M&A & Equity Financing Legal Counsel

About the role

As the M&A & Equity Financing Legal Counsel, you will work directly under the Head of M&A and Finance Legal Counsel to structure, draft, and negotiate external growth transactions and equity fundraisings. You will collaborate closely with Business and Finance teams to support Mistral's growth in the fast-paced AI industry. This role involves managing the full lifecycle of transactions, from due diligence to closing, while ensuring legal precision.

Responsibilities

• Draft, negotiate and advise on a wide range of M&A transactions, including acquisitions, acqui-hires and other internal or external growth projects worldwide.
• Take an active part in every stage of M&A transactions: deal structuring, due diligence, negotiations, signing and closing.
• Coordinate the process for Mistral’s equity fundraisings, including legal communication with prospective investors, structuring the company's due diligence disclosure, drafting investment documentation and leading the signing and closing of equity fundraisings.
• Coordinate and assist on Mistral’s secondary sale transactions on behalf of investors and employees.
• Draft, negotiate, and advise on transaction documentation, including LOIs, NDAs, SPAs, shareholders' agreements, investment agreements, and other ancillary transaction documents.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including other corporate functions.
• Build internal templates, practices, and guidelines for M&A and equity financing documentation.
• Support on other legal topics as needed, particularly on compliance matters related to corporate affairs.

Required skills

• M&A
• Equity financing
• Due diligence
• Transaction documentation
• Corporate law
• English
• French

Nice to have

• VC transactions
• PE transactions
• Artificial intelligence
• Machine learning
• Natural language processing

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above (LLB, LLM or Juris Doctor) from an accredited law school in France or another EU country
• Admission to practice law in at least one additional jurisdiction (USA or UK preferred)
• Minimum of 4–5 years of relevant legal experience
• At least 3 years of experience at an international law firm

Benefits

• Healthcare coverage
• Parental leave
• Retirement plans
• Relocation support
• Wellness programs
• Meal allowance
• Transportation allowance

About the Company

Mistral provides full-stack AI solutions, from frontier models to developer tools, applications, and compute. The company partners with enterprises across high-stakes industries to co-create customized AI systems.