In House Legal Counsel - Q3 2024 - Paris

💡 Responsible products or services
Long-term contract
Localisation Paris, France
Impact
Occasional remote authorized
5 yrs of exp.
Posted on 04-11-2024

hummingbirds

Développement de projets de Solutions fondées sur la Nature à l'international (boisement, reboisement, conservation, agroforesterie, agriculture régénératrice, zone humides, mangroves, ...)

💡 Responsible products or services

The company's mission is to design eco-responsible products and services aligned with the needs of the ecological transformation.

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Corporate/Fundraising/Investment

  • Legal aspects of the group’s investments in climate impact projects: nature-based solutions, energy efficiency (Emissions Reductions Purchase Agreement, Shares Purchases Agreement, Shareholders’ Agreement, Convertible Bonds, Service Agreements etc.), in coordination with external advisors as the case may be.
  • Management of the corporate life of the group’s companies (legal secretariat, preparation of general meetings, formalities, updating of registers);
  • Follow-up of extraordinary operations (legal aspects related to the creation of companies, the issuance of equity securities or other securities, capital increases, amendments to the articles of association);
  • Legal aspects in the context of the group’s future fundraisings in its different investment strategies;

Contract

  • Drafting, review and management of contracts (NDAs, SPAs, SHAs, SHLs, consulting agreements, etc.) mainly in English and in French;
  • Management of the group’s contracts.

Compliance

  • Securing compliance of the business worldwide in partnership with the CFO (GDPR, compliance, KYC);

General

  • Coordination of legal advice, in France and abroad;
  • Legal support to the different teams, in France and abroad, on all legal issues encountered by the group;
  • Legal monitoring and drafting of legal memos.
Profile

Knowledge

  • Strong legal skills: you are graduated with a Master II in business or corporate law and already have at least 5 years of experience in a similar position, whether in a law firm or in-house;
  • Fluent both in French and English (written and spoken), ability to draft documents in English;
  • Perfect knowledge of Office Pack (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).

Know-how

  • Drafting and review: you understand the problem and deploy a solution that will have been validated by the team first;
  • Process information: be able to put him/herself in the counterparty’s shoes to provide information or amendments in a synthetic and clear way;
  • Provide information: ability to use legal databases, use hummingbirds corporate identity and graphic guide in all produced documents, know and respect hummingbird’s standards.

Social skills

  • Rigor and method showing a logical mind and practicing self-checking;
  • Adaptability and organization to juggle between the different missions and requests without being overwhelmed;
  • Reactivity and resourcefulness: managing unusual and urgent situations that may arise unexpectedly;
  • Financial knowledge and curiosity to work in natural capital and impact oriented environment, in different geographies and contexts.