Legal Counsel

Location

Paris | France

Job description

Created in 2013, Lydia quickly became the reference for payment between friends. The French fintech has gained great notoriety for this feature and now has more than 7 million users. In recent years, Lydia has developed other services - pot, current account, common account, savings, credit, investment... to become the daily and complete payment application for millions of French people.

With 250 employees based in Paris, Nantes, Bordeaux and Lyon, Lydia has set itself the task of changing the codes of the bank by offering all the essential services to manage your money on a daily basis through a simple, accessible and enjoyable customer experience.

What you will do:

• Management, negotiation and drafting of contracts for all aspects of Lydia’s activity: strategic partnerships agreements, supplier’s agreements, terms and conditions ;
• Ensure that all our products are properly framed from a legal point of view, especially regarding our regulatory obligations (especially banking & financial regulation);
• Provide legal guidance and develop solutions to product development and expansion ;
• Work closely with all the other stakeholders (in particular product teams, marketing teams, customer care, compliance) in order to become a business partner ;
• Build processes with other teams (creating templates, providing guidelines, reports etc.) in order to facilitate legal compliance within Lydia ;
• work closely with the junior legal counsel and head of legal on legal and/or regulatory issues.

You are in the right place if:

• You have a significant experience within a financial and regulated environment (with a preference for fintech or bank experience) ;
• You have a strong knowledge banking and financial regulations ;
• You adopt a pragmatic approach and act as a true business partner ;
• You are resourceful, thrives in a fast-paced and metrics-driven environment ; 
• You are a hard worker ans have a very good team spirit.

Hiring process :

• Step 1: Interview with the Talent Acquisition team

• Step 2: Technical case

• Step 3: Interview with the Head of Legal

At Lydia, we believe that diversity is a strength. Diversity is part of our culture and identity. We want to create an inclusive culture where all forms of diversity are seen as a real value to the company. Lydia is therefore proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, colour, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, physical characteristics (size, weight ... ).age, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Yesterday

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