Legal Counsel Intern - Portugal & Spain 🇵🇹🇪🇸

• Draft, review, and improve contractual documentation for new products (e.g., Pay Later, Tap to Pay).
• Support legal work for marketing campaigns, partnerships, and procurement in Spain and Portugal.
• Research Spanish and Portuguese legal/regulatory topics and summarize clear takeaways for the team.
• Coordinate with external counsel and internal stakeholders (contracts, claims, filings, follow-ups).
• Support product launches to ensure compliance with Spanish and Portuguese banking and consumer protection rules.
• Help manage customer claims and support pre-litigation/litigation analysis when needed.

• Market/Team context: Join Qonto’s Legal team at a key moment of growth in Spain and Portugal, with exposure to both strategic and operational work.
• Mentorship & growth: Frequent check-ins + weekly 1:1s with Maddalena, structured onboarding, and fast feedback loops.
• Learning curve: Product + commercial scope, with real ownership as you ramp.
• Tools & resources: Legal databases (including an AI legal tool), contract management systems, and Notion-first collaboration.
• Development path: A 6-month internship designed to build autonomy and end-to-end responsibility.

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Law in Spain or Portugal; exposure to both legal systems is a plus (double degree, Erasmus, study abroad).
• Legal foundations: Solid base in commercial/contract law; interest in banking/fintech regulation is a strong plus.
• Languages: Fluent Spanish or Portuguese and English (the other Iberian language is a plus).
• Mindset: Structured, pragmatic, and able to turn complex topics into clear recommendations.
• Organization: Reliable, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing multiple parallel requests.

You’ll work with Maddalena, Legal Counsel for Spain and Portugal. Their scope covers product launches, commercial negotiations, and marketing partnerships across both markets, working hand-in-hand with Compliance, Product, and external counsel.

You can expect structured onboarding, regular feedback, and high standards—plus progressive autonomy as you ramp up and start owning end-to-end topics.