Amo

General Counsel at amo

Paris. Posted 5 days ago

The role

The General Counsel will own the legal function end to end and work directly with the cofounders. This person will draft, negotiate, and advise on corporate, employment, IP, compliance, commercial, and M&A matters.

What you will do

  • Own the legal function end to end
  • Work directly with cofounders and every team including Product, Distribution, People, Engineering and Finance
  • Draft, negotiate and advise on legal topics
  • Build and run a network of local counsel
  • Manage corporate matters including group structure and BSPCE plans
  • Handle French employment law across the employee lifecycle
  • Manage global trademark portfolio, patents and content licensing
  • Oversee compliance including GDPR, protection of minors and DSA
  • Manage commercial contracts for vendors, SaaS, partnerships, creators and advertising
  • Handle litigation and M&A transactions

Required qualifications

  • 7+ years of legal experience
  • Senior in-house role (General Counsel, Deputy GC or Head of Legal) at a tech company
  • Experience with international expansion and fast growth
  • Expert in French and EU law
  • French legal training
  • Deep knowledge of French corporate and employment law, GDPR and EU digital regulation
  • Experience handling matters in several jurisdictions
  • Fluent in French and English
  • Ability to draft and negotiate personally

Nice to have

  • Admission to the bar (CAPA)
  • Experience at a consumer app, social or gaming company
  • Hands-on work with GDPR, content moderation (DSA)
  • M&A transactions led or closed, buy side or sell side
  • A few years at a top-tier law firm before going in-house
  • Exposure to a crisis, whether regulatory, press or security

Benefits

  • Health care (100% coverage)
  • Maternity Leave, Paternity Leave, Second Parent Leave (salary maintained at 100%)
  • 8-9 vacation days total per year
  • 5 weeks of paid time off
  • 1-2 additional weeks (RTT)
  • ~11 bank holidays
  • Company shutdown for two weeks in summer and one week in winter

About the company

amo is a Paris-based consumer social company. Their apps Bump and Sugar are used by millions of people all over the globe.