General Counsel at amo

Amo; Paris; On-site; EUR 160,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Amo, a Paris-based consumer social company, is hiring its first General Counsel to lead the legal function end to end. You'll work directly with the cofounders and collaborate with Product, Distribution, People, Engineering and Finance to draft, negotiate and advise on key topics while scaling with the business.

You will build a network of local counsel, set up contracts, policies and processes for growth, and you will be judged by what you enable for product and users, balancing pragmatism with

Qualifications

• 7+ years of legal experience, including a senior in-house role (General Counsel, Deputy GC or Head of Legal) at a tech company.
• Fluent in French and English; deep knowledge of French corporate and employment law, GDPR and EU digital regulation.
• You draft and negotiate yourself and advise across product, partnerships, and regulatory topics.

Responsibilities

• Corporate governance and international group structure development as we scale.
• Employment law across the employee lifecycle, including contracts and immigration.
• Trademarks, IP, patents and content licensing management.
• Compliance and data protection: GDPR, DSA, app store policies, and related regulations.
• Regulator and law enforcement coordination; outside counsel management.
• Commercial contracts: vendors, SaaS, partnerships, data processing agreements; self-serve processes.

Skills

General Counsel

In-house

French Law

EU Law

Contract Negotiation

Risk Management

Regulatory Compliance

M&A

Education

French law degree

Tools

Contract management software

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:

• 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 befor