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Senior Legal Counsel - Corporate

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Senior Legal Counsel reporting to the Chief Legal Officer, handling corporate transactions (funding, M&A, investments), corporate secretarial for French entity and subsidiaries, ESOP management, and advising on legal strategy and operations.

About this role

Our Mission
Swapcard is the leading AI-powered event platform designed to drive revenue growth and foster meaningful connections at in-person and hybrid events. We recognize the importance of teamwork in successful events; that's why Swapcard is fueled by a team of innovators who are passionate about helping organizers build future-proof events.

Our Vision
At Swapcard, we believe in the power of meaningful connections. This belief fuels our commitment to pioneering modern solutions that empower organizers to create engaging event experiences.
Guided by our commitment to excellence and collaboration, we aim to redefine the landscape of event technology, setting new standards for engagement, accessibility, and impact.

Our Beliefs
At Swapcard, diversity is at the core of our success. With 42 nationalities represented among our 180+ team members, we champion diversity as a catalyst for creativity, collaboration, and unparalleled innovation.

We believe that by embracing a multitude of backgrounds, cultures, and viewpoints, we can truly understand and cater to the needs of our global community of event organizers and participants.
Our full remote opportunities empower our team to thrive, no matter where they are in the world, fostering a culture of flexibility and inclusion.

What we're looking for
Are you passionate, ambitious and what your friends usually called “street smart”? Do you want to make the most of every opportunity, believe every steps of your career should be interesting and fulfilling? If you replied yes to the above questions, please apply.
Directly reporting to the Chief Legal Officer, your main tasks will be focused around Corporate law as follows:

What you'll be doing?

  • Handle the Company corporate transactions including funding, M&A, investment, and other strategic operations in a substantive fashion (e.g., structuring corporate documentation, due diligence participation, negotiation of investment agreements, post-closing formalities).
  • Handle corporate secretary for the French entity and its 8 worldwide subsidiaries and ensure compliance with local corporate law.
  • Manage our ESOP plans distributed to our collaborators worldwide and associated formalities
  • Assist in developing and executing legal strategy regarding group structuration and setting up new entities around the world.
  • Provide corporate advices to the founders and and different stakeholders of the company
  • Proactively collaborate with the finance team and our outside counsels.
    • Your responsibilities may include other areas of business laws including legal operations.

    Your Profile

  • French legal education mandatory
  • Master 2 in Business law - double major in business school/political science/LLM is a plus
  • Admitted to practice law in France (CAPA)
  • 4 to 6 years of experience (post graduation) in corporate law
  • An experience in other areas of business law is not mandatory but is a plus
  • Bonus - You are familiar with start up clients
  • Excellent communication and drafting skills
  • English and French full written/oral proficiency
  • Softskills
  • Pro-active, autonomous, solution driven
  • Rigorous and detail oriented
  • Open minded, not reluctant to change process or to try new things

    • Skills

    Corporate LawCorporate StructuringDue DiligenceEntity FormationESOP PlansFrench Corporate LawInvestment AgreementsLegal OperationsM&A

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