Legal Officer, Swan
Regulatory
3-5 days a week in office
Embedded finance platform
Posted today
Embedded finance platform
201-500 employees
Posted today
3-5 days a week in office
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 law, preferably banking and financial law
- You have 3-5 years of experience as a legal officer, ideally in a tech company
- You have analytical abilities and attention to detail to identify legal and contractual implications
- You have advanced negotiation skills and a solution-oriented mindset
- You have proven ability to design and implement structured processes for contract negotiations
- You have strong organizational and prioritization skills with the ability to handle multiple projects in a dynamic environment
- You have excellent interpersonal and communication skills to effectively collaborate across departments
- Our ideal teammate: Empathetic. Skilled. Frank. We love to challenge each other, and we leave our egos at the door
What the job involves
- Swan is looking for a Legal Officer to join the Legal team and help us strengthen our legal set-up on payment and business regulation to make it rock solid
- Our legal team keep our banking features safe and secure, and always have to think about the best way to combine multiple areas: business, legal, regulatory, partners and customers support, and more
- Swan is both a technology company and payment services company, and our legal team makes these pieces fit together!
- You will have a critical role in developing and managing contract processes, ensuring efficient negotiations and regulatory compliance
- Reporting to the Lead of Legal, 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
- Regulatory Compliance: Ensure that all contracts comply with applicable regulations, including data protection (GDPR), payment regulations, and anti-money laundering (AML) standards, incorporating best practices in legal compliance
- Risk Assessment and Management: Identify and evaluate potential contractual risks, propose effective mitigation solutions, and manage dispute resolution processes when necessary to protect company interests
- Internal Consulting: Act as a legal advisor to operational teams, providing guidance on legal and contractual matters, and facilitating informed decision-making on risk management
- Document Management: Implement an efficient contract archiving and document management system, ensuring accessibility, security, and compliance with retention standards
Application process
- A 30-min video call with our Talent Acquisition Manager, to get to know you, understand your career expectations and answer your questions
- An interview with our Lead Legal
- A case study and peer interview
- An interview with our Chief Risk Officer
Our take
Swan believes its services can transform a business by adding a financial layer. Swan’s APIs enable European 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 with its embedded finance products. The company, offering an end-to-end, integrated and multi-product experience coupled with the fact it owns the payment and fraud risk, has garnered the attention of impressive clients including Agricap, Carrefour, Pennylane and Ride.
The company has invested into accelerating its expansion into the European market by developing more banking features that are specialized for a variety of local EU markets and enhancing the platform’s functionality with a self-service offering. Swan is gaining momentum with its expansion efforts and is well set to remain on this path.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Sep 2023
$39m
SERIES B
Jul 2021
$16.9m
SERIES A
Total funding: $61.1m
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 values
- Be human: Be straightforward, transparent, and sincerely care. It’s all about integrity and doing the right thing
- Ambition: We’re in this for the long game. We want to transform the entire market, and be the engine for Europe’s next tech champions!
- Collaboration: We believe in the power of collective intelligence. We love to challenge others’ ideas and be challenged in return. May the best ideas win
- “Move fast, don’t break things”: If we must choose between security and going fast, we choose security. We are in banking, after all
- Make everything simple: Simplicity
Company HQ
Porte-Saint-Martin, Paris, France
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Leadership
Nicolas Benady
(CEO)Previously co-founded Antelop Solutions and, earlier, 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
(COO)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.
Mathieu Breton
(CTO)Previously co-founded and acted as CTO for JS-Republic. Experience as Senior Software Engineer for Xebia France, Software Engineer for BT Global Services, and Web Developer for éQuin gestion.
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Swan
- Swan is committed to providing a caring work environment for all employees, regardless of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion, or belief. When it comes to recruitment, we're interested in your work experience, skills, and overall personality. Because diversity makes the workplace stronger and is necessary for Swan's success, we are intensifying efforts to incorporate concrete actions to help us improve in this area. We are actively seeking partners who can help us to always strive to be a more supportive and welcoming company for all. Swan is proud to have launched a partnership with 50intech to boost our diversity and inclusion efforts
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