General Counsel (Consumer Social)

Location: Paris, France; onsite 5 days a week

Company

hirify.global is a Paris-based consumer social company whose apps Bump and Sugar are used by millions of people globally.

What you will do

• Own hirify.global's legal function end to end and advise the cofounders and every business team from the start of product and business discussions.
• Handle corporate matters, group structure, BSPCE plans, employee liquidity operations, French employment law, immigration, internal rules, and terminations.
• Manage the global trademark portfolio, including filing strategy, oppositions, watch services, disputes, patents, and content licensing.
• Lead compliance and data protection matters covering GDPR, location data, minors, DSA, app store policies, consumer law, and regulator or law enforcement requests.
• Draft and negotiate vendor, SaaS, partnership, creator, influencer, advertising, and data processing agreements, while building templates and self-serve processes.
• Manage litigation, outside counsel, and future M&A transactions, including due diligence, structuring, and integration.

Requirements

• 7+ years of legal experience, including a senior in-house role such as General Counsel, Deputy GC, or Head of Legal at a tech company.
• Experience at startup and scaleup stages, including later funding rounds, international expansion, and fast growth.
• French legal training with deep knowledge of French corporate and employment law, GDPR, and EU digital regulation.
• Experience handling matters across several jurisdictions and selecting, briefing, and challenging local counsel.
• Broad generalist capability across corporate, employment, IP, privacy, commercial contracts, litigation, and regulatory matters.
• Ability to draft and negotiate independently, adapt legal advice to product and business needs, and provide clear recommendations in plain language.
• Ability to set priorities in a low-structure, fast-moving environment and handle sensitive matters with complete confidentiality.
• Fluent French and English required.

Nice to have

• Admission to the bar (CAPA).
• Experience at a consumer app, social, or gaming company.
• Hands-on experience with location data, GDPR, or content moderation under the DSA.
• M&A transactions led or closed on the buy or sell side.
• Prior experience at a top-tier law firm.
• Experience handling a regulatory, press, or security crisis.

Culture & Benefits

• Product- and user-first legal function focused on enabling fast, pragmatic, and scalable decisions.
• Work onsite five days per week from the central Paris office near Opera.
• 100% healthcare coverage.
• Maternity, paternity, and second-parent leave with 100% salary maintained.
• 8–9 weeks of total vacation time per year, including five weeks of paid time off, 1–2 additional RTT weeks, and approximately 11 bank holidays.
• Company-wide shutdowns for two weeks in summer and one week in winter.