Senior Corporate Counsel – Corporate Law & M&A

Overview

Join Expleo’s Global Legal team to support the Group’s growth, operational performance and competitiveness, while overseeing compliance with the law and protecting the Group’s reputation, stakeholder trust and values.

As Senior Corporate Counsel, you are a key member of the Global Legal team and a senior business partner for corporate operations across all Group entities in an international, multi-entity environment. You provide pragmatic, proactive legal support on corporate and M&A matters worldwide, anticipating and mitigating legal risks and protecting Expleo’s assets and governance framework.

You operate with a high degree of autonomy, act as a subject-matter reference on corporate law, and contribute to the Group Legal Strategy, continuous improvement initiatives and legal operations maturity.

You report directly to the Legal Director (Romania) and functionally to the Group General Counsel (France).

Responsibilities

Corporate Governance & Group Portfolio Management

• Lead and manage corporate governance of the Group’s entity portfolio, including day-to-day corporate housekeeping and complex corporate operations.
• Oversee and execute incorporations, dissolutions, liquidations, restructurings, cross-border reorganisations, mergers, splits, and asset and share disposals.
• Manage changes to articles of association, board and officer appointments, delegations of authority and statutory filings.
• Ensure timely approval of accounts, corporate resolutions and compliance with local statutory and regulatory requirements.

Subsidiary Oversight & External Counsel Coordination

• Advise, coordinate and monitor corporate operations of Group subsidiaries across multiple jurisdictions.
• Manage and supervise local legal counsel and corporate secretarial service providers for foreign subsidiaries.
• Act as escalation point for complex or sensitive corporate matters involving local stakeholders.

Intra-Group Framework & Legal Operations

• Develop, structure, negotiate and maintain intra-group agreements and powers of attorney/delegations.
• Contribute to the design, implementation and optimisation of corporate legal tools, templates, playbooks, KPIs and legal processes.
• Support the simplification, harmonisation and efficiency of corporate legal processes at Group level.

Group Governance & Authority Framework

• Act as a key legal reference for the Group Authority Matrix, ensuring decisions, approvals and delegations follow Group governance rules.
• Support the design, maintenance and evolution of the Group Authority Matrix with the Group General Counsel and other Group stakeholders.
• Advise senior management and business stakeholders on approval levels, signature authorities and escalation paths.
• Ensure consistent application of the Group Authority Matrix across subsidiaries and legal entities.

M&A, Strategic Projects & Compliance

• Play a key role in external growth and strategic operations (M&A), including legal due diligence, transaction structuring, and drafting and negotiation of transaction documentation.
• Provide senior legal support on corporate compliance matters and governance-related risk management.
• Contribute to significant transversal legal projects aligned with the Group Legal Strategy.

Business Partnering & Thought Leadership

• Identify and anticipate business needs, translating them into legally sound and business-oriented solutions.
• Provide clear, value-added advice to senior management and key internal stakeholders.
• Promote best practices, legal awareness and governance culture through training and ongoing business engagement.
• Act as a role model within the legal team, contributing to knowledge sharing and mentoring.

Qualifications

• Law degree (graduate or post-graduate).

Essential Skills

• Excellent command of advanced business legal English (written and spoken); strong French skills preferred.
• Strong interpersonal, negotiation and stakeholder management skills; diplomatic and credible at senior level.
• Strong business and financial sensitivity, with the ability to balance legal risk and commercial objectives.
• Strategic mindset combined with a hands-on, solution-oriented approach.
• Strong focus on legal operations, process improvement and legal design.
• Excellent organisational skills, attention to detail and ability to manage multiple complex matters in parallel.
• Comfortable operating autonomously in a fast-paced, matrix and international environment.
• Agile, proactive and resilient; able to set priorities and drive matters to completion.

Experience

• Minimum 5–7 years’ experience in corporate law within an international, multi-entity environment (in-house or top-tier law firm experience preferred).
• Strong, proven track record in complex corporate transactions and M&A matters.
• Excellent understanding of corporate governance, group structures and cross-border operations.
• High professional ethics, discretion and strong sense of accountability.

Why Join

• A senior, high-impact role within an international and dynamic Global Legal team.
• Direct exposure to complex corporate and M&A matters across multiple jurisdictions.
• Opportunity to influence Group governance, legal strategy and operational excellence.
• International collaboration with colleagues across 30+ countries.

Benefits

• Benefit platform
• Holiday voucher
• Private medical insurance
• Performance bonus
• Easter and Christmas bonus
• Employee referral bonus
• Bookster subscription
• Work from home options depending on project