Legal Counsel, Commercial & IP

Overview

This role is responsible for providing legal support across commercial, IP, and technology matters for a scaling organization focused on AI-enabled shopping experiences. The position is remote-friendly.

Responsibilities

IP and technology

• Define the legal framework for an AI shopping assistant, including:
  • Rights relating to merchant content and catalogue data
  • Use of third-party brands and logos in the app and in marketing
  • Ownership of AI-generated content
• Protect the organization’s brands across markets through IP counsel, including:
  • Trademarks
  • Domain names
  • Oppositions and renewals
  • Actions against third parties that infringe rights
• Partner with Product and Marketing to secure new features and brands before launch

Deals and commercial relationships

• Work alongside business teams in negotiations with merchants and brands, including:
  • Partnership agreements
  • Data-sharing contracts
  • CPG and B2B deals
  • Contracts for new business lines
• Structure merchant and brand relationships to comply with French and EU rules on restrictive commercial practices, including:
  • Significant imbalance
  • Abrupt termination of established commercial relationships
• Lead or support negotiations on exclusivity, most-favoured-nation terms, competition law risks, and parity clauses
• Build and maintain contract templates, playbooks, “red lines,” and fallback positions used by business teams, and turn them into AI skills

Disputes and risk

• Handle disputes with merchants, partners, and suppliers with the teams that own the relationship, from formal notices through settlement
• Brief and manage external litigation counsel when disputes go to court
• Own the insurance program (D&O, cyber, travel, and any new line), including renewals and claims
• Build an international insurance program with brokers so coverage follows into each new country

Requirements

• 4 to 6 years of experience in commercial or IP/IT law, including time in a top-tier law firm
• In-house experience in a tech or consumer company is a strong plus
• Experience negotiating complex commercial agreements directly with counterparties in French and in English
• Enjoys negotiation and direct deal work
• Strong plus: experience in commercial disputes, restrictive commercial practices, or IP/IT matters related to AI
• Understands how a business makes money and uses contracts to support it rather than slowing it down
• Can turn positions into templates and playbooks that non-lawyers can use independently
• Master’s degree in business law, IP/IT law, or contract law from a leading French law school
• Admission to the Paris Bar is a plus
• Fluent in French and English; another European language is a plus
• Writes clearly and can decide with incomplete information
• Enjoys the pace of a scale-up environment
• Curious about AI and interested in learning how tools change legal work

Compensation & Benefits

(Some benefits listed are available to full-time positions only)

• Flexible remote:
  • If you live in Paris: choose to work from the office or from home
  • If you live elsewhere: access to a coworking space and a coworking budget can be provided
• Work from anywhere: work from most countries worldwide for up to 3 months per year
• Top-market compensation
• Equity for everyone with the chance to own a piece of what you build
• Half-day each week dedicated to leveling up with AI by exploring new tools, iterating hard, and sharpening skills
• Yearly offsite in amazing locations plus budget for team-building events and monthly in-person gatherings
• Contribution to ClassPass subscription
• 8-week leave paid 100% for the second parent
• Additional perks (full list mentioned in original source)

Hiring Process

• Intro call: quick screening with the Hiring Manager or the Talent team
• Step 1 – Team interview (45 min): conversation with two team members (may include the Hiring Manager and/or colleagues from other teams)
• Step 2 – Role-specific assessments:
  • Non-engineering roles: take-home case study followed by a 45-minute interview
  • Engineering roles: 90-minute live technical interview on CoderPad covering code understanding, review, system design, and product thinking (with AI as a collaboration tool)
• Step 3 – Leadership interview (45 min): conversation with a SteerCo member and a Founder
• References: up to 3 calls with former colleagues or managers
• Optional: may be invited for coffee with team members to learn more about the team

Location

Remote-friendly. If you live in Paris, you may choose to work from the office or from home; if you live elsewhere, access to a coworking space and a coworking budget may be provided.