Senior Legal Counsel – M/F/NB

• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, including framework agreements, service and subscription contracts, SLAs, amendments, NDAs, DPAs, and RFP responses
• Protect D-EDGE's interests regarding term, exit, and liability
• Support sales and product teams to accelerate deal closing, arbitrate risk, and provide pragmatic advice
• Standardise contract templates and processes
• Review, negotiate, and manage supplier and vendor contracts, including SaaS and inbound licences, service providers, freelance and consulting agreements, leases, and recurring purchases
• Advise on software licensing, data use, terms of service, general terms and conditions, and business-model changes
• Advise on GDPR, including processing activities, transfers, cookies, and policies
• Prepare for the AI Act, including provider/deployer qualification
• Manage data incidents and breaches end to end with the data protection officer and external counsel
• Respond to partner audits and due diligence
• Support corporate matters and manage confidential and strategic files
• Coordinate external law firms on time and on budget

Requirements

• Master's degree (bac+5)
• Six or more years of experience in commercial law and data protection, ideally in a law firm followed by an in-house role, preferably in tech or SaaS
• Proven track record drafting and negotiating high-volume contracts in both French and English
• Solid knowledge of GDPR
• Fluent French and English, written and spoken
• Hands-on and operational; comfortable running matters directly on a day-to-day basis
• Business mindset; translates legal analysis into operational decisions and balances legal risk against commercial objectives
• Autonomy and ownership; manages files from first draft to signature with minimal supervision
• Resilience under volume and deadline pressure
• Clear, accessible communication with non-legal stakeholders at all levels of the organisation
• Rigour, sense of priorities, discretion, and integrity

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, with a strong focus on GDPR compliance and data protection. Capable of translating legal analysis into operational decisions while managing high-volume contracts in both French and English.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Commercial Law Expertise
• GDPR Knowledge
• Contract Negotiation
• Fluent French and English
• Data Protection Management

Hard Skills

• Drafting Commercial Agreements
• Negotiating Contracts
• Managing Supplier Contracts
• Advising on Software Licensing
• Understanding Data Protection Laws
• Preparing for AI Act Compliance
• Reviewing NDAs and DPAs
• Standardizing Contract Templates
• Managing Data Incidents
• Conducting Partner Audits

Soft Skills

• Clear Communication
• Autonomy
• Resilience Under Pressure
• Business Mindset
• Integrity

Certifications & Qualifications

• Master's Degree (Bac+5)

Industry Keywords

• SaaS
• Tech Industry
• Commercial Agreements
• Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
• Data Processing Agreements (DPAs)
• Request for Proposals (RFPs)
• Vendor Contracts
• Confidential Files Management
• Legal Risk Management
• Operational Decisions