After completing a 104 million euro Series C, Qonto is facing increasingly diverse and complex legal challenges (Tax, Contracts, IT/IP, GDPR, labor law, litigation and pre-litigation, corporate law, banking law, internationalisation of the service, etc.).

As Qonto Legal Counsel, you will have a global overview from a legal standpoint of all aspects of Qonto’s business in France and will be a great help to support the development of Qonto’s business in Italy. You will address all types of legal questions, on contracts and partnerships, banking and insolvency matters, civil and criminal seizures from authorities and creditors, corporate and tax matters, labor law, commercial matters, if needed with the assistance of external counsels. You will work on our 4 jurisdictions: France, Italy, Spain, Germany with a special focus on Italy, our growing market.

You will join the Legal Team, under the supervision of Alexia, our General Counsel, and you will also work closely with the Corporate team (finance, people, compliance).

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

• Draft and negotiate commercial contracts in French and English (such as: NDAs, services agreements, commercial and tech partnership agreements, software and licence agreements, PAAS/SAAS, SLAs, etc.): in cooperation with the operational teams, you will review, draft and negotiate various types of commercial contracts, bringing specific expertises in IT/IP law and GDPR issues you will regularly update our General T&Cs and the clients contracts.
• Assist the business and monitor the civil and criminal seizures in France and abroad, closely follow up the disputes/litigations/claims from creditors and Qonto’s clients.
• Ensure GDPR compliance with the DPO: You will take part in the implementation and monitoring of GDPR compliance, particularly on the contractual side.
• Define a legal strategy: You will work with the general counsel in order to eliminate or mitigate risks and manage Qonto’s disputes/litigations in coordination with our Compliance and Internal Control team.
• Monitor, analyze changes and act: You will have to stay updated on legal and regulatory changes that could impact the business and you will suggest action plans.
• Prepare and deliver training of operational staff on various subjects (labour law, personal data law, marketing, contract law).
• Be entrusted with a special mission to focus on the launch of Qonto’s Product in Italy.

• Experience: You have 2+ years of experience with relevant experience in a top-tier law firm or as a lawyer in a tech company (start-up/scale up).
• Academic Background: Degree in French law, admission to French Bar is a prerequisite. You have a Master of French Business Law preferably. Specialization in IT / New Technology Law or Intellectual Property Law and good knowledge of GDPR is a plus.
• Business-oriented: You are able to put use your legal expertise in perspective with Qonto’s business and always provide recommendations that are business oriented.
• Communication: You have strong oral and written communications skills and a good sense of diplomacy.
• Analytical mind & rigorous: You have well-honed organizational and analytical skills to quickly elaborate key findings, form opinions and make decisions.
• Curious mindset: You are intellectually curious, open-minded, adaptable, fast learner and excited by dynamic startup environment.
• Mastery: You master encountered legal issues related to digital platforms and GDPR issues.
• Languages: You are fluent in both French, English and Italian. Mastery of another European language (Spanish, German) is a definite plus.

💪How we have adapted our hiring process during the Coronavirus crisis:

Is Qonto still recruiting? ✅
There are so many questions you may be asking yourself. The current public health crisis may have you doubting whether you should even be applying right now.
We strive to be the finance solution all businesses love. To continue to reach this goal, we need to hire talent more than ever. That’s why we guarantee a fully remote hiring process for all candidates! We are lucky to have digital tools to help us continue to live and work as best we can despite everything going on.

Here is what you can expect from our adapted recruitment process:

• A 60 min video-call with one of our Talent Acquisition Managers to better understand your career plan and answer any of your questions
• A 60 min video-call with your future manager to create a strong alignment on what they’ll expect from you, and tell you more about their way to operate
• A fully remote exercise to evaluate your hard skills and understand how you see the world
• Video calls with future team members to discuss your exercise and help you project yourself in the company
• A Final video-call with the manager of the department and/or one of our C-level/Founders

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

🎁 Perks

You got it: helping you succeed is our #1 priority. We have put together several perks to make your life easier and more will be added as Qonto grows further 🤗

• Office & Team Life

• 3,200 sqm fully-renovated building near Opera with WeWork services
• Monthly team events, and yearly offsite (Barcelona, Sicily… what’s next?)
• Free coffee, snacks in the kitchen and a budget allocated to managers for small team events
• The latest in Apple’s equipment

• Qonto’s benefits

• Tailor-made Remote Policy: from 2 days per week to Full remote
• A competitive salary package (healthcare, commute…)
• 5 days off in addition to the legal 25 days
• A Swile Card that you can use for lunch
• Access to thousands of gyms and activities for 10-30€ a month, through our partnership with Gymlib
• Relocation package and visa sponsorship for international talents (we have 25+ nationalities based in Paris!)
• Special parenthood policy (we are part of the Parental Act program)