Senior Compute Legal Counsel

As our Compute legal counsel, under the responsibility of the Director, Compute legal counsel, you will be instrumental in structuring, drafting, and negotiating Mistral Compute deals, advising the business on legal and regulatory compliance, procurement, intellectual property, insurance, privacy, export control, and customer support. You will work closely with major providers such as NVIDIA, Dell, Coreweave, Microsoft, and Google, and the role is based in Paris, France.

Key responsibilities

• Draft, negotiate, and provide strategic advice on contracts related to establishing, deploying, maintaining and commercializing our Compute operations, including hardware, data center development, customer contracts and other compute and cloud related contracts.
• Act as product counsel for the Mistral Compute business, including advising on legal and regulatory compliance.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams, including commercial‑legal, procurement, finance, and other corporate functions.
• Build internal templates, practices and guidelines to help the business and legal scale.
• Support other related legal topics as needed, especially on the compliance front (e.g., OFAC and similar topics).

Qualifications and skills

• Educational Background: Bachelor degree or above (LLB, LLM, Juris Doctor preferred) from an accredited law school in Europe. Admission to practice law in another jurisdiction is a plus.
• Experience: A minimum of 8 years of relevant legal experience, including in‑house experience in the technology space. Strong experience in structuring and negotiating compute or infrastructure deals with an understanding of cloud and technology related industries.
• Knowledge and usage of Artificial Intelligence: An understanding of artificial intelligence technologies, including machine learning, natural language processing and their applications is important.
• Analytical Skills: Ability to analyze complex contractual structures, interactions in the contract chain and their interplay with financing topics and technical constraints. You must be able to identify potential legal risks and how best to solve or mitigate them. Candidates should be detail‑oriented and have strong problem‑solving skills.
• Communication Skills: Excellent negotiation skills, written and verbal communication, and ability to present complex legal concepts in a clear manner. Business oriented and willing to dive into the technology with the business is a must.
• International mindset: International experience is a plus.
• Adaptability: Ability to work independently and in a team‑oriented, collaborative environment. Proactive, flexible, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment.
• Ethical Awareness: Strong understanding of ethical considerations related to AI, such as fairness, transparency, accountability, and bias mitigation.

What We Offer

• Ability to shape the exciting journey of AI and be part of the early days of a leading AI company.
• A fun, dynamic, multicultural team and collaborative work environment based in Paris, Madrid, London, USA and Singapore.
• Competitive salary and bonus structure and comprehensive benefits package.
• Opportunities for professional growth and development.
• Health insurance.
• Transportation allowance.
• Sport allowance.
• Meal vouchers.
• Private pension plan.
• Generous parental leave policy.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Mistral AI is an equal opportunity employer. All candidates are evaluated based on their skills, without regard to gender, origin, or disability.