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

Over ons

Welkom bij Flatpay! Flatpay is niet zomaar een betaaloplossing. We innoveren de markt voor betaaloplossingen en financiële diensten voor het MKB met transparante services waarin de klant altijd centraal staat.

Vandaag de dag zijn we een van de snelst groeiende fintechbedrijven in de Nordics — én de snelste unicorn van Denemarken! Flatpay is meer dan alleen werk.

We geloven in een energieke en leuke werkcultuur waarin onze ambitieuze collega’s kunnen groeien en excelleren. Als onderdeel van ons team werk je samen met meer dan 1.500 gedreven collega’s die elke dag het verschil willen maken in de financiële wereld.

Wat Flatpay echt onderscheidt, is onze toewijding. We blijven onszelf uitdagen om voorop te lopen en onze oplossingen continu aan te passen aan de veranderende behoeften van onze klanten.

Laten we samen de toekomst vormgeven voor 7 miljoen Europese ondernemers!