Legal Counsel, Commercial

About the role

Join a collaborative commercial, sourcing, and procurement legal team in Paris, supporting a broad range of business functions within a collegial and supportive environment.

Key responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide variety of commercial and procurement agreements, including IT MSAs, SaaS contracts, consulting, licensing, NDAs, service agreements, SOWs, PoCs, research/funding, sponsorship, and contract variations.
• Provide legal support for French‑law and global sourcing/procurement contracts.
• Advise internal teams such as Marketing, Sustainability, and Risk Consulting.
• Maintain and update contract templates and manage the team’s SharePoint site.
• Deliver general commercial law advice and collaborate with APAC/EU reinsurance lawyers and AXA Group colleagues.
• Work with subject‑matter experts in data privacy, information security, operational resilience, tax, and finance.
• Monitor legal developments affecting commercial and contract law in France, including DORA and AI‑related regulations.
• Assist in managing external legal firms and alternative legal service providers.
• Report to the Associate General Counsel, Global Procurement and Projects.

Required profile

• Strong experience drafting, negotiating, and advising on commercial contracts, including cross‑border matters.
• Familiarity with DORA, AI regulation and related regulatory issues is a plus.
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills in French and English, with high attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently, manage workload proactively and meet tight deadlines.
• Effective communicator able to engage with diverse internal and external stakeholders.
• Comfortable working in a fast‑paced, international financial services environment.
• Strong problem‑solving, decision‑making and prioritisation skills.
• Proven ability to deliver high‑quality internal client service.
• Curious, proactive, resilient and adaptable under pressure.

Required skills

• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft Teams
• SharePoint
• AI tools (experience a plus)

What we offer

• Inclusive culture with equal employment opportunity for all protected characteristics.
• Commitment to attracting, developing, advancing and retaining a diverse workforce.
• Access to Business Resource Groups focused on gender and other dimensions of inclusion.