Legal & Compliance Counsel

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Permanent contract
Paris
Salary: Not specified
Occasional remote
Skills & expertise
Generated content
Collaboration and teamwork
Contract drafting and negotiation

WeWard
WeWard

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🏢 About WeWard

WeWard is a mobile app that rewards users for walking. Our mission? To get people moving!
With millions of users and offices in both Paris and New York City, WeWard is growing fast, and we’re now looking to internalize our Legal & Compliance function to support our expansion.


👣 Your impact at WeWard

Reporting to Yves, our CEO & Co-founder, and working closely with Nathalie, our Finance & Admin Manager, you will play a key strategic role in managing all legal topics related to our business in France, the US, and beyond.

As our first in-house legal hire, you’ll be building legal processes from the ground up, supporting every team at WeWard, from HR and P&L to Tech and Product, all while helping us stay compliant in a fast-paced, international environment.


🎯 What you’ll do

📝 Commercial & Contract Law

  • Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of contracts (partnerships, suppliers, marketing, regulatory, etc.)

  • Define and maintain our contract templates and approval workflows

  • Collaborate closely with operational teams to ensure deals are legally sound and aligned with business needs

🛍️ Consumer Law & Compliance

  • Draft and maintain our Terms & Conditions, privacy policies, promotional rules, and legal disclaimers

  • Review marketing and communication campaigns for legal compliance (especially in the context of loyalty, rewards, and promotional offers)

  • Stay up to date with consumer regulations in both France and the US

🔐 Privacy & Data Protection (GDPR & beyond)

  • Own all topics related to data privacy and GDPR compliance

  • Negotiate Data Protection Agreements, conduct DPIAs, and help document data flows across our products

  • Work cross-functionally with Product, Data, Tech and P&L to ensure privacy is embedded into everything we do

🌍 Corporate & International

  • Liaise with external counsel in the US to coordinate legal topics across our French and American entities

  • Provide occasional support on corporate legal matters (board meetings, governance, employee stock plans, etc.)

🧩 Company-wide Legal Support

  • Act as the go-to legal contact for all teams, simplifying legal concepts to make them actionable

  • Monitor potential litigation or disputes and handle debt recovery if needed

  • Keep an eye on global legal and regulatory developments relevant to our activities


Preferred experience

👤 Who you are

  • Master’s degree in Business Law, Contract Law, or related field

  • Bar-certified in France; New York Bar admission is a strong plus

  • 3–6 years of experience in a law firm or in-house legal team, with exposure to B2C, data protection, and international business

  • Solid understanding of the legal challenges facing tech companies and mobile apps

  • Fluent in English and French, both written and spoken

  • Curious, pragmatic, autonomous, and ready to get your hands dirty in a fast-moving environment

💙 Why join us

  • A strategic, cross-functional role at the heart of a mission-driven scale-up

  • The opportunity to shape our legal function from day one

  • A growing company with real international reach (France + US)

  • A tight-knit and supportive team, headquartered in central Paris

  • And of course… you’ll walk more!


Recruitment process

Recruitment Process

  • Initial calls with HR Manager - the CEO

  • A case study followed by a 1-hour debrief with the CEO and two members of the team

  • A meet-and-greet with the team

🏡 We finish with a tour of our offices to introduce you to other members of the team. And finally, if all goes well… Welcome to the team!

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