Legal Counsel - Paris, France (La Defense)

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Kyriba is a global leader in liquidity performance that empowers CFOs, Treasurers and IT leaders to connect, protect, forecast and optimize their liquidity. As a secure and scalable SaaS solution, Kyriba brings intelligence and financial automation that enables companies and banks of all sizes to improve their financial performance and increase operational efficiency. Kyriba’s real-time data and AI-empowered tools empower its 3,000 customers worldwide to quantify exposures, project cash and liquidity, and take action to protect balance sheets, income statements and cash flows. Kyriba manages more than 3.5 billion bank transactions and $15 trillion in payments annually and gives customers complete visibility and actionability, so they can optimize and fully harness liquidity across the enterprise and outperform their business strategy. For more information, visit www.kyriba.com.

Kyriba is seeking a dynamic Legal Counsel to join our European Legal team, supporting business operations across a variety of legal topics. This exciting opportunity is based in Paris and involves working alongside a talented, innovative, and diverse team of legal professionals across Europe and the US. The European Legal team, headquartered in Paris, primarily focuses on supporting business activities in the EMEA region.

General Responsibilities

• Provide legal guidance to Kyriba’s management team on commercial contract law, including advising, negotiating, and drafting.

• Manage transactional negotiations on local, regional, and global levels.

• Analyze, draft, and negotiate vendor and customer contracts to ensure alignment with Kyriba’s policies.

• Work closely with teams including Sales, Marketing, Human Resources, Product Development, Security, and Compliance.

• Handle legal matters related to data privacy (e.g., GDPR).

• Create and update contractual templates, policies, procedures, and other standard legal documents.

• Conduct training sessions and presentations on commercial law, policies, regulations, and various legal topics.

Required Skills

• Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree from a French university.

• 2–5 years of relevant and successful experience in commercial transactions; experience in the IT sector is a plus.

• Collaborative spirit, with a desire to work cross-functionally and positively influence peers and stakeholders.

• Prior experience working in an international team and handling contracts in English.

• Ability to maintain high ethical standards while balancing competing internal and external stakeholder demands.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in both French and English.

• Thrives in a challenging, fast-paced environment.