Global Legal Counsel & Strategic Contracts Partner

ProductLife Group; Courbevoie; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

ProductLife Group is seeking a Legal Counsel – Legal Business Partner to provide strategic legal support across France and Europe, with an international scope. This generalist role covers commercial, IT/data, compliance, and corporate matters.

As a Business Partner, you will draft and negotiate major agreements, maintain templates, and advise on GDPR, cybersecurity, cloud, and AI initiatives. You’ll report to the Regional Legal Director and play a key role in governance and training within the

Qualifications

• 4–10 years' experience in commercial contracting (services, tech, consulting, or life sciences).
• Fluent in French and English; Italian or Spanish a plus.
• Strong drafting/negotiation skills for high-stakes agreements.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial, service, partnership, and distribution agreements (MSAs, SOWs, NDAs, T&Cs); lead client-facing negotiations.
• Maintain and harmonize templates, clause libraries, and playbooks; contribute to CLM, risk matrices, and process improvement.
• Negotiate IT/SaaS agreements; advise on GDPR, cybersecurity, cloud, and digital/AI initiatives (EU AI Act).
• Support governance for group entities; contribute to compliance programs and group policy implementation.
• Provide daily legal support to commercial, operations, HR, procurement, IT, and data teams; identify risks and propose solutions.
• Manage litigation and pre-litigation matters in coordination with external counsel.
• Support additional projects across legal ops, IP, real estate, insurance, and contract optimization.

Skills

Contract drafting

Negotiation

Legal advice

Cross-border

Education

Law degree (EU)

Job description

ProductLife Group is seeking a Legal Counsel – Legal Business Partner to provide strategic legal support across France and Europe, with an international scope. This generalist role covers commercial, IT/data, compliance, and corporate matters.

As a Business Partner, you will draft and negotiate major agreements, maintain templates, and advise on GDPR, cybersecurity, cloud, and AI initiatives. You’ll report to the Regional Legal Director and play a key role in governance and training within the