About

 
Swan is the leading European fintech specialized in embedded banking. A laureate of the French government’s selective year list of tech champions, “French Tech Next 120,” we are quickly expanding across Europe.

Over 100 European companies have already seamlessly integrated banking services such as accounts, cards, and payments into their products through our Banking-as-a-Service platform. This approach, known as “embedded finance”, empowers businesses to elevate their offerings and create new revenue streams — often times tripling their revenue!

Our founders’ vision from the beginning was Simplicity: that anyone with a fintech idea at 2 am can visit our website, start building, and buy themselves a coffee with a self-issued card the very next day. That vision has taken us far.

Following a 38M€ Series B round last September, we have been doubling our headcount and already have over 230 Swanees across offices in Paris, Bordeaux, Berlin, Barcelona, Amsterdam, and Milan! If you’re excited about joining a European fintech adventure, Swan is the way!

To learn more about us: About Swan ; Our story.

Job description

As an Electronic Money Institution, Swan faces many legal and regulatory challenges when conducting its business and operations: Fighting money laundering, protecting clients' funds, working with legitimate partners, etc. Swan is looking for a legal counsel intern to help us face those legal and compliance challenges starting in January 2025. 

✨ Your mission

Alongside the Lead Legal, your responsibilities will be to :

• Provide advice and answers on several legal issues for Swan's business and operations.
• Contribute to regulatory watch.
• Participate in contract negotiation.
• Pre-check legal aspects of our partners' business model.
• Participate in GDPR Compliance

✨ Your Team

At Swan, you’ll have the opportunity to join our dynamic Compliance & Legal team.

The Compliance & Legal team operates within a department alongside the Risk, and Internal Control teams. In your role, you will also collaborate with multiple teams at Swan, fostering an environment where cross-functional engagement is highly valued.

To learn more about the Compliance & Legal team.

Preferred experience

✨ You’re a great match if:

• You are looking for a 6-month internship in a fast-paced environment.
• Currently enrolled in a Master's degree program in Law or attending a Bar School/Law School.
• You have had a meaningful initial experience in a law firm, banking, finance, or payments institution.
  
• Good knowledge of French banking regulation. Another EEA country regulation knowledge is a plus.
  
• Interested in the fintech ecosystem and you want to work in a start-up.
• Curious mindset.
• Strong analytical skills with an eye for detail, driven by a can-do attitude.
• Excellent working abilities in French and English. Another language is a plus.
• Our ideal teammate: Empathetic. Skilled. Frank. We love to challenge each other, and we leave our egos at the door.

It’s okay if you don’t tick all the boxes — don’t let imposter syndrome prevent you from applying! 🙌

Swan is committed to providing a caring work environment for all employees, regardless of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion, or belief.

When it comes to recruitment, we’re interested in your work experience, skills, and overall personality. Because diversity makes the workplace stronger and is necessary for Swan’s success, we are intensifying efforts to incorporate concrete actions to help us improve in this area.

About Swan

✨ Perks of being a Swanee:

• Swan encourages you to have fun staying fit, thanks to partnerships with Classpass & Gymlib.
• We respect your lunch break. Mid-day free-time is sacred and our French office even provides a Swile card to cover your meal on work days. 🥪
• Twice a year we go somewhere gorgeous (a chateau, a mountain) where we reconnect, deep-dive into big topics, and relax.
• This isn’t a perk, it should be the rule, but diversity and inclusion are important at Swan. We’re working hard to get better every day.

✨ Our values:

Swan’s core values guide our actions daily. Individually, they may seem obvious, but together, they form a unique culture.

Simplicity: Leonardo Da Vinci said: “simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” If something's convoluted or confusing, we work extra hard to break it down. - Making complex things simple is what we do.

Long Term: We always play the long game, whether it's to support our partners in their growth journey, or make tangible commitments to climate action.

Excellence: We are a team of experts who consistently go all out to create pixel-perfect banking services and exceed our partners' expectations— whatever it takes.

Be Human: We believe in the power of kindness and the importance of acting with integrity. But embracing our humanity extends beyond interpersonal interactions, it means caring about greater issues that affect our planet.

You can find out more about our culture.

Recruitment process

• A 45-minute video call with Marc-William our Legal Officer followed by a take-home case study.
• An Interview with Charlotte, our Lead Legal.