Legal Counsel

ProductLife Group; Courbevoie; Sur place; EUR 90 000 - 150 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

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.

Responsabilités

• 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.

Connaissances

Contract drafting

Negotiation

Legal advice

Cross-border

Formation

Law degree (EU)

Description du poste

Make a meaningful impact on global healthcare — and grow your career while doing it. At ProductLife Group, you’ll join an innovative, forward‑thinking team operating across the world to shape the future of life sciences through expertise, collaboration, and purpose‑driven work.

Job Description

Legal Counsel – Legal Business Partner

As Legal Business Partner, you provide strategic legal support to PLG and its affiliates — primarily across France and Europe, with international scope. This generalist role offers broad exposure to commercial, IT/data, compliance, and corporate matters.

Key Responsibilities

• Commercial & Partnership Contracting — Draft, review, and negotiate commercial, service, partnership, and distribution agreements (MSAs, SOWs, NDAs, T&Cs); lead client‑facing negotiations.
• Legal Operations — Maintain and harmonize templates, clause libraries, and playbooks; contribute to CLM, risk matrices, process improvement, and affiliate integration.
• Technology & Data — Negotiate IT/SaaS agreements, software licenses, and DPAs; advise on GDPR, cybersecurity, cloud, and digital/AI initiatives (EU AI Act).
• Corporate & Compliance — Support governance for group entities; contribute to compliance programs (ethics, ESG/CSR) and group policy implementation.
• Business Partnering — Provide daily legal support to commercial, operations, HR, procurement, IT, and data teams; identify risks, propose pragmatic solutions, deliver internal training.
• Dispute Management — Manage litigation and pre‑litigation matters in coordination with external counsel.
• Support additional projects across legal ops, IP, real estate, insurance, and contract optimization.

Profile

• Qualified lawyer (France or other EU jurisdiction) or equivalent international law background.
• Knowledge of French legal systems as well as UK/US legal systems
• 4–10 years' experience in commercial contracting (services, tech, consulting, or life sciences), ideally international.
• Fluent working in French and English; Italian or Spanish a plus.
• Strong drafting/negotiation skills for complex, high‑stakes agreements, with the ability to manage a high volume of matters under tight deadlines.
• Solid understanding of corporate governance, cross‑border operations, GDPR/IT/SaaS/cloud, and matrix or PE environments.
• Organized, autonomous, pragmatic; integrates smoothly into existing teams and reporting lines.
• Curious and proactive, comfortable in fast‑moving, innovation‑driven settings; solution‑oriented and self‑sufficient in resolving day‑to‑day issues.

Role Evolution

Reporting to the Regional Legal Director, this role will grow with PLG's global expansion. Depending on your expertise (IT/data, compliance, regulatory, corporate law), you may take ownership of specific domains and lead improvements in legal tools and processes.