Founding Tax Partner for AI-Driven M&A & PE Deals

Lina Law (HX26); Paris; On-site; EUR 210,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Lina Law is building a premier AI-native law firm in Paris and seeks a Founding Lawyer – Tax to lead the tax practice. You own end-to-end tax work on complex deals and sign off on final judgments.

You will structure holding and acquisition entities, manage debt push-down, and handle tax due diligence, rulings, and regulatory interactions, while shaping the firm's direction as a founding partner, with AI-generated drafts supporting your work.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of post-qualification experience in transactional tax.
• Experience in LBO and M&A structuring, private equity and venture financing.
• Strong drafting reflexes and the standing to serve as the senior signing authority.

Responsibilities

• Own the tax workstream on complex transactions - LBOs and private equity deals, M&A, venture and growth financings, reorganisations and exits - as the signing-off partner.
• Structure and document deals: acquisition and holding structures, debt push-down and interest deductibility, participation exemption, withholding tax, management and sweet equity packages, employee incentive plans, and the tax provisions in SPAs, shareholders' agreements and financing documents.
• Handle tax due diligence, rulings and dealings with the authorities, and provide senior-level sign-off on structuring and risk, building on AI-generated drafts and analyses.
• Turn every matter into reusable platform assets: encoded playbooks, structuring memos, model clauses and review checklists that compound the firm's edge.
• Help shape the firm's direction, culture, and growth as a founding member of the partnership.

Skills

Drafting reflexes

Bias to action

Signing authority

Education

Bar admission or equivalent

Job description

Lina Law is building a premier AI-native law firm in Paris and seeks a Founding Lawyer – Tax to lead the tax practice. You own end-to-end tax work on complex deals and sign off on final judgments.

You will structure holding and acquisition entities, manage debt push-down, and handle tax due diligence, rulings, and regulatory interactions, while shaping the firm's direction as a founding partner, with AI-generated drafts supporting your work.