As our first dedicated legal hire, you will be responsible for bringing our legal function in-house. As part of your role, you’ll be working closely with people across the company as well as a network of external advisors. Your responsibilities will cover:

1- Business Affairs:

• Manage our T&C across our different geographies to ensure we are compliant with local regulations: work with our Product & Tech team to implement required changes identified as part of your work
• Support our business team by providing them with legal advices & documentation (Commercial contracts, NDA, Advice on Payment Terms questions etc.)
• Review products, features, and initiatives to provide advice consistent with legal and regulatory obligations of Ankorstore in multiple jurisdictions

2- Corporate:

• Manage corporate legal matters (General Assembly, Stock Options Plan, fundraising support, Board minutes)
• Oversee all legal aspects of expanding in new countries by liaising with local legal counsels for the incorporation of new entities

3- Privacy:

• As DPO you will set up internal data protection policy and help us improve our management of potentially sensitive information
• Ensure the company’s policy is in accordance with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

4- IP:

• Manage copywriting and image rights topics for the company
• Legal Department Infrastructure:
• Build a scalable legal infrastructure & team to cover our legal needs across geographies as we expand the business across Europe

The experience we require:

• You have at least 7 years of experience in a legal role
• Strong academic credentials and master’s in French or European law
• Your work experience includes legal support to a tech company in a multitude of jurisdictions in Europe with a focus on business law matters
• You are a fluent in English & French (mandatory)

The 3 most important qualities to succeed in this role:

• Rigorous
• Ability to provide pragmatic, simple, and business-oriented legal advice under tight timeframes
• Strong management skills (both of external partners and employees)

Other qualities that would add value:

• Strong project management skills
• Experience in B2B
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Benefits & location:

• Working with a very ambitious & mission driven team backed by powerful VCs (Index Ventures, Tiger Global, Bain Capital, GFC, Alven, Aglae)
• Location can be anywhere as long as we have access to a great talent pool of international talents
• Competitive package & stock options