General Counsel at amo

amo; Paris; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care (100% coverage)

Paris office in central location

Onsite 5 days a week

Maternity/Paternity/Second parentLeave

Generous vacation policy

Job summary

amo, a Paris-based consumer company building Europe’s most ambitious consumer platform, is hiring its first General Counsel to own the legal function end to end. You’ll work directly with the cofounders, collaborating with Product, Distribution, People, Engineering and Finance to advance fast while staying compliant.

You’ll draft, negotiate and guide on corporate, employment, IP, data protection, compliance and commercial matters, while coordinating with local counsel to scale across markets.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of legal experience, including a senior in-house role at a tech company.
• Expert in French and EU law; French legal training; CAPA admission is a plus.
• Global outlook; experience handling matters in multiple jurisdictions.
• True generalist who can move from vendor/contracts to trademark oppositions in the same day.
• Product- and business-first mindset; provide clear recommendations in plain language.
• Hands-on; comfortable drafting and negotiating without a large team.
• Fluent in French and English.
• Comfortable with little structure; able to set priorities in a noisy environment.
• Discretion in handling sensitive matters, including disputes.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all legal topics as amo scales, coordinating with local counsel per market.
• Lead corporate governance, group structure, BSPCE and liquidity operations.
• Handle employment law across the employee lifecycle (contracts, immigration, internal rules, terminations).
• Manage IP/trademarks, patents and licensing, and oversee content protection and licensing.
• Drive compliance, data protection (GDPR, DSA), and regulator requests.
• Negotiate and draft commercial contracts, TPAs, partnerships, data processing agreements.
• Manage pre-litigation and litigation with external counsel; provide risk assessments for cofounders.
• Lead M&A activities including due diligence, structuring and integration.

Skills

Senior in-house experience

French and EU law

Fluent in English and French

Product and business oriented

Hands-on drafting and negotiation

Education

French legal training

Bar admission (CAPA)

Job description

amo is a Paris-based consumer social company. We want to build Europe's most ambitious consumer company. Our apps Bump and Sugar are used by millions of people all over the globe.

Location sits at the heart of one of our current products, and privacy, trust and safety are part of how we build, not an afterthought.

We're scaling fast, and this comes with legal implications. We want them handled in a way that speeds the business up.

The role:

We're hiring our first General Counsel to own amo's legal function end to end. This is a business role, not a support function: you'll work directly with the cofounders, join discussions from the start and work with every team, from Product and Distribution to People, Engineering and Finance.

You'll draft, negotiate and advise yourself on the topics that matter most. For everything else, you'll build and run a network of local counsel, with the right firm for each topic and each market, and turn their advice into clear decisions for the team.

How we think about legal:

At amo, legal starts from the product, to serve our users. We're not looking for someone who applies the rules by the book, but for someone who understands what we're building and why, and finds the legal approach that makes sense for it. You'll be judged on what you enable, not on how many memos you write.

• Product and users first: you join discussions early and work with the team toward the same goal: making projects to life, fast and safe.
• Pragmatic on risk: you know which rules are non-negotiable, where there is room for judgement, and how much risk is worth taking for the business. You give a recommendation, not a list of risks.
• Built for scale: you set up the contracts, policies and processes that enable our growth.

What you'll own:

You'll cover every legal question that comes with scaling a consumer app across markets, working with the right local counsel on each topic:

• Corporate: general corporate, group structure as we expand internationally, BSPCE plans and employee liquidity operations.
• Employment: French labour law across the employee lifecycle, from contracts, immigration and internal rules to terminations.
• Trademarks and IP: our global trademark portfolio: filing strategy, oppositions, watch services and disputes. Patents and content licensing as they come.
• Compliance and data protection: GDPR, protection of minors, DSA, app store policies, and more. Regulator and law enforcement requests.
• Commercial contracts: vendors and SaaS, partnerships, creator and influencer agreements, advertising, data processing agreements. Templates and a self-serve process so teams can move autonomously.
• Litigation: pre-litigation and litigation across jurisdictions, with outside counsel. Clear risk assessments and options for the cofounders.
• M&A: acquisitions and strategic transactions when the time comes, including due diligence, structuring and integration.

What success looks like:

• Teams ship features, sign deals and expand without waiting on legal.
• The cofounders spend far less time on legal: topics get tracked, briefed and closed without one of them driving each one, and nothing is discovered late.
• The right local counsel is in place for each topic and market, on a budget we control.

What we're looking for:

• Startup and scaleup experience, at our stage and beyond. 7+ years of legal experience, including a senior in-house role (General Counsel, Deputy GC or Head of Legal) at a tech company. You've lived the stage we're at international expansion, fast growth.
• Expert in French and EU law. French legal training, with deep knowledge of French corporate and employment law, GDPR and EU digital regulation. Admission to the bar (CAPA) is a plus.
• Global outlook. You've handled matters in several jurisdictions and know how to find, brief and challenge the right local counsel for each topic and market.
• A true generalist. You move from a vendor contract negotiation to a trademark opposition in the same day, and know when to go deep yourself and when to bring in a specialist.
• Product and business first. You adapt the legal approach to what the product and the business need, and give clear recommendations in plain language. You help the team move fast without taking blind risks.
• Hands-on. You draft and negotiate yourself and don't need a team to get things done.
• Fluent in French and English.
• Comfortable with little structure. You set your own priorities in a noisy environment and would rather be judged on what you enabled than on how busy you were.
• Discretion. You handle sensitive matters, including disputes, with complete confidentiality.

Nice to have:

• 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.

Why join:

You'll build the function from the ground up, with a seat next to the cofounders on the decisions that shape the company and a direct impact on the trajectory of a company that serves users all over the globe.

Life at amo:

To ensure that everyone is set up for success within our way of working, we work together onsite 5 days a week.

We wanted to make sure coming to the office was as comfortable as possible for you:

• We chose a location in central Paris, near Opera (Metro lines 3,8,9 and RER A).
• We have a beautiful Parisian-style office with high ceilings, balconies, and huge windows. So a lot of natural light!

Because life outside of work should also be stress-free, we cover:

• Health care (100% coverage).
• Maternity Leave, Paternity Leave, Second Parent Leave (salary maintained at 100%).
• Vacation days: 8-9 weeks (total) per year - (European summer?).
  • 5 weeks of paid time off (by the state);
  • 1-2 additional weeks (RTT, based on our company contract);
  • ~11 bank holidays.