[Hiring] Corporate Lawyer @Sanofi

Role Description

As a Corporate Lawyer:

• Ensure that the Sanofi legal entity structure is kept in accordance to business needs and legal requirements
• Ensure appropriate corporate governance standards
• Ensure timely implementation of complex French company/corporate law restructuring transactions, multi-jurisdiction restructuring transactions and support of M&A transactions

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible? Join Sanofi in one of our corporate functions and you can play a vital part in the performance of our entire business while helping to make an impact on millions around the world.

Key responsibilities:

• Analyzing, advising on, drafting documentation on complex French company/corporate law restructuring transactions and multi-jurisdiction restructuring transactions
• Providing advice and information on company/corporate law and governance questions
• Providing advice, setting up, managing of legal entities with all sorts of legal forms, Joint Ventures, associations, etc.
• Supporting M&A activities and transactions
• Coordinating legal advice/documents with all concerned stakeholders from all concerned functions at global and local level
• Supervising/managing company/corporate legal work (annual compliance, standard transactions)

Qualifications

• French law degree, Master 2 in Business Law
• Professional experience with at least 2 - 3 years company/corporate law, legal restructuring
• Experience in company/corporate law, corporate governance, legal restructuring
• Good understanding of accounting, tax, treasury topics related to legal restructuring transactions
• Good business sense and acumen

Requirements

• Very good communication skills especially in a multi-cultural, global, and complex matrix environment
• Strong team spirit, interpersonal and networking skills
• Ability to synthesize complex information
• Thoughtful risk-taking approach/mindset
• Solution-oriented
• Can operate in ambiguous and undefined areas and bring clarity and direction
• Can handle and easily bounce back from setbacks, stays focused and composed in stressful situations, maintains a positive attitude during troubling circumstances
• High energy, tenacity and patience
• Ability to work with Office 365 environment and with other digital tools and databases
• Fluency in French and English is mandatory

Benefits

• Make your work count by supporting a company that brings life-changing treatments to millions — and is committed to doing right by patients, communities, and the planet
• Drive progress from within by helping simplify, scale, and modernize how a global biopharma business delivers smarter, faster, and more sustainably
• Support teams across science, medicine, and operations by building better systems, shaping bold strategies, and enabling innovation at speed
• Make an impact across borders and functions, collaborating with leaders to turn complex challenges into real-world solutions
• Advance your career through stretch roles, cross-functional moves, and development opportunities designed to match your ambition
• Thrive in inclusive, high-performing teams where every role matters and every voice helps shape what’s next