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Corporate CounselCrossKnowledge · Paris, France

CrossKnowledge

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Corporate Counsel

🗓️ Posted 2026-10-09 Paris, France Hybrid Legal
💰 Salary Not shared 📊 Market 4,500 EUR–7,000 EUR/mo

About the Company

CrossKnowledge is an online corporate education provider that deploys award-winning upskilling strategies to grow your employees at any stage of their career. CrossKnowledge offers a unique combination of a high-tech platform, premium content and professional services to drive impactful digital learning outcomes for large corporate customers. Serving a network of over 300 corporate customers and 2.2M active learners, CrossKnowledge plays a key role in developing business critical skills through a combination of premium digital content, proprietary platform, and expert services. Recently acquired by Regent LP from John Wiley & Sons into an independent business, CrossKnowledge is searching for an experienced in-house Juriste D'entreprise / Corporate Counsel to support the company's commercial contracting, procurement practices and to manage overall legal risk in the day-to-day operations of the company. The ideal candidate will be a skilled generalist with experience with employment law issues and data privacy in Europe. This role will be required to be in our office in Paris 2-3 days/week. Location: Paris, France.

Responsibilities

  • ● Provide expert legal advice to the business on a wide range of commercial and corporate matters.
  • ● Negotiate and draft key commercial agreements, including content licensing (inbound & outbound), platform (SaaS) agreements, partnership, vendor, and customer contracts across various European countries and the world.
  • ● Manage regulatory compliance and corporate governance processes in France and across the EU.
  • ● Experience advising on data protection issues, intellectual property, and general commercial matters.
  • ● Support senior management (including HR department) with strategic legal advice, risk assessments, and cross-functional initiatives.
  • ● Any other duties may be assigned from time to time.

Requirements

  • ● Master 2 degree in Business Law or equivalent (5-year law-degree - U.S. LLM).
  • ● Active license to practice law in a jurisdiction and capable of meeting admission requirements in relevant jurisdiction.
  • ● Minimum of 8 years of legal experience, preferably in-house within a multinational company.
  • ● Ability to work independently and advise a business in a pragmatic, efficient manner that facilitates the goals of the business.
  • ● Fluency in both French and English, with strong drafting skills in both languages. Proficiency in other European languages highly desirable.
  • ● Experience with Employment Law and support of European HR departments strongly preferred.
  • ● Proven experience in corporate governance, contract law, and regulatory compliance
  • ● Project management skills and the ability to work efficiently and meet deadlines in the face of competing priorities.
  • ● Data Privacy / GDPR knowledge a significant plus.