Corporate Paralegal

Mistral; Paris; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

Relocation support

Meal allowances

Job summary

Mistral AI’s corporate legal team in Paris is looking for a highly autonomous Corporate Paralegal to centralize and streamline our international legal operations. You will own cap table and share register, entity management across jurisdictions, insurance documentation, and the procurement contract workflow, driving automation wherever possible.

This role requires bilingual English and French, strong confidentiality, and the ability to coordinate with banks, notaries, and external partners

Qualifications

• 10+ years in a legal field with corporate focus (M&A, banking, funds, or large groups).
• Experience in a law firm or multinational corporate environment.
• Proven KYC experience and handling of admin certificates.
• Strong GDPR and confidentiality knowledge.
• Cap table tools experience (Ledgy, Axiocap) or share register admin.
• Familiarity with French corporate law (SAS) and cross-border entities.
• CLM and e-signature platform experience.
• Vendor onboarding and procurement contract exposure.
• Fluent in English and French (both written and spoken).

Responsibilities

• Own cap table and share register across systems; manage issuances, transfers, ESOP/BSPCE and funding rounds.
• Manage entity creation and ongoing corporate formalities across jurisdictions; coordinate notarial actions and KYC packs.
• Administer insurance policies, COIs, contracts register, and e-signatures; maintain document versioning.
• Review NDAs, orders, and simple SOWs; collaborate with Procurement, Business, and Finance to move deals to signature.

Job description

About Mistral

Mistral provides full-stack AI solutions: from frontier models to developer tools, applications, and compute. We partner with enterprises tackling the hardest problems across high-stakes industries like finance, manufacturing, defense, healthcare, and the public sector, co-creating customized AI systems that they can run on their terms.

We are a dynamic, collaborative team passionate about AI and its potential to transform society. Our diverse workforce thrives in competitive environments and is committed to driving innovation. Our teams are distributed between Europe, North America, Asia and the Middle East. We are creative, low-ego and team-spirited.

About the Role

Mistral AI’s corporate legal team is looking for a Corporate Paralegal to join our growing legal function in Paris. This is a newly created role designed to centralize and streamline the administrative backbone of our corporate legal operations as we scale internationally.

This is a high-autonomy role. You will own several critical workstreams end-to-end — from KYC and entity housekeeping to cap table management and contract administration — and you will be expected to exercise sound judgment, elevate when needed, and drive automation wherever possible.

What you’ll do

1. Cap Table & Share Register

Own the cap table across different systems with rigor and precision. Record all share movements — issuances, transfers, ESOP/BSPCE, funding rounds. Maintain the legal share register and reconcile against articles, shareholders’ agreements, and board minutes. Produce cap table extracts, shareholder lists, and ownership reports for KYC, audit, board packs, and investors — always under NDA and with judgment on what can be disclosed. Strong Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, reconciliation) are essential.

2. Entity Management, Corporate Formalities & Notarisation

Handle entity creation from incorporation to corporate maintenance across jurisdictions (SAS, Inc, Ltd, Pte, GmbH, etc.) with confidentiality and attention to detail. Manage the annual formalities calendar, board/shareholder minutes, resolutions, powers of attorney, and the entity housekeeping file for each group company. Coordinate notarial formalities — share transfers, capital changes, statutory modifications, pledges. Handle apostilles, legalisation, and certified translations for documents used abroad via the Legal Vision Platform. Maintain up-to-date KYC packs for each entity: Kbis, articles, directors, beneficial ownership, administrative certificates. Respond to inbound KYC requests from banks, clients, and investors. Log every formalité for a complete and auditable record.

3. Insurance & Document Management

Manage insurance policies, certificates (COIs), and the renewal calendar. Handle COI requests by checking them against contractual requirements and following up with brokers. Keep a register of policies and claims. File and archive documents with naming conventions and versioning in our document management tools. Manage e-signatures (DocuSign). Maintain the contract register with expiry dates and notice periods. Provide up-to-date insurance certificates and policy summaries as part of KYC documentation for each entity.

4. Procurement Contracts

First-level review of NDAs, order forms, and simple SOWs against Mistral templates, flagging deviations for escalation. Version comparison and clean redlines. Understand the procurement policy to know when legal review is mandatory. Coordinate with Procurement, business teams, and Finance to move deals to signature. Complete supplier onboarding questionnaires (anti-bribery, sanctions, ESG, security) and supplier portals (Ariba, Coupa) as part of the vendor KYC process. Comfortable with tools like Ironclad, Notion, and Slack; keen to automate and reduce manual work.

What you bring

• 10+ years of experience in a legal field, with a strong preference for corporate law (M&A, banking, funds, or large corporate groups).

• Experience in a law firm (corporate/M&A/banking), investment fund, bank, or a large multinational group (e.g., CAC 40).

• Proven experience with KYC processes, questionnaires, and administrative certificates.

• Strong understanding of confidentiality, data protection (GDPR), and the judgment to know what can and cannot be shared externally.

• Hands-on experience with cap table management tools (Ledgy, Axiocap) or share register administration.

• Familiarity with French corporate law (SAS) and international entity structures (Delaware Inc, UK Ltd, Singapore Pte, German GmbH).

• Experience with contract lifecycle management (CLM) tools and e-signature platforms.

• Exposure to procurement contract review and vendor onboarding.

• Fluent in English and French (both written and spoken). Additional languages are a plus.

What We Offer

We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your well-being, growth, and work-life balance. Benefits vary by country and may include healthcare coverage, parental leave, retirement plans, relocation support, wellness programs, meal and transportation allowances, and other location-specific perks.

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