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# Commercial Legal Intern- Apprenticeship (January 2027) at Malt

- **Company:** Malt
- **Location:** Paris, France
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-10-21
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-26
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/malt/1a59b4fa-804f-4056-af7d-7f949d7f72b9

## Job description

🪐 Discover our galaxy

Join the Future of Work ! Malt is Europe's leading freelance marketplace, connecting over 1,000,000 talented freelancers with 100,000+ companies. Founded in 2013, we're transforming how work gets done through our tech-powered, human-centered platform. What makes us different:

- A diverse team of 600 Malters across 6 European countries
- A culture that champions equality (50% of our Comex are women) and inclusive growth
- Backed by top investors including ISAI, Serena Capital, Eurazeo Growth, Goldman Sachs, and BPI
- A mission to give everyone the freedom to work differently

Ready to help shape the future of work? Your next chapter starts here! 🪐

At Malt we believe that Ambition is the Way, so all lists of missions and responsibilities are non-exhaustive.

Explore your future career  🔭 As a Commercial Legal Intern or Apprentice, you will join Malt’s Legal Team in Paris to provide day-to-day operational support while driving Legal Ops projects to streamline workflows with our commercial teams. In this role, you will be deeply involved in provider contract reviews, clients contracts negotiations and supporting the business with smooth project execution and user mediation. You will also actively contribute to optimizing internal legal processes and tools, making your daily work impactful for the entire business. This position is open as either a full-time internship or an apprenticeship (alternance) starting asap and based in our Paris office.

## Key responsibilities ✨

- Analyze and review provider contracts: Autonomously analyze and process NDAs, T&Cs, IT/SaaS agreements, and service agreements based on existing legal guidelines.

- Support commercial negotiations: Help Sales teams review and negotiate standard commercial agreements, handle first-level client requests, and answer legal questionnaires in both French and English using internal templates and guidelines.

- Contribute to Legal Ops & Process optimization: Structure and update our internal Notion Legal page, optimize template libraries, and participate in drafting practical guides to enhance cross-functional collaboration.

- Refine Legal Guidelines: Help continuously update internal playbooks, templates and guidelines to reflect changing legal standards and operational feedback.

- Handle client & freelancer queries: Provide day-to-day pragmatic support to internal teams regarding contract compliance and operational disputes.

## About you 🧑‍🚀

- Currently enrolled in a Master’s degree (Master 2) or École du Barreau (EFB / HEDAC, etc.) specializing in Business Law, Contract Law, Intellectual Property, or Digital Law.

- Contract Analysis & Negotiation: Strong academic foundation and ability to analyze, draft, and review commercial agreements in both French and English.

- Languages & level: Professional fluency in English (written and spoken) to review and negotiate contracts entirely in English. Fluency in German is a plus.

- Business-oriented & Pragmatic: Practical mindset with a focus on providing legal security without stalling business growth or slowing down Sales teams.

- Tech-savvy & Legal Ops interest: Interest for legal process automation, digitalization, AI, and Legal Design, with excellent interpersonal and team communication skills.

How to join the mission? 🚀

- First call with our Talent Acquisition Manager to better understand your background, aspirations, and answer any questions you may have (30 minutes).

- Case study & Interview with our Head of Commercial Legal Affairs to evaluate your practical legal skills, experience, and role specifics (1 hour).

- Final interview with our General Counsel to discuss Malt’s strategic vision, team culture, and long-term goals (30 minutes).

Malt is the perfect space to thrive personally and professionally 💫

- Onboarding: Before easing into your new role, you’ll spend your first week learning about our culture, products, and services with other onboardees at our office in Paris
- Paid vacation - 1 paid day/month worked for interns, 5 weeks/year for apprenticeships
- Lunch vouchers: €9/day on your Swile card
- Transportation: 50% reimbursement (any type of transport)
- Free books: If you’re interested in learning more about any topic relevant to Malt’s business, just tell us the books you’d like to read, and we’ll order them for you—without any questions asked or approval processes to follow.
- Remote work: Hybrid remote policy
- Annual team building events

Ready? Get your ticket to Malt 🪐

At Malt, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. We recruit based on skills, experience, and potential, without any form of discrimination related to age, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, or disability. Our mission is to create a work environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and safe to thrive.

