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Axway

API management, MFT, and B2B integration

Employment Lawyer

Legal Counsel & Legal SupportConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeCourbevoie, FranceNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Master's degree in Employment/Labour Law and/or qualification as a lawyer, with up to approximately three years of relevant professional experience.
  • Strong knowledge of French employment law.
  • Interest in international and comparative employment law.
  • Professional proficiency in French and English.
  • Strong legal research, analytical and drafting skills.
  • Ability to translate legal requirements into clear and practical advice.
  • Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
  • Ability to manage several matters simultaneously and meet deadlines.
  • Sound judgement and ability to identify matters requiring escalation.
  • High level of discretion when handling confidential and sensitive matters.

Responsibilities

  • Provide first-level employment law support on day-to-day individual employment matters in France.
  • Advise on contractual changes, employment law contracts, mobility, working time, compensation and employee relations matters.
  • Support complex disciplinary and performance management procedures.
  • Support complex individual termination processes, including dismissals and negotiated exits.
  • Prepare legal analyses and documentation, and ensure compliance with applicable procedural requirements.
  • Identify and escalate complex, sensitive or high-risk matters to the Global Employment Lawyer.
  • Provide legal support on employee relations matters in France.
  • Handle routine questions and alerts raised by SBS local employee representatives (Représentants de Proximité – RP), in coordination with the relevant Human Resources teams.
  • Analyse RP questions and prepare legal responses and recommendations.
  • Identify and escalate matters presenting significant collective, employee relations, reputational or litigation risk.
  • Support the Global Employment Lawyer on sensitive employee representative and trade union matters.
  • Support projects relating to employee representative elections and social governance.
  • Assist the Global Employment Lawyer on strategic or sensitive collective employee relations matters.
  • Support the preparation of collective bargaining negotiations.
  • Conduct legal research and benchmarking.
  • Support the management of French employment litigation and pre-litigation matters.
  • Prepare case files and factual chronologies.
  • Conduct legal and case-law research.
  • Coordinate the collection of documents and information required by external counsel.
  • Monitor French employment legislation, case law and collective bargaining developments.
  • Identify developments potentially impacting the organisation.
  • Prepare concise legal updates for the Global Employment Lawyer and French Human Resources teams.
  • Maintain employment law templates, guidance, frequently asked questions and internal legal resources.
  • Contribute to Employment Law training materials and awareness sessions.
  • Conduct legal research on employment law developments in selected jurisdictions.
  • Conduct comparative legal research across jurisdictions.

Desired Qualifications

  • Two to four years of experience in a law firm, in-house legal department or employment law environment would be an advantage.
  • Ability to manage several matters simultaneously and meet deadlines.

About the Company

Axway

API management, MFT, and B2B integration

Axway provides enterprise software for API management, managed file transfer, and B2B integration. Its Amplify API Management Platform lets organizations build, publish, manage, and govern APIs across multicloud, on-premises, and third-party gateways, complemented by MFT for secure large-scale file exchange and B2B EDI workflows. The company differentiates itself as vendor-agnostic and open, with multi-cloud and hybrid-environment support and an integrated product suite, bolstered by the Sopra Banking Software acquisition. Its goal is to help large organizations securely connect, govern, and exchange data across complex environments while supporting digital transformation and regulatory compliance.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Scottsdale, AZ
Founded
2000

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