Senior Commercial Lawyer - French Qualified - Paris - BIG TECH - 12 months
19 hours ago
Paris
Interim Commercial & Copyright Lawyer | 12-Month Contract | Paris Major, Lindsey & Africa (MLA) is recruiting an interim lawyer for a 12-month, full-time contract embedded within the legal team of one of the largest companies in the world - and established 'Big Tech' firm, based in their Paris office. This is a great opportunity for a commercially-minded lawyer to join a fast-moving legal function supporting content and publisher partnerships, including new AI-related commercial programmes — with genuine end-to-end ownership rather than a purely support role. What you'll be doing: • Managing high-volume commercial relationships and legal workstreams end-to-end, as an independent contributor, • Drafting and negotiating commercial and copyright contracts, • Supporting the roll-out of new partnership and commercial programmes, • Providing legal analysis and risk guidance to the wider legal team, • Operating within strict internal compliance guardrails around market dominance and separation of legal/commercial functions What we're looking for: • Qualified lawyer under French law strongly preferred; French language working proficiency essential, • Strong commercial and copyright contract drafting/negotiation experience, • Risk & compliance exposure is a plus — deep subject-matter legal specialism is not required, • A proactive, independent operator comfortable managing projects end-to-end in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment, • Excellent communication skills and strong attention to detail The details: • 12-month fixed-term contract, full-time, • Based in Paris, hybrid (3 days per week on-site), • Start date: ASAP Interested, or know someone who'd be a great fit? Apply via LinkedIn or message me directly — happy to share more on the client at screening stage.