Legal & Compliance Officer

Wooclap is a fast-growing edtech company on a mission to make learning more interactive and impactful. Used by millions of teachers, trainers, and studentsworldwide, our platform helps turn passive audiences into active participants.

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Our flagship product, Wooclap, is trusted by leading educational institutions such as University of Montreal, Duke University, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), HEC Paris and École Polytechnique, as well as major companiesincluding Solvay, Deloitte, BNP Paribas Fortis, TotalEnergies, and Vinci. More recently, we launched Wooflash, a revision platform designed to complement Wooclap by supporting pedagogical continuity and personalized learning paths.

With a team of 80+ passionate people, you can choose to work from our Brussels or Paris office, joining a diverse, supportive, and collaborative environment focused on building meaningful products with real-world impact.

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As our first in-house Legal & Compliance Counsel, you will build and own Wooclap’s legal function from the ground up. You will be the go-to person for all contractual, compliance, and regulatory matters, working hand in hand with Sales, Finance, Security, and Leadership. You will also be the primary interface with our external counsel and DPO (KaizenLaw). Discretion and confidentiality are non-negotiable: you will handle sensitive business, contractual, and personal data, and are expected to maintain the highest level of integrity at all times.

Key Responsibilities

Contract Management :

• Protect Wooclap’s interests across all commercial relationships by reviewing, negotiating, and redlining client and supplier contracts in collaboration with internal stakeholders and external law firms
• Give Management and Business team full visibility on contractual commitments through a contract management tool tracking all agreements and derogations.
• Ensure consistency and legal robustness of Wooclap’s standard documents (Subscriber Agreement, T&C, SLA, DPA, Privacy Policy) as the company scales.

Privacy & Regulatory Compliance :

• Keep Wooclap fully compliant on GDPR day-to-day: DPAs, data subject requests, and record of processing activities, in coordination with our external DPO.
• Anticipate regulatory exposure by monitoring and advising on AI Act, DSA, and sector-specific requirements.
• Accelerate deals and partnerships by owning security questionnaire responses and building an internal knowledge base of standard answers.
• Contribute to maintaining Wooclap’s ISO 27001 certification in close collaboration with the security team.

Business & Commercial Support :

• Reduce legal friction on deals by joining client calls directly and resolving contractual questions in real time.
• Enable informed decision-making by advising Management and Business team on deal structure, liability, and risk.

Preferred experience

• 3 to 5 years of experience in a law firm or in-house legal role, ideally in B2B SaaS, tech, or a fast-scaling company
• Strong command of commercial contract law and data protection regulations (GDPR)
• Comfortable operating across multiple jurisdictions (Europe / NorthAmerica)
• Fluent in French and English
• Highly rigorous and detail-oriented, with clean documentation habits and reliable follow-through on all legal matters
• Autonomous, pragmatic, and business-oriented: you find solutions, not problems
• Experience with ISO 27001 / information security compliance is a plus

Bonus Points

• If You…Have drafted or negotiated agreements from scratch
• Have experience with international expansion (North America in particular)
• Are comfortable advising non-legal stakeholders directly

Why you’ll love working at Wooclap :

• Purpose-driven impact - Make a meaningful difference by helping millions of students and learners around the world engage more effectively with education.
• A collaborative, international team - Join a team of 80+ Wooclapers who value trust, curiosity, mutual support, and teamwork across borders. xlxgzvr
• Flexible work arrangements - Enjoy a flexible schedule and remote-friendly work.

Tangible perks :

• 100% covered health insurance for you andyour kids (Alan)
• Learning budget: €150/year on top of trainings (Woocredits)
• Phone subscription reimbursement
• Meal vouchers
• Monthly remote work allowance for all employees
• Belgium : extra paid holidays, Eco vouchers, Mobility budget

Recruitment process :

• 30’ Screening interview with our Talent Acquisition Manager
• 45’ Manager Interview with Kevin, our VP Finance
• 45’ Business Case with our Security and VP Finance
• 60’ Culture fit interview with your 2 or 3 Wooclapers
• 30’ interview with Baudouin, our CEO