Senior Legal Counsel - CDD

sunday; Paris; Hybride; EUR 110 000 - 140 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Office in Paris

Health Insurance for you and children

Ticket Restaurant

Vacation Policy

Core legal team

Résumé du poste

sunday is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel to join our lean legal team on a 9-month fixed-term contract starting 1 December 2026 in Paris. You will handle contracts, privacy, payments, and product compliance with international scope across Europe and the US.

You’ll provide pragmatic, business-focused legal guidance, manage compliance programs including GDPR and AI governance, and support growth while mitigating risk in a fast-moving startup environment.

Qualifications

• 5 to 7+ years of legal experience with commercial contracts and data protection.
• Hands-on experience in payments/fintech regulation (card schemes, PSD2/PSR, AML/CFT).
• Experience with the US market or operating in an international environment is a plus.
• Startup/scale-up background in fintech, payments, or tech preferred.
• Fluent in English and French (written and spoken).

Responsabilités

• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements.
• Maintain and update terms of service and other customer-facing legal documents.
• Streamline contracting processes with templates, playbooks, and workflows.
• Embed legal requirements into product design in collaboration with product and engineering.
• Improve GDPR/privacy program and advise on AI compliance.
• Advise on payment schemes rules and regulatory perimeter (PSD2/PSR, AML).
• Monitor legal developments in EU/UK/US and provide practical, business-oriented advice.
• Support HR with employment contracts, policies, and labor law compliance across France, the UK, and the US.

Connaissances

Commercial Contracts

Data Protection

Payments/Fintech

US Market Experience

Startup Experience

English & French

Description du poste

About Us

sunday is building the fastest, simplest way to pay in restaurants. With a quick scan of a QR code, diners can pay, tip, and leave in about 10 seconds. We believe great products should feel obvious, not complicated, and we focus relentlessly on keeping things simple while earning trust from restaurants and guests at every interaction. Today, sunday powers payments in thousands of restaurants across the US, UK, and France, helping operators turn tables faster, increase tips, and unlock valuable insights. We push ourselves to go beyond what’s expected, building with ownership, moving fast, and scaling with ambition as we tackle our biggest growth opportunity in the US.

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Legal Counsel (5 to 7+ years of experience) to join our lean and high-performing legal team on a 9-month fixed-term contract, covering a maternity leave and starting 1 December 2026. Depending on business needs, this contract may be extended or lead to a permanent (CDI) offer. Working directly with the VP Legal (based in Paris), you will help ensure continuity across the team’s activities and play a key role in supporting Sunday’s international growth and strengthening our legal capabilities across Europe and the US.

You’ll act as a generalist legal counsel with a strong international and commercial focus, covering contracts, privacy, payments, and product compliance across multiple jurisdictions. You will quickly take ownership of your scope and ensure a smooth handover and continuity throughout the maternity leave cover.

Key Responsibilities

Product & Commercial

• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements.

• Maintain and update terms of service and other customer-facing legal documents.

• Streamline contracting processes: standardize templates, playbooks, and workflows to support scale.

• Anticipate and embed legal requirements into product design, in close collaboration with product and engineering teams.

Privacy, Data & AI

• Improve Sunday’s GDPR/privacy program and support data governance across the business.

• Advise on AI compliance and governance.

Payments & Regulatory

• Act as legal advisor on payment matters: monitor and apply payment scheme rules (Visa, Mastercard) and help define Sunday’s regulatory perimeter (PSD2/PSR, AML obligations).

• Advise the business on the legal and regulatory implications of new payment products and features.

Legal advisory & compliance

• Monitor legal developments in key jurisdictions (EU, UK, US) and assess their impact.

• Provide practical, business-oriented advice on international operations and regulatory requirements.

• Identify, assess, and help mitigate legal and regulatory risks across the business.

Employment & Legal Operations

• Support HR and management with employment contracts, policies, and day-to-day labor law compliance across France, the UK, and the US.

• Assist with workplace disputes as needed.

• Contribute to Legal Operations: build self-serve resources, playbooks, and internal tools to improve team efficiency and reduce bottlenecks; help maintain legal & regulatory watch across our key jurisdictions.

About You

• 5 to 7+ years of legal experience, ideally combining private practice and in-house.

• Strong experience in commercial contracts and data protection, combined with hands‑on experience in payments/fintech regulation (card schemes, PSD2/PSR, AML/CFT).

• Exposure to the US market or ability to operate in an international environment.

• Previous experience in a startup or scale-up environment (ideally fintech, payments, or tech).

• Pragmatic and business-minded - you focus on solutions, not roadblocks.

• Comfortable working independently, prioritizing competing requests, and building structure in a fast-moving environment.

• Fluent in English and French (written and spoken).

Nice to have:
- Hands-on experience with US contracting frameworks.
- Direct experience negotiating with or advising payment schemes (Visa, Mastercard), PSPs, acquirers, or financial regulators.

What We Offer

• A great office in the heart of Paris (10th arrondissement) with a balance of in-person and remote work

• Free Vacation Policy

• 100% Employer-Covered Health Insurance for you and your children

• Ticket Restaurant

• The opportunity to be a core member of a small, strategic legal team in a high-growth international startup.

• Exposure to cutting-edge topics across payments, data, AI, and transatlantic operations.

• Significant responsibility from day one and the opportunity to grow internationally alongside the business.

Steps in our Recruitment Process

• Share your story: Application with resume

• Let's get to know each other through a phone screen interview

• Meet with the hiring manager

• Impress your future colleagues with a case study

• Meet with a Leader

• Reference Checks (3 most recent managers)

• Offer: we want you

Thank you for taking the time to apply, and looking forward to getting to know you!

sunday is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, gender, ethnicity, religion, national origin, ancestry, nationality, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or on any other basis prohibited by law (except where an attribute is a bona fide occupational qualification).