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Ernst & Young

Global professional services: consulting, assurance, tax

Junior Paralegal Consultant

Legal Counsel & Legal SupportConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeLa Défense, FranceIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • You must hold a bac+5 degree in business law, contract law, or corporate law, with good command of French contract law and familiarity with Anglo-Saxon contractual practices.
  • You must have at least one year of professional experience in a legal department, law firm, legal services organization, or consulting company.
  • You must master contract analysis, drafting, and negotiation techniques and be able to communicate identified legal risks clearly, structurally, and operationally.
  • You must be able to manage multiple priorities in a demanding environment, assess urgency, and identify matters requiring escalation or validation.
  • You must use English daily, both in writing and orally, including to analyze and negotiate contractual documents.
  • You must be proficient with generative artificial intelligence tools such as Microsoft Copilot or Claude and use them practically, securely, and in accordance with applicable confidentiality rules.

Responsibilities

  • Support EY-Parthenon operational teams in analyzing, drafting, and negotiating legal clauses in client contracts and agreements with parties involved in transaction operations.
  • Work on confidentiality agreements, engagement letters, amendments, release letters, reliance letters, report-access agreements, and other contractual documents associated with engagements.
  • Identify legal and contractual risks, assess their significance in light of the services, and propose appropriate protections covering scope of services, liability, liability limitations, confidentiality, intellectual property, data protection, conflicts of interest, and terms of use for deliverables.
  • Help formalize negotiation positions, track deviations, and escalate them to appropriate managers when required by internal procedures.
  • Maintain the currency, consistency, and proper use of contractual templates, standard clauses, negotiation guides, and procedures applicable to EY-Parthenon’s activity in France.
  • Incorporate relevant legislative and regulatory changes and internal policy changes established at Europe West, EMEIA, and Global levels into documentation, in coordination with EY France Legal.
  • Help harmonize EY-Parthenon practices with other EY businesses in France and other countries in the Europe West region.
  • Maintain, file, and trace contractual documentation and required approvals in accordance with internal document-governance rules.
  • Provide support to EY France Legal on legal issues affecting EY-Parthenon, including contract law, business law, and the transaction environment.
  • Coordinate between operational teams and relevant support functions on legal, compliance, independence, personal data protection, artificial intelligence, and risk-management matters.
  • Contribute to effective application of internal procedures and risk-prevention practices, and flag situations requiring further analysis or validation.
  • Design, update, and co-facilitate training on key legal and contractual risks arising in EY-Parthenon engagements.
  • Prepare practical materials, legal notes, quick-reference guides, and negotiation-support tools for operational teams.
  • Monitor relevant legal and regulatory developments and communicate changes that may affect EY-Parthenon contractual practices.
  • Contribute to digitizing the contract lifecycle and legal documentation, including deploying and using EY-developed or approved tools.
  • Participate in developing and deploying generative artificial intelligence solutions for legal and contractual activities while meeting confidentiality, data protection, security, and human-supervision requirements.
  • Collaborate regularly in English with EY legal and QRM teams internationally, including Europe West teams and the support center in India.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience involving transaction operations, professional-services contracts, or contract negotiation in an international environment is an advantage.

About the Company

Ernst & Young

Global professional services: consulting, assurance, tax

EY (Ernst & Young) provides professional services at a global scale, offering consulting, assurance, tax, and transaction advisory services. It serves clients across industries such as technology, media, real estate, hospitality, and construction. Instead of selling a single product, EY works with clients through tailored engagements where cross-disciplinary teams analyze challenges, design strategies, perform audits, help with tax planning, and assist with mergers or divestitures. What sets EY apart is its worldwide reach and integrated service model, industry-specific expertise, and focus on responsible business practices like sustainability, cybersecurity, and workforce flexibility. EY’s goal is to help organizations improve performance, manage risk, and achieve sustainable growth while building a better working world.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Boston, MA
Founded
1991

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