Legal Counsel, Banking / Financing (Project finance)

As our Project Finance - Banking / Financing Legal Counsel, you will work side by side with our corporate counsel and directly under the Head of M&A and Finance Legal Counsel, based in Paris. In close collaboration with our Finance and Business teams, you will be instrumental in structuring, drafting, and negotiating the financing transactions that fuel Mistral's external growth , from compute infrastructure and data center investments to strategic company acquisitions.

Key responsibilities include structuring, drafting, and negotiating transaction documentation on non-dilutive financing transactions, including corporate loans, asset-backed financings, and project finance deals supporting our infrastructure and compute investments. You will also act as the primary legal point of contact for banking and financing counterparties, working with LMA-standard documentation and bespoke structures alike.

In addition to your technical expertise, you will provide practical, hands-on legal guidance that enables the business to move fast while limiting legal risks. You will build and maintain internal templates, precedents, and guidelines for financing documentation, and support on ancillary legal topics as needed.

To succeed in this role, you will need a proven track record in structuring and negotiating non-dilutive financing deals, including corporate loans, bridge facilities, asset-backed and project finance transactions. Familiarity with LMA standard documentation is required, and strong experience in project finance or infrastructure financing is highly valued.

You will also need excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex legal concepts in a clear and understandable manner to non-legal stakeholders. A sharp business acumen, honed through direct experience working within businesses, is also essential.

Finally, you will need great negotiation skills, with a history of successfully leading critical discussions with banks, investors, and infrastructure partners, balancing assertiveness with collaboration, and maintaining positive, long-term relationships with all stakeholders.