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📍 Location: Paris preferred. Open to Barcelona
➡️ As a Legal Counsel Intern at Qonto, you will
- Draft, review, and improve contractual documentation for new products (e.g., Pay Later, Tap to Pay).
- Support legal work for marketing campaigns, partnerships, and procurement in Spain and Portugal.
- Research Spanish and Portuguese legal/regulatory topics and summarize clear takeaways for the team.
- Coordinate with external counsel and internal stakeholders (contracts, claims, filings, follow-ups).
- Support product launches to ensure compliance with Spanish and Portuguese banking and consumer protection rules.
- Help manage customer claims and support pre-litigation/litigation analysis when needed.
➡️ What you can expect
- Market/Team context: Join Qonto’s Legal team at a key moment of growth in Spain and Portugal, with exposure to both strategic and operational work.
- Mentorship & growth: Frequent check-ins + weekly 1:1s with Maddalena, structured onboarding, and fast feedback loops.
- Learning curve: Product + commercial scope, with real ownership as you ramp.
- Tools & resources: Legal databases (including an AI legal tool), contract management systems, and Notion-first collaboration.
- Development path: A 6-month internship designed to build autonomy and end-to-end responsibility.
➡️ About You
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Law in Spain or Portugal; exposure to both legal systems is a plus (double degree, Erasmus, study abroad).
- Legal foundations: Solid base in commercial/contract law; interest in banking/fintech regulation is a strong plus.
- Languages: Fluent Spanish or Portuguese and English (the other Iberian language is a plus).
- Mindset: Structured, pragmatic, and able to turn complex topics into clear recommendations.
- Organization: Reliable, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing multiple parallel requests.
➡️ About your future manager
You’ll work with Maddalena, Legal Counsel for Spain and Portugal. Their scope covers product launches, commercial negotiations, and marketing partnerships across both markets, working hand-in-hand with Compliance, Product, and external counsel.
You can expect structured onboarding, regular feedback, and high standards—plus progressive autonomy as you ramp up and start owning end-to-end topics.
