Junior Legal Officer, Swan
Fixed Term Contract 12 months
€39-47k
Embedded finance platform
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Embedded finance platform
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
€39-47k
201-500 employees
Company mission
To empower all kinds of digital companies to transform their UX and start embedding banking features within minutes.
Role
Who you are
- You have a master’s degree in French law, ideally with a focus on banking, financial or business law; CAPA is a plus
- You have around 2 years of experience as a legal officer, ideally in a tech/fintech, regulated, or fast-paced environment; previous exposure to international legal topics or multi-jurisdictional work
- You have expertise in contract law, compliance (GDPR, payment…) and risk management
- You have negotiation skills and a solution-oriented mindset
- You have strong analytical, organizational, and prioritization skills, able to manage multiple projects in a dynamic setting
- You have excellent written and verbal communication skills in both English and French; ability to explain complex legal topics simply
- You are collaborative, pragmatic, open-minded, humble and proactive
- Our ideal teammate: Empathetic. Skilled. Frank. We love to challenge each other, and we leave our egos at the door
- It’s okay if you don’t tick all the boxes — don’t let imposter syndrome prevent you from applying!
What the job involves
- Swan is looking for a Legal Officer to join the brand new Legal team and help us build our legal set-up on payment and business regulation
- Our legal team keeps our banking features safe and secure, and always has to think about the best way to combine multiple areas: business, legal, partners and more
- Swan is both a technology company and payment services company, and our legal team makes these pieces fit together!
- Reporting directly to the VP Legal, you will have a critical role in developing and managing contract processes, ensuring efficient negotiations and collaboration with the compliance team
- You will be responsible for creating and streamlining contract workflows to support our business objectives and risk management strategies
- Working closely notably with sales, product, and IT teams, you will design negotiation protocols and frameworks that enhance alignment with business goals while ensuring legal soundness
- Drafting and Negotiation: Draft, review, and negotiate complex commercial contracts (partnerships, suppliers, clients) in both English and French, ensuring each agreement aligns with our business objectives and legal requirements
- Contract Lifecycle Management: Manage contracts from initiation to renewal or termination, establishing and maintaining key milestones, timelines, and alerts for contract expiration or amendments
- Process Development in Negotiations: Develop standardized negotiation frameworks and processes to streamline contract discussions, minimize negotiation cycles, and ensure consistent compliance with legal and business requirements
- Compliance & Watch: Ensure all contracts and business practices comply with relevant laws and regulations, including data protection (GDPR), payment regulations, and anti-money laundering (AML) standards, incorporating best practices in legal compliance
- Risk Assessment and Management: Identify, assess and mitigate contractual risks and manage dispute resolution processes when required
- Internal legal business partner: Advise and train operational teams (sales, product, tech, etc.) on legal and contractual matters, fostering a string legal culture and supporting informed business decision
- Knowledge & Document Management: Implement and improve systems for contract archiving, document management, and knowledge sharing within the legal team and across the company
Our take
Swan is a European fintech specialising in embedded banking, which believes it can transform businesses by adding a financial layer. The company's APIs enable companies to integrate banking services into their own digital product - embedded finance.
While not alone in the fintech industry, the company stands out by squarely targeting SaaS platforms, marketplaces, and other fintechs. It offers an end-to-end, integrated and multi-product experience, and owns the payment and fraud risk, which has garnered the attention of impressive clients including Agricap, Carrefour, Pennylane and Ride.
Swan continues to invest into accelerating its expansion in the European market, developing more banking features that are specialized for a variety of local EU markets. It continues to gain momentum and has raised plenty of funding to support its future growth.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
78% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jan 2025
$48.2m
SERIES B
Sep 2023
$42.5m
SERIES B
Total funding: $114.7m
Company benefits
- ESOP packages available
- Flexible remote policy
- Swan encourages you to have fun staying fit, thanks to partnerships with Classpass & Gymlib
- Twice a year we go somewhere gorgeous (a chateau, a mountain) where we reconnect, deep-dive into big topics, and relax
- The best health insurance
- We provide a Swile card to cover your meal on work days
- Extra holidays (RTT)
Company HQ
Porte-Saint-Martin, Paris, France
Leadership
Nicolas Benady
(President & Co-founder)Former CEO of the company. Previously co-founded Antelop Solutions and PriceMinister. Acted as Product Manager for French Market of VISA Europe, President of Limonetik, IT Project Manager for AXA Cessions, and was a Team Member for Endless Winter.
Nicolas Saison
(CPO & Co-founder)Previous experience as Vice President of Product for Payboost, Digital IT Manager for AXA France, Payment Project Director for Limonetik, and as a Developer and Risk Manager for AXA.
Camille Tyan
(CEO)Previously founded ConnectX, as well as co-founding Marble, Numeral and PayPlug (at the latter of which they were CEO).
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