Senior Corporate & Energy Transition Counsel

CMA CGM; Marseille; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

CMA CGM Group in Marseille is seeking a Group Legal Counsel Senior Specialist to drive complex cross-border corporate and energy-transition transactions. You will oversee subsidiaries, lead intra-group reorganizations, and coordinate with M&A teams globally to structure high-stakes deals.

Ideal candidates bring extensive corporate/M&A experience, mastery of French law, fluency in English, and a proactive, globally-minded approach to governance and regulatory matters.

Qualifications

• Qualified French lawyer (CAPA) or Master's degree in corporate law / business law.
• At least six years in corporate law / M&A, gained with an international business law firm and/or within a major international group.
• Expertise: Excellent command of French corporate law and M&A transactions, with solid knowledge of corporate finance and taxation.
• Legal creativity: A proven ability to design, compare and deploy sophisticated legal structures tailored to complex, strategic transactions — with agility, pragmatism and a keen sense of the business stakes.
• Languages: Fluent French and English, both written and spoken; Spanish is a plus. You are comfortable working in an international, multicultural environment.
• Curosity : An appetite for digital tools and artificial intelligence applied to the legal profession.
• Mindset: Rigor, agility, service orientation, outstanding interpersonal skills and a genuine taste for teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal oversight of a portfolio of French and foreign subsidiaries, ensuring the quality and security of their operations in compliance with legal, statutory and extra-statutory obligations.
• Design and lead intra-group reorganization and legal structuring transactions, in coordination with the finance, tax and operational departments, in France and internationally.
• Analyze, structure and secure equity transactions and other top-of-the-balance-sheet operations, integrating their legal, financial and tax dimensions.
• Take part in the Group's external growth, partnership and development transactions, from structuring through to implementation, alongside the M&A teams and local counsel.
• Advise subsidiaries on the structuring of their governance, in particular authority matrices and delegations of powers.
• Contribute to the Group's decarbonization projects, notably by structuring and securing investments, partnerships, funds and other vehicles dedicated to the energy transition of the maritime sector.
• Support internal teams and international subsidiaries in their equity investments and innovative projects related to decarbonization.
• Advise Group entities on regulatory developments related to decarbonization (carbon tax, CSRD, etc.) and coordinate compliance efforts with the relevant teams and competent authorities.

Skills

M&A transactions

Corporate finance

Taxation

Legal creativity

Interpersonal skills

English language

Education

Master's degree in corporate law / business law

CAPA (French avocat)

Job description

CMA CGM Group in Marseille is seeking a Group Legal Counsel Senior Specialist to drive complex cross-border corporate and energy-transition transactions. You will oversee subsidiaries, lead intra-group reorganizations, and coordinate with M&A teams globally to structure high-stakes deals.

Ideal candidates bring extensive corporate/M&A experience, mastery of French law, fluency in English, and a proactive, globally-minded approach to governance and regulatory matters.