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Mistral is a full-stack AI company providing frontier models, developer tools, applications, and compute solutions. The company partners with enterprises across finance, manufacturing, defense, healthcare, and the public sector to co-create customized AI systems. Mistral operates globally with distributed teams across Europe, North America, Asia, and the Middle East.
You will join the Corporate Legal team as Labour Legal Counsel, reporting to the Lead Labour & Employment Law. Your primary responsibility is to provide labour law expertise and harmonize labour law practices across Mistral's global footprint, serving as the legal liaison between HR teams and legal departments worldwide.
Key responsibilities include:
**French Labour Law Expertise:**
- Provide practical legal advice on individual and collective employee relationships, working closely with HR to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements
- Draft, review, and negotiate employment contracts and advise on employment lifecycle matters, ensuring alignment with French legal requirements and global policies
- Advise on collective representation matters, including CSE (Comité Social et Économique) and associated employee representative bodies, ensuring constructive dialogue and legal compliance
**Global Labour Law Compliance & Cross-border Compliance:**
- Collaborate with HR and local external counsels to balance local legal requirements with operational efficiency while respecting cultural and legal nuances
- Provide guidance on cross-border employment issues, including secondments, remote work, and international mobility
- Monitor and analyze regulatory developments in labour law across key jurisdictions (France, USA, UK, Singapore, etc.) and proactively adapt internal processes
You will work in a dynamic, collaborative, and low-ego environment with a diverse, globally distributed team committed to innovation.
**Requirements:**
- Legal Master's degree (Master's in French Labour Law); additional certifications in international labour law are a plus
- Minimum 4-6 years of experience with strong expertise in French labour law (individual and collective relationships) and good exposure to other jurisdictions, ideally US and UK
- Experience working in a multicultural environment and coordinating with teams across multiple jurisdictions
- Proven expertise in handling legal aspects of employee relations, drafting and negotiating employment contracts, and managing legal aspects of employee collective representation
- Analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to provide pragmatic, business-oriented solutions
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to communicate legal advice clearly
- Adaptability and ability to work in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
- Commitment to promoting a fair, inclusive, and compliant workplace culture
