Our mission? Creating the finance solution that energizes SMEs and freelancers, so they can achieve more. We simplify everything from everyday banking to bookkeeping and spend management. At Qonto, we’re passionate about creating the best product, so if you’re looking for an ambitious team that’s revolutionizing an old-fashioned industry, get in touch!

Our journey: Alexandre and Steve launched Qonto in July 2017. Since then, the team has earned the trust of more than 350,000 customers and opened offices in Paris, Berlin, Milan, and Barcelona. Last summer, we joined forces with Penta, a market leader based in Berlin and Belgrade, forming a united team of 1000+ Qontoers. We also made it to the Top 3 of LinkedIn Top Startups France!

Our values:

Ambition | We tackle big challenges. No matter what.

Teamwork | We create momentum by working together, at the same speed.

Mastery | We pursue excellence through continuous learning. We face challenges with humility. Every day.

Integrity | We're open. We're honest. And we earn the trust of our clients and each other.

You can find out more about the Qonto Way here.

Our beliefs: Our goal at Qonto is to create a warm and welcoming environment where individuals from all walks of life can truly thrive. We've gone above and beyond to ensure that every applicant is evaluated solely based on their skills and potential, rather than their gender, ethnicity, age, (dis)ability, or any other irrelevant factor. Our team consists of 49% international individuals, with 44% women and 20% parents. With this diversity, we are a powerful force! Join us in our mission to build a workplace that celebrates diversity and embraces individuality. Discover the steps we took to create a discrimination-free hiring process.

You will join the Litigation team tackling Qonto’s pre-litigation and litigation risk on the Italian market. You will manage first-hand complex customer disputes and litigation cases

You will be part of the fast-growing Legal Team, and the key contact point for our business partners as well as third parties raising a claim against Qonto.

👩‍💻🧑‍💻 As Legal Counsel Litigation at Qonto, you will

• Manage customer disputes and litigation cases (banking law, civil, commercial, criminal law, ...) before various jurisdictions in Italy and internationally with the assistance of external legal counsel.

• Be responsible for drafting formal notices, settlement agreements, and other legal documentation in relation to litigation and dispute resolution involving Qonto in Italy.

• Manage and coordinate external legal counsels as well as internal inputs from stakeholders.

• Support in the development and implementation of legal strategy to reduce the risk of disputes and litigations while keeping a high level of customer satisfaction.

• Collaborate and develop proactive relationships with various teams to anticipate potential customer complaints.

• Strengthen the collaboration with the Ops teams including reviewing and updating existing processes and implementing new processes as needed.

• Provide general day-to-day legal advice to our Ops Teams on a variety of legal issues related to the Italian market.

• Provide legal training to Customer Service and other teams to raise legal awareness.

🤔 What you can expect

• Work in a fast-paced and scaling environment.

• Work with diverse and inclusive teams.

• Work in an international company, with teams in 4 European countries (🇫🇷🇮🇹🇩🇪🇪🇸).

• Work on a wide range of legal topics.

• Have access to digitalized legal tools to facilitate your work.

🤝 About your future manager

Your future Manager will be Ghislain our Legal Counsel in charge of the Litigation & Banking Ops teams

• Their background?

Before joining Qonto, Ghislain worked for 6 years as a litigator specializing in product regulatory law and commercial litigation. He trialed cases before Courts all over France and provided internal advice to companies of various industries or in the scope of criminal investigations or investigations carried out by surveillance authorities. Ghislain lived in all Qonto countries.

• What do they bring to the team?

Ghislain brings expertise in litigation as well as a good understanding of internal operational processes. Ghislain and his team members are privileged contact points for the operational teams. More generally, Ghislain attaches great importance to teamwork within his team and gives autonomy and freedom to learn and grow.

🏅 About You

• Experience: You have at least 3-5 years practicing law in a law firm or in-house, with a focus on banking law and dispute resolution. Experience with handling disputes and litigation for payment institutions is highly preferred.

• Academic Background: Qualified to practice law in Italy. Preferably with a Master's degree in banking law and/or dispute resolution.

• Business-oriented: You are able to put your legal expertise in perspective with Qonto’s business and always provide recommendations that are business-oriented. You have experience working across various teams in a fast-paced environment.

• Communication: You are able to work well with individuals across diverse teams and cultures. You are able to collaborate and function well in a team environment.

• Analytical mind & rigorous: You have excellent organization and planning skills, with the ability to handle multiple cases and disputes simultaneously.

• Curious mindset: You are intellectually curious, open-minded, adaptable, a fast learner, and are excited by a dynamic startup environment. You are happy with working in a constantly evolving and unsettled technological and legal landscape. You want to have an impact and contribute actively to the payment solution all businesses love.

• Mastery: You are a self-starter; You are able to justify conclusions that you reach to stakeholders.

• Languages: You are fluent in both Italian and English. French, or German is a plus.

🎁 Perks

A laptop. An inclusive work environment. A tailor-made career track. And so much more to help you succeed.

- A central fully-renovated building in Paris with WeWork services

- Monthly team events

- Tailor-made remote work policy depending on the job you apply for

- 25 days of paid leave + 5 Qonto days or 25 days of paid leave + 10 RTT +/-

- Alan health insurance, Moka Care to take care of your mental health, and Gymlib for sports and wellness activities

- A Swile lunch card: 50% covered

- A progressive parenthood policy as part of our commitment to the Parental Act (1 in 6 of Qonto employees is a parent!) and childcare benefits with selected partners

💪 Our hiring process:

- Interviews with your Talent Acquisition Manager and future managers

- A remote exercise to demonstrate your skills and give you a taste of what working at Qonto could be like

We will send you an interview guide so you can best prepare yourself.

On average our process lasts 20 working days and offers usually follow within 48 hours 🤞

Thank you for considering joining Qonto. We cannot wait to learn more about you!

One last thing. We recently raised 486M€ in our Series D to ensure we keep growing safely, despite the current economic environment looking a bit gloomy. We revealed our plans for the future here.

To learn more about us:

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