LEGAL TRAINEE

Job Description – Legal / Corporate Trainee

About the role

The trainee will join the legal team based at the Paris headquarters but will also work with colleagues based in The Hague and in Norway. This internship offers dual exposure: to cross-group corporate matters and to the legal activities of the EEG business unit, giving a concrete view of how legal functions operate within an international group.

Working environment

The trainee will work directly with two colleagues based in the Paris office: one responsible for corporate matters and one responsible for EEG legal matters. The trainee will be guided and supported on the tasks assigned.

Responsibilities

EEG Legal

• Running due diligence checks.
• Managing contract storage and filing.
• Filing supplier questionnaires.
• Reviewing NDAs.
• Keeping Kbis extracts and other legal documents for French entities up to date.
• Drafting Master Service Provider Agreements and amendments, strictly following standard templates, with no deviations.

Corporate

• Coordinating notarisation, apostille/legalisation and certified copies of corporate documents.
• Arranging wet-ink signatures and following up with signatories.
• Coordinating translations with external providers.
• Preparing and tracking DHL/courier shipments of original documents.
• Uploading corporate documents in Legisway.
• Supporting straightforward KYC/document requests (filling out forms and simple tasks), under supervision.

Profile

• Fluent English and French required (written and spoken).
• Strong sense of autonomy: able to work things out independently, anticipate needs, and find solutions without needing step-by-step guidance.
• Rigorous, organised and discreet, particularly when handling confidential documents.
• A legal background (business law, international law) is a plus.