Head of Legal
Photoroom✨ About us ✨
Photoroom was launched in 2020 after being accepted into Y Combinator and has become the world's most popular AI photo editor over the past four years. Our mission is clear: to create the best visuals for your commerce.
Photoroom puts the power of great images into more people's hands through our powerful and innovative features, from our best-in-the-world background remover to our generative AI model and tools: AI Images, AI Backgrounds and Shadows, AI Expand, and many more.
Processing over 5 billion images a year and downloaded over 200 million times, Photoroom is now the world's #1 AI photo-editing app, available across mobile, web, and via an API in over 180 countries.
We are at an exciting stage of our journey. Having successfully raised our Series B, we are looking to scale to $150M ARR in 2025.
Photoroom is a profitable, remote-friendly company headquartered in Paris with a global team of over 80 world-class deep learning, product, and marketing experts with backgrounds at the world's best companies. We are a diverse team of entrepreneurs building for entrepreneurs.
TL;DR
🤓 We currently have an opportunity for a talented and business oriented lawyer to join us and support the high speed growth and international expansion of Photoroom. As the first internal role for the legal function, this position presents a unique opportunity for professional growth, as the role will evolve in the long term thanks to scope expansion, growth of the company and of the legal team.
This position requires the capacity of working in a fast growing tech company, which does most of its business outside of France-mainly in the USA. It also requires the ability of developing a high level of understanding of how our product works, creating close connections with operational teams and managing external advisors on diverse topics. Having an aptitude for stakeholder and project management is a must.
💰 90-130k€ gross* + Stock-Options/BSPCE
🇪🇺 We are flexible: you can work from anywhere in Europe within a 3-hour flight from Paris (HQ) and come to our office once a month (fully reimbursed) or more often. This ensures effective collaboration and supports our commitment to reducing our carbon footprint.
✈️ We offer substantial support for relocation (up to 10k€), including finding an apartment in Paris and supporting you with the visa procedure.
🛂 We currently sponsor visas for individuals relocating to France or already based here. We are unable to sponsor visas for remote positions outside of France at this time.
💻 Technology - new MacBook Pro, monitor, keyboard, etc.
🏖️ Socials - Biannual company retreats, weekly Happy Hour & Game Time
🇬🇧 Photoroom is an international team and we work in English. We offer language lessons for those who need them (English & French).
*We can go higher for outstanding profiles and adapt to the cost of living if it is higher than in Paris.
Your Responsibilities
Business, contracts
Be a trusted advisor to the product/business teams by providing creative solutions while ensuring compliance with regulations, with a specific focus on Product and Marketing;
Draft and negotiate all types of contracts (including commercial contracts on both the client and supplier sides, partnership agreements, marketing agreements, license agreements, etc);
Manage any pre-litigations and litigations, with the support of external advisors, including mediation and arbitration
Provide legal advice to internal stakeholders on a variety of business matters related to US and international operations and transactions.
Regulatory
Keep abreast of changes in laws and regulations that may affect the company's business and operations, especially in Europe and in the USA; areas of particular relevance include commercial contracts, Intellectual Property law, GDPR, Artificial Intelligence;
Advise on regulatory compliance issues pertaining to trade and commercial relationships between France and the US.
Collaborate with external legal counsels in Europe and in the US as necessary to ensure consistent legal strategy and risk management.
Collaborate with internal and external partners to respond to requests from regulators;
Others
Managing the company’s IP rights portfolio;
All other matters which arise in the day to day running of an expanding business;
As a second step: Corporate aspects, including potential acquisitions that Photoroom could make and future fundraisings, under the guidance from Founders and CFO.
Profile/Qualifications
Qualifications and experience
5-9 years of experience as a qualified lawyer, with experience in technology companies, either in private practice and/or in-house. Experience in-house will be a great plus, some experience on Corporate topics is a nice to have;
Licensed to practice law in France; admission to a bar in the United States is a plus; strong experience in and understanding of both French and American legal systems and business practices;
Knowledge and experience in dealing with a range of commercial issues such as contract drafting and negotiation, T&Cs, NDAs, consumer protection;
Knowledge and experience dealing with regulatory topics;
Proven experience working with various jurisdictions, including the USA and in handling cross-border transactional matters, especially involving the USA;
Experience creating and managing processes and moving large-scale projects forward;
Soft skills and attitude
Excellent negotiation, communication, and interpersonal skills;
Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team;
Business oriented, creative and solution driven mind-set;
Ability to work fast and meet tight deadlines;
Ability to grow expand along with the business, which is scaling fast
Flexibility and eagerness to learn new areas of law, e.g Corporate matters, AI sector-specific legal evolutions;
You’re humble, and you enjoy sharing & learning from others;
Fluent in English and French
If you don’t meet 100% of the qualifications outlined above, tell us why you’d still be a great fit for this role in your application!
Support - If you have a medical condition or an individual need for an adjustment to our process, and you believe this may affect your ability to be at your best - please let us know so we can talk about how we can best support you and make any adjustments that may be needed.
🌈 Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging
We are committed to enabling everyone to feel included and valued at the workplace. We believe both the company and its culture are strongest when composed of diverse experiences and backgrounds.
That's why:
- We have flexible working hours
- We trust people to work remotely
- We extended the length of the parental leave
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, family, gender identity, marital status, national origin, physical or mental disability, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.