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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
Drive contracts and corporate matters for the entity
Own French employment law and support the People function
Drive GDPR, Compliance & AI matters
- 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