Internship - Corporate Legal

DATA4'S MISSION

DATA4 creates Smart & Scalable digital facilities for our customers. Our network of highly connected, resilient and sustainable data center campuses underpins our customers’ digital growth in Europe.

DATA4 Group finances, designs, constructs and operates its own data centers. Delivered through our data center campus model, we provide our customers with secure, scalable and high-performance data hosting solutions.

DATA4 VALUES

At DATA4 we are driven by our values. These are the core of everything we do – from the proactivity we show in delivering great outcomes for our clients, to the responsibility we show as a key contributor to the digital economy. Our three values are:

1. To be entrepreneurial – we are teams of doers who make things happen - with autonomy, energy and a sense of responsibility
2. To always take responsibility – for our impact on the people we work with, the society we are part of, and the environment in which we operate
3. To constantly be adaptable – our business is designed to adapt, answering not only today’s challenges, but also anticipating what’s coming next.

ABOUT THE ROLE

You will join the Data4 Group as corporate legal counsel intern. You will be supervised by the Group Corporate Legal Counsel, working closely with the legal department and finance department.

Responsabilities as a corporate legal apprentice

• Planning and animating the legal secretariat of the Group's subsidiaries in all jurisdictions: you will be responsible for updating the legal organisation chart, managing the calendar of formalities, monitoring the keeping of registers, monitoring relations with external formalists and lawyers, drafting templates.
• Drafting and support for the approval of accounts in all jurisdictions (timetables, audits of consolidated and statutory accounts, drafting and review of all corporate documentation, related parties agreements and recapitalisation requirements), in collaboration with the local financial controllers and statutory auditors.
• Drafting and support for the preparation of the board of directors and shareholders meetings.
• Drafting and support for all corporate operations (incorporation, dissolution, various changes to governance, shareholding or bylaws, operations on the share capital, guarantees).
• Support in development/ M&A activities.
• Support to refinancing activities (external and intragroup financing, KYC).
• Updating the internal corporate legal dataroom.
• Support for DoA and PoAs drafting and implementation based on the Group matrix of delegations.

What you can expect

• Team Context: You'll join a dynamic multicultural legal team, working in a fast-paced environment across 8 European countries.
• How we work: You'll collaborate with internal teams and coordinate with external lawyers on a broad range of corporate legal matters.
• Projects: You'll support the team with all corporate legal matters in all jurisdictions, contributing to the development of the Data4 Group.
• Growth: You'll join a dynamic group with exciting transversal projects, which will be an opportunity for you to learn and to grow as a legal professional, giving you a glimpse of a corporate legal position in house and how to translate operational expectations into legal language.

About your future manager

Doriane joined the Data 4 Group in 2023 as Group Corporate Legal Counsel, after gaining valuable experience as corporate/M&A in-house counsel and as an M&A/Private Equity attorney. She specializes in corporate law, M&A and financing law, working in multiple jurisdictions. With experience working in Germany and holding a Master’s degree in European Business Law, she brings a global perspective to the Data 4 Group challenges.

Her expertise in corporate legal matters makes her an ideal mentor for your internship. She has experience supervising legal interns, and her practical knowledge in corporate law, M&A and financing law will help you develop essential skills for your future career, while contributing meaningfully to the Data4 Group.

Requirements

Experience: You have prior legal internship experience either in law firm or in-house, with a strong interest in corporate law. Notions of financing law, tax law or Luxembourg would be a plus.

• Academic Background: You are in the final year of your master's degree in French business law or preparing the CRFPA or a student at a lawyers school (école de formation du barreau).
• Attributes: You are rigorous with a strong attention to details and well organised, with excellent writing skills and the ability to analyse, synthesize and to adapt quickly.
• Curious mindset: You are willing to learn and to put in practice what you have studied and/or already experienced.
• Communication: You have strong written and verbal communication skills in both French and English and are comfortable in evolving into a multicultural environment. An additional third language (Italian, Spanish, German, Polish or Greek) is a plus.