Anti-Corruption & Trade Compliance Legal Counsel

About the role

We are looking for an Anti-Corruption & Trade Compliance Legal Counsel to play a central role in the building, development and operation of Mistral AI's corporate compliance framework. This role focuses on anti-corruption, economic sanctions and export controls, offering the opportunity to build policies, processes and tools from scratch. You will collaborate across Legal, Finance, Procurement, Sales, Security, and Product and Engineering teams to translate legal requirements into auditable processes.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate Sapin II Action Plan deployment of relevant policies, controls, training and third-party procedure.
• Lead the day-to-day operation and continuous improvement of risk-based due diligence from integrity screening through enhanced diligence and periodic review.
• Administer the gifts, hospitality and conflicts-of-interest processes, including reviewing requests and declarations.
• Manage screening for new and existing counterparties as part of third-party due diligence and transaction-review processes.
• Support the export control classification of AI models, software, technology, compute infrastructure and hardware.
• Develop and maintain standard sanctions and export-control contractual positions and clauses.

Required skills

• Anti-corruption
• Sapin II
• Economic sanctions
• Export controls
• Compliance
• Corporate Law

Nice to have

• AI sector experience
• Semiconductors
• Dual-use goods
• International experience

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Business Law, Corporate Law, Compliance, or equivalent
• 5 years of relevant experience in a company, law firm, consulting firm or regulatory authority

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 like finance, manufacturing, defense, healthcare, and the public sector to co-create customized AI systems.