finance
Posted May 27Legal Counsel, Banking / Financing (Project finance)
at Mistral AI
Paris, FranceOn-site
Responsibilities
- Structure, draft, negotiate, and close transaction documentation on non-dilutive financing transactions, including corporate loans, asset-backed financings, and project finance deals supporting our infrastructure and compute investments.
- Advise on financing structures for data center and compute infrastructure projects.
- Coordinate with external law firms on cross-border financing structures and manage multi-jurisdictional transaction teams. Cross-functional Partnership
- Collaborate with M&A, Compute, and Business teams to support deal-specific financing structures.
- Build and maintain internal templates, precedents, and guidelines for financing documentation.
Requirements
- About Mistral At Mistral AI, we believe in the power of AI to simplify tasks, save time, and enhance learning and creativity.
- We democratize AI through high-performance, optimized, open-source and cutting-edge models, products and solutions.
- Our comprehensive AI platform is designed to meet enterprise as well as personal needs.
- Our offerings include Le Chat, AI Studio, Mistral Code and Mistral Compute — a suite that brings frontier intelligence to end-users.
- We are a dynamic, collaborative team passionate about AI and its potential to transform society.
- Join us to be part of a pioneering company shaping the future of AI.
- See more about our culture on https://mistral.ai/careers.
- Bachelor degree or above (LLB, LLM, Juris Doctor preferred) from an accredited law school in France or another EU country.
- Admission to practice law in at least one other jurisdiction, in particular in the USA, would be a plus.
- Familiarity with LMA standard documentation is required. Strong
- experience in project finance or infrastructure financing, particularly deals involving long-term capex or compute and data center infrastructure, is highly valued.
- Demonstrated ability to navigate cross-border structuring questions and multi-jurisdictional financing deals, including coordinating with local external counsel.
- Excellent written and verbal communication in both English and French. Strong ability to present complex legal concepts in a clear and understandable manner to non-legal stakeholders.
- experience working within businesses — ideally across multiple industries — where you have delivered measurable impact and demonstrated a deep understanding of operational and strategic priorities.
- An understanding of the tax implications of financing and structuring, allowing you to optimise outcomes and mitigate risks.
- Knowledge and usage of Artificial Intelligence: an understanding of AI technologies, including machine learning, natural language processing and their applications, is important.
- Analytical Skills: ability to analyse complex cross-border structuring questions, their interactions with financing topics, and to identify potential legal risks and solutions.
- Ethical Awareness: a strong understanding of ethical considerations related to AI, such as fairness, transparency, accountability, and bias mitigation, is important.
- Ability to shape the exciting journey of AI and be part of the very early days of one of the hottest AI companies.
Benefits
- Support on ancillary legal topics as needed, including corporate compliance, insurance, and Sapin II-related matters.
- Competitive salary and bonus structure & Comprehensive benefits package.
Additional details
- Our technology is designed to integrate seamlessly into daily working life.
- Our diverse workforce thrives in competitive environments and is committed to driving innovation.
- Our teams are distributed between France, USA, UK, Germany and Singapore.
- Role Summary As our Banking / Financing Legal Counsel, you will work side by side with our corporate counsel and directly under the Head of M&A and Finance Legal Counsel, based in Paris.
- In close collaboration with our Finance and Business teams, you will be instrumental in structuring, drafting, and negotiating the financing transactions that fuel Mistral's external growth — from compute infrastructure and data center investments to strategic company acquisitions. Key
- Act as the primary legal point of contact for banking and financing counterparties, working with LMA-standard documentation and bespoke structures alike.
- Partner daily with the Finance team (Treasury, FP&A) to ensure financing solutions are aligned with Mistral's capital strategy and operational needs.
- Provide practical, hands-on legal guidance that enables the business to move fast while limiting legal risks. Legal Infrastucture
- A minimum of 7 years of relevant legal experience, including a minimum of 4 years in an international law firm.
- Proven track record in structuring and negotiating non-dilutive financing deals, including corporate loans, bridge facilities, asset-backed and project finance transactions.