Legal Counsel, Commercial & IP

Joko; Barcelona; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Top-market compensation

Equity for everyone

AI skill-up time

Yearly offsite & team events

ClassPass contribution

8-week parental leave

Performance bonuses

Job summary

Joko is seeking a Commercial & IP Legal Counsel to partner with the business on partnerships, IP protection, and contract strategy. You will own contracts, IP matters, and the insurance program, reporting to the Head of Legal.

The role requires 4–6 years in commercial or IP/IT law, fluent in French and English, and experience negotiating complex deals. In-house or tech experience is a strong plus, with a Master’s degree in a relevant field.

Qualifications

• You have 4–6 years of experience in commercial or IP/IT law, including top-tier firm work or in-house tech experience.
• You have negotiated complex commercial agreements with counterparties in French and English.
• Experience with AI-related IP/IT matters is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

• Define the legal framework for AI features and IP ownership in products and marketing.
• Lead or support negotiations of merchant/brand partnerships and data-sharing contracts.
• Manage disputes, IP protection, and insurance programs across jurisdictions.
• Develop templates, playbooks, and redlines for business teams to reuse.

Skills

Commercial contracts

Negotiation

IP/IT law

French & English fluency

Templates & playbooks

Education

Master's degree in business/IP/IT/contract law

Job description

At Joko, our mission is to we help consumers save time and money when shopping online or in-store.

Founded in Paris, Joko is a tech company and certified B Corp with over 120 talents across Paris, Barcelona, and New York (and beyond). More than 7 million users already save money every day at 10,000+ merchants with Joko.

From cashback and automatic coupons to price alerts, we've kept expanding our products to make shopping smarter. Today, Joko is an AI shopping app: with Juno, our shopping assistant, users can find the right product at the best price in only a few seconds, with recommendations that get sharper the more they use it.

Having reached profitability in our core market, we’re now scaling globally, with a strong focus on the US.

It’s still day 1, come build the future of shopping with us!

This position is remote-friendly.

Our Legal team

The Legal team is at the heart of Joko’s growth and protection. We navigate the complexities of contracts, regulations, and risk management to ensure the company operates smoothly and seizes opportunities with confidence.

We handle all legal matters: Contracts, Corporate, Labor, Data protection, IP etc… enabling other teams to innovate with confidence.

Leveraging our expertise and external partners, we collaborate with all functions to protect Joko’s interests efficiently and proactively.

What you will do

As Legal Counsel, Commercial & IP, you will work hand in hand with our business teams to negotiate the partnerships that drive Joko's growth, and you will own our contracts, IP, commercial disputes and insurance. You will report directly to the Head of Legal (Maya).

IP and technology

• Define the legal framework for Juno, our AI shopping assistant: our rights to merchant content and catalogue data, the use of third-party brands and logos in the app and our marketing, and the ownership of AI-generated content.
• Protect the Joko brands across our markets with our IP counsel, from trademarks, domain names, oppositions and renewals to action against third parties that infringe our rights.
• Work with Product and Marketing to secure new features and brands before they launch.

Deals and commercial relationships

• Sit alongside the business teams in their negotiations with merchants and brands: partnership agreements, data-sharing contracts, CPG and B2B deals, and the contracts for our new business lines.
• Structure our merchant and brand relationships so they hold up under French and EU rules on restrictive commercial practices, including significant imbalance and the abrupt termination of established commercial relationships.
• Lead or support the negotiation of contracts on exclusivity, most-favoured-nation, competition law risks and parity clauses.
• Build the templates, playbooks, red lines and fallback positions the business teams use every day, and turn them into AI skills.

Disputes and risk

• Handle disputes with merchants, partners and suppliers together with the teams who own the relationship, from formal notices to settlement, protecting both our position and the relationship.
• Brief and manage our litigation counsel when a dispute goes to court.
• Own our insurance programme (D&O, cyber, travel and any new line), from renewals to claims, and build an international programme with our brokers so coverage follows us into each new country.

Who you are

• You have 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.
• You have negotiated complex commercial agreements directly with counterparties, in French and in English, and you enjoy it.
• Experience in commercial disputes, restrictive commercial practices or IP/IT matters related to AI is a strong plus.
• You understand how a business makes money, and you use the contract to support it rather than to slow it down.
• You turn your positions into templates and playbooks that non-lawyers can use on their own.
• You hold a 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.
• You are fluent in French and English. Another European language is a plus.
• You write clearly, you decide with incomplete information, and you like the pace of a scale-up.
• You are curious about AI and want to learn how to build the tools that change legal work.

What we tell you upfront.

Until the three poles are staffed, every Legal Counsel works across the full legal scope with the Head of Legal. Functional ownership is formalised as soon as the Commercial & IP and Product & Privacy seats are both filled.

Our perks

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

At Joko, we believe that flexibility and trust are essential. Our work environment reflects this through:

• Flexible remote : If you live in Paris, you can choose to work from our office or from home with no constraints. If you live elsewhere, we can provide access to a coworking space and a coworking budget.
• Work from anywhere : Want to spend a month in Italy while working? You can work from most countries in the world for up to 3 months per year.

On Top Of That, We Offer Plenty Of Perks

• 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 your skills
• Yearly offsite in amazing locations and budget for team-building events & monthly in-person gatherings
• Contribution to your ClassPass subscription
• 8-week leave paid 100% for the second parent
• and much more, check the full list here!

Our hiring process

• Intro call: Quick screening with the Hiring Manager or the Talent team.
• Step 1 – Team interview (45 min): Conversation with two Joko team members (could include the Hiring Manager, people from the team you’d join, or colleagues from other teams).
• Step 2 – Role-specific assessments
• For non-engineering roles: A take-home case study followed by a 45-min interview. We assess both your output and how you think in real time. The exercise will be relevant to your role (e.g. analysis, strategy, or process design).
• For engineering roles: A 90-min live technical interview on CoderPad covering code understanding, review, system design, and product thinking (with AI serving 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.

You may also be invited for coffee with team members to get a feel for our culture.