale per rivoluzionare il modo in cui operano le aziende. Farai parte di un team dedicato a semplificare le operazioni, migliorare le esperienze dei clienti e promuovere la crescita delle aziende in un panorama in rapida evoluzione.


Ciò che distingue Flatpay è la nostra dedizione. Ci impegniamo costantemente per rimanere al passo con i tempi, adattando le nostre soluzioni per soddisfare le esigenze in continua evoluzione dei nostri clienti.

Diamo forma insieme al futuro di 7 milioni di commercianti Europei!