Legal Officer Intern / Apprentice (F/M)

Job description

Description

About us

Lemonway simplifies complex and regulated payment transactions for marketplaces. We offer a payment solution dedicated to crowdfunding platforms and B2B/B2C/C2C marketplaces across Europe. Our SaaS solution enables over 400 platforms to collect funds within a secure and regulated framework (DSP2, Payment Agent, KYC (Know Your Customer), AML/CTF). The company has over 140 Lemonheroes of 21 different nationalities. We have raised €35 million in Series B funding to boost our growth. Join a fast-growing scale-up offering one of the most innovative solutions in a rapidly expanding market!

About the position

As a Legal Trainee, you will be assisting the legal team in disseminating a legal mindset across the firm, providing advisory services to the different teams and resolving various legal related issues, with a special focus on contractual aspects and, to a lesser extent, personal data protection. The Legal Trainee job position is a real opportunity to learn to tackle new challenges within a human-scale FinTech company, subject to an ever-changing regulatory framework.

Responsibilities

You are basically versed in legal and contractual aspects, and you will reinforce the team across diverse missions with a special focus on contractual and data protection aspects. Notably, you will participate in:

·  Negotiation and drafting of contracts for all aspects of the company’s activity: IT services and payment services agreements with our clients platforms (marketplaces, crowdfunding), suppliers’ contracts, strategic partnerships agreements, data protection agreements;
·  Answering requests for proposals with the sales team;
·  Drafting and updating Lemonway template agreements;
·  Regular internal corporate operations;
·  Providing legal training to Lemonway operational teams (including sales team);
·  Management of pre-litigation and follow-up of litigation together with our law firms, particularly for contractual litigations;
·  All other subjects covered by the legal team, as necessary from time to time: corporate missions (fundraising, general meetings, supervisory board, formalities, internal PoAs, etc.), insurance policies and intellectual property follow-up, internal control reviews, building intra-company new projects involving legal/contractual aspects, etc.;
·  Support all Lemonheros with regards to their contractual (and other legal) questions.

About you

Desired Skills

·  Very good knowledge of French contractual law, and general knowledge of corporate law, IT services in SaaS or equivalent services;
·  Notions in banking law, payments compliance, PSD2, AML/CFT, GDPR are a plus;
·  Notions in the overall Payment Institutions regulatory framework are also a plus;
·  Proficiency in office automation tools: Microsoft 365, MS Teams;
·  Good knowledge and appetite for the financial industry world and/or e-commerce and/or payment.

Soft skills

·  You are rigorous;
·  You are curious, with a great will to understand the company legal environment and the company various legal issues;
·  You have good communication skills in your relations with both the internal teams and the external clients and providers;
·  You are a real team player with a deep sense of collaboration but also are comfortable working autonomously;
·  You are able to manage your time effectively, anticipate and prioritize your tasks to carry out your missions within the given deadlines;
·  You have a strong sense of confidentiality;
·  You are known for your good organizational and project management skills;
·  You are fluent in French and English. Another European language (Spanish, Italian, German) is a plus!

Experience

Master 2 in Law (Business law, contractual law, banking law).

What's in for you

·  6 months internship or 1 year apprenticeship (ideally 3 weeks at work / 1 week at school) starting from September 2024;
·  Swile card;
·  50% reimbursement of Navigo or Velib passes;
·  Multicultural team and international environment;
·  Access to Gymlib. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Lettre de motivation requise

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