Senior Legal Counsel

EQS Group AG; Paris; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Private health insurance

Meal card Swile

Job summary

EQS Group AG in Paris seeks a skilled in-house lawyer to advise on licensing, contracts, and regulatory issues in a fast-growing cloud software company serving global clients.

You will collaborate with sales and product teams, negotiate software licenses and service agreements, and help strengthen internal compliance across multiple jurisdictions, with a hybrid work model and international colleagues.

Qualifications

• University degree in law.
• Experience practicing independently or in-house with software license and service agreements (international environment).
• Proficient English and French (C1).

Responsibilities

• Advise and support management on all legal-related issues.
• Provide extensive legal counsel; negotiate and review software license and service agreements from partners, suppliers, and customers worldwide.
• Ensure compliance with laws and regulations, including further development of internal compliance structure.
• Participation in the development of standard contracts and general terms and conditions.
• Review and update contract forms in the respective national languages and manage translations.
• Support sales in structuring transactions and accelerating contracting processes.

Skills

English (C1)

French (C1)

Legal drafting

Education

Law degree

Job description

JOIN OUR TEAM

Are you passionate about providing legal advice and support? Do you enjoy collaborating on contracts with the sales team and clients? Do you work best in a value-driven organization? If you answered yes to all these questions - keep on reading.

EQS Group is a leading international cloud software provider in theareasof Compliance & Ethics, Data Privacy, Sustainability Management, and Investor Relations . We help thousands of companies worldwide to cultivate trust by simplifying complex processes, ensuring transparency, and enabling clear communication with stakeholders.

Our success is built on our people. We bring together talented individuals who care about doing meaningful work, take pride in what they do, and support one another to achieve more together. We believe passion and trust aren't just values - they're at the core of how we operate , every day .

Our mission is to Create Trusted Companies. If you share our passion for our mission, we'd love to have you help us turn it into reality.

OUR CULTURE DRIVES OUR BENEFITS

• You'reimportant .A trusting environment and lifelong learning for your individual development. Set personal development goals, receivesupportand regular feedback. We support you in equipping yourself for success.
• Living our values. Take responsibility for a variety of tasks, find out what you like to work on, and find your way to make your own personal impact with us!A Pro bono program to support causes close to your heart.
• Great atmosphere. A full onboarding journey and a Zinc welcome to start you off right.Regular team events, parties, and a talented international team with a common goal that unites us all.
• Be part of an exciting journey. Contribute to our success story of becoming the leading European cloud provider for corporate compliance and investor relations solutions.
• Work-life balance isa must .Workin a modern office. In addition, we offer flexibility through our hybrid-working model(3 days on-site, 2 days remote), conveniently arrange your working hours, and the ability to work from abroad within the EU.Plus, 12additionalpaid leave days per year (RTT)
• Health is a priority. Weoffer private health insurance, Alan for your healthcare, andSwilecard for your meals.

YOUR IMPACT

• Advise and support management on all legal-related issues .
• Provide extensive legal counsel; negotiate and reviewsoftwarelicense and serviceagreements from partners, suppliers, and our customers worldwide.
• Ensure compliance with laws and regulations , including but not limited to the further development of EQS Group's internal compliance structure.
• Participation in the further development of standardcontracts and generalterms and conditions.
• Various project work, e.g., review and consistent updating of contract forms in the respective national language, as well as the follow-up of contract translations.
• Supporting sales in structuring transactions and accelerating the sales contracting process.

THIS IS YOU

• University degree in law.
• Proven experience practicing independently or in the legal department of a technology company, ideally with a focus on softwarelicense and service agreements and an international environment.
• Proficient communication skills in English and French (C1). Another European language is a plus.
• Understanding of economiccontexts.
• Enjoys a highly collaborative environment and interdisciplinary work.
• High service orientation as well as an independent and result-oriented way of working.
• Negotiating skills and the ability to work effectively and efficiently under pressure.
• Ability to efficientlyhandlechangingtasks under time pressure and to set the required priorities.