Legal counsel

Paris, Remote. Posted a month ago

The role

You will help shape and build the legal function at Maki. This role spans commercial contracts, legal operations, privacy, product, regulatory matters, and company strategy.

What you will do

Review, draft, and negotiate customer agreements including MSAs and DPAs.
Represent Maki in negotiations with customer legal and procurement teams.
Help the commercial team understand practical implications of contractual commitments.
Develop negotiation positions, fallback clauses, and contracting standards.
Coordinate with Sales, Leadership, Security, Product, and Engineering.
Develop and maintain standard agreements, terms, and privacy policies.
Create processes for contract review, approvals, renewals, and legal requests.
Build templates, playbooks, clause libraries, and internal guidance.
Select and implement legal tools and workflows.
Monitor developments in AI, privacy, employment, and data protection regulations.

Required qualifications

Qualification as a legal counsel in a relevant jurisdiction.
Experience negotiating complex commercial agreements.
Strong experience in technology, SaaS, data, privacy, or related commercial legal matters.
A practical understanding of GDPR, data protection, and the regulatory environment surrounding technology and AI.
Sound judgment in distinguishing material legal and commercial risks from theoretical concerns.
The ability to explain legal issues clearly to non-lawyers, both in writing and in conversation.
A constructive, commercially minded approach to negotiations with sophisticated customer legal teams.
The ability to work independently and build structure where little currently exists.

Nice to have

Experience negotiating agreements with large enterprise customers.
Experience with AI regulation, employment technology, or enterprise software.
Experience building the legal function of a fast-growing technology company.

About the company

Maki is a company where you will help shape and build the legal function.