Your profile may be subject to background screening. For more information see our candidate privacy policy.

## About Malt

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Malt is a European freelance marketplace that connects businesses with vetted freelancers and provides integrated administrative, legal, and payment tools.
- **Entity Type**: Private (scale-up; ~$195.3M total funding across 5 rounds)
- **Headquarters**: Paris, France
- **Founded**: 2013
- **Founders**: Vincent Huguet and Hugo Lassiège

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Technology, Information and Internet; freelance/independent talent marketplace
- **Target customers**: B2B — from SMBs to enterprise companies; also serves independent freelancers and consultants
- **Mission**: "Create a world where everyone is free to choose the best people to work with."  
  Malt aims to redefine the world of work by giving people the freedom to choose what work they do and who they do it with.

## Products & Services
- **Malt Marketplace**: The core platform connecting freelancers with companies. It covers a wide range of categories including tech, design, marketing, consulting, and more, with tools for project matching, collaboration, and secure payments.
- **Malt Strategy**: A dedicated category for independent management consultants and interim executives, launched after Malt acquired Comatch in 2022. Clients can access vetted senior expertise.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Total funding of **$195.3M** across 5 rounds; reported annual revenue of **$441.5M**; over **1 million freelancers** and **90,000+ clients** per LinkedIn data
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Specific investor names were not detailed in the provided sources. Notable strategic move: acquisition of **Comatch** in 2022 to enter the management consulting/interim executive category.
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Active in 9 countries/regions: Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the Nordics, Spain, Switzerland, the UAE, and the UK
  - 100% revenue growth reported for 2021 vs. 2022
  - Workforce of ~1,079 people, up 6.8% YoY
  - Growing freelancer community: from 700,000+ to 1 million+ depending on source timeframe

## Competitive Advantages
- **Strong network effects**: A large and growing two-sided marketplace (freelancers + companies) makes each side more valuable to the other.
- **European scale**: Deep multi-country presence gives Malt a regional advantage over local or fragmented competitors.
- **Integrated admin, legal, and payment processes**: Malt simplifies compliance and payments for freelancers and companies, reducing friction in independent work arrangements.
- **Trust and vetted talent**: Particularly in senior consulting categories through Malt Strategy, supported by the Comatch acquisition.

## Strategic Focus
- Expanding across Europe and the Middle East (UAE presence)
- Growing enterprise and global account business, evidenced by recent hires for Enterprise and Key Account roles
- Investing in AI and automation to improve matching and internal efficiency
- Building a more complete platform for freelancers and companies, including financial, legal, and project management support
- Maintaining a strong, inclusive, and scalable company culture as headcount grows

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & diversity**: Malt emphasizes diversity, equity, and inclusion. Women make up 51.2% of the workforce and 40.9% of leadership; employees represent 31+ nationalities. The company scored 85/100 on France’s 2025 Gender Equality Index.
- **Work model**: Flexible remote/hybrid policy — split time between the office and home. Onboarding in Paris for new hires.
- **Perks**: Competitive benefits include equity for all employees, free books for learning, a one-month fully paid sabbatical every three years, sports sponsorship, and additional vacation days depending on country.
- **Hiring process**: Average process lasts ~28 working days; offers follow within 48 hours. English is required as Malt works mostly in English across Europe.
- **Growth environment**: Hybrid team across six countries to work from, with a rapid scale-up environment focused on autonomy, smart risks, and continuous improvement.

## Sources
1. [careers.malt.com](https://careers.malt.com/)
2. [malt.com](https://www.malt.com/c/about-us)
3. [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/malt)
4. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/maltcommunity)
5. [careers.malt.com/how-to-join](https://careers.malt.com/how-to-join)

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