Corporate Counsel

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.

Key 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.