Our mission? Making day-to-day banking easier for SMEs and freelancers thanks to an online business account that's combined with invoicing, bookkeeping and spend management tools. Thanks to its innovative product, highly reactive 24/7 customer support and clear pricing, Qonto has become the leader in its market.

Our journey: Founded by Alexandre and Steve in July 2017, Qonto has rapidly gained trust, serving over 450,000 customers. Thanks to our wonderful team of 1,400+ Qontoers, we also made it to the LinkedIn Top Companies French ranking!

Our values:

Customer focus | Prioritize customers in everything you do

Ownership | Own your part, get things done

Teamwork | Make (team)work easy

Mastery | Continuously raise the bar

Integrity | Always do what’s right, and respect people

Our beliefs: At Qonto, we're committed to fostering a welcoming environment where everyone can thrive. We prioritize evaluating applicants based solely on skills and potential, ensuring diversity with 50% international team members, 44% women, and 20% parents. Join us in building a workplace that celebrates diversity and individuality.

Discover the steps we took to create a discrimination-free hiring process.

As Qonto Legal Apprentice - Contracts/IP/AI/Data, you will have a global overview from a legal standpoint of all aspects of Qonto’s business in particular related to contracts’ issues, intellectual property, artificial intelligence and data protection.

You will join the Legal team, under the supervision of the Head of Legal, Luke. You will also work closely with the Corporate team (Finance, People, Risk, Regulatory, Compliance, Internal Control, and Strategic Projects), the Tech (Software and Data), and Product and Marketing teams.

👩‍💻🧑‍💻 As a Legal Intern - Contracts/IP/AI/Data Privacy at Qonto, you will mainly address:

• Contract review and negotiation (SAAS, partnership agreements, marketing agreements, NDAs, BtoB services agreement)

• Questions from the business (marketing and communication projects, legal questions from the operational teams)

• IP matters - management and protection of our trademark and domain names portfolio, legal check of marketing projects (prior art research, validation of communication supports...)

• GDPR and data privacy contractual aspects

• Contract templates and organization of training sessions for other Qontoers

• Legal monitoring (legal research on IP and Data Privacy issues)

• AI matters 

🤔 What you can expect

• Work in a fast-paced and scaling environment

• Work in an international company, with teams in 5 European countries

• Develop strong skills in all in-house legal aspects

• Deepen your knowledge of various contractual setups

• Have access to digitized legal tools to facilitate your work

🤝 About your future manager

• Their path:

Before Qonto, Luke spent eight years working for international law firms, mostly based in London but also in New York and Paris. He worked in various fields but mostly specialised in bank finance and private equity transactions. He grew up in London and studied Classics at Oxford. His curiosity for the ancient world was spurred on by childhood travels in southern Italy.

Now focusing on the modern world of fintech, Luke deals with all legal issues concerning Qonto’s product and strategic projects, AI strategy, IP, commercial contracts and international markets as we strive to become Europe’s #1 business finance solution for SMEs and freelancers.

• What they can bring to you:

Business-minded and strategy-oriented, Luke brings an open-minded and curious approach as a team lead. He likes to encourage confidence and autonomy in his team members, creating an environment where they can take true ownership of their projects and develop their own skills while helping Qonto achieve its goals.

He expects his team to display and develop business instincts, as well as resourcefulness, resilience and rigour in their work. He lives in Paris, with his wife, and daughters and where possible is playing tennis, football or on scenic walks in the countryside/by the sea.

🏅About You

• Experience: You have prior experience as an intern or apprentice in a law firm or bank/fintech and you have a strong interest in contractual law issues as well as AI, intellectual property, and personal data protection subjects.

• Academic Background: Degree in French Business law with the intent to start a Master 2 in September

• Business-oriented: You can provide recommendations that are business-oriented

• Communication: You have strong oral and written communication skills and a good sense of diplomacy

• Analytical mind & rigorous: You have well-honed organizational and analytical skills to quickly summarize key findings, form opinions, and make decisions

• Curious mindset: You are intellectually curious, open-minded, adaptable, a fast learner, and excited by a dynamic scale-up environment.

• Languages: You are fluent in both French and English. Mastery of another European language is a definite plus

⚠️ Certain of our perks and benefits are only available to employees on permanent contracts

🎁 Perks

A tailor-made and dynamic career track. An inclusive work environment. And so much more to help you succeed.

- Offices in Paris, Berlin, Milan, Barcelona, and Belgrade;

- Tailor-made remote work policy depending on the job you apply for and where you live;

- Competitive salary package;

- A meal voucher;

- Public transportation reimbursement (part or global);

- A great health insurance (depending on the country);

- Employee well-being initiatives: access to Moka Care to take care of your mental health and great offers for sports and wellness activities;

- A progressive disability, and parenthood policy as part of our commitment to the Parental Act (1 in 6 of Qonto employees is a parent!) and childcare benefits with selected partners;

- Monthly team events.

💪 Our hiring process:

- Interviews with your Talent Acquisition Manager and future managers

- A remote exercise to demonstrate your skills and give you a taste of what working at Qonto could be like

We will send you an interview guide so you can best prepare yourself.

On average, our process lasts 20 working days and offers usually follow within 48 hours 🤞

To learn more about us:

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