Senior Legal Counsel

Created in Lyon in 2016 by French entrepreneurs, Agicap is one of the fastest scale-ups in Europe, with over 7000 customers and revenue growth above 100% YoY for the past 3 years. GP Bullhound has ranked us as the next most likely unicorn in Europe.

Agicap allows CEOs and Finance teams of SMBs and Mid-Market companies to efficiently manage and forecast their cash flow, pay their suppliers and get paid.

Cash is King, and Agicap fundamentally reshapes the way companies manage one of their greatest pain points.

Our ambition is to become the global financial management solution for SMEs and Mid-Market companies worldwide.

To help us get there we have raised 3 rounds of fundings so far, totalling $121 million, with prestigious VC funds including Greenoaks, Partech and BlackFin.

These additional resources further fuel our product innovation, allowing us to grow significantly the team by welcoming new talents and accelerating our international expansion across Europe. We are now over 500 people.

We believe our success comes from our highly passionate and dedicated teams, committed to building a company where people can grow and build their careers. We are constantly looking for great talents, aiming for excellence and ready to join our ambitious adventure!

Headcount Growth :

July 2019 : 10

July 2020 : 50

July 2021 : 200

July 2023 : +500

Reporting to the VP Legal and working closely with the other Legal Counsels (based in the HQ in Lyon, France), your responsibilities will include, for the 6 entities across Europe:

1. Drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts with customers, service providers and partners, in Italian and English (SaaS contracts, master service agreements, DPAs, NDAs, SLAs...).
2. Providing practical advice, decision support and recommendations to legal-related queries from operational teams across several countries (C-Level, customer support, product, tech teams, marketing, etc).
3. Managing GDPR compliance projects with the DPO.
4. Ensuring compliance with all legal and regulatory requirements and good corporate governance.
5. Managing potential pre-litigation and litigation matters.
6. Helping to set up processes to structure the legal department and the business.

What we are looking for:

• You have a generalist degree in business law and/or contract law and you have at least 4 years of experience on similar missions, preferably as in-house counsel in an international company, or within a Law Firm.
• You ideally have already actively participated in the creation/structuring of a legal department.
• You have a strong capacity to adapt and a willingness to work on a broad/generalist scope with a business and operational perspective.
• You have an excellent level of written and spoken English (most exchanges will be in English). Knowledge of German is a big +.
• Strong appetite for new and complex legal and technological challenges.
• Rigor, organization, management of priorities and adaptation to a fast-changing environment.
• Strong ability to work with other teams as a business partner.

